The Ace Hotel and Tokyobike go way back: when the innovative hotel chain launched its London outpost back in 2013, it chose the Japanese bike-maker to create custom loaner bikes for guests. This summer, the two companies are taking their close relationship to the next level by launching a new bike together. “This new collaboration model is an extension of the original London design, and …
Pommes Frites candles don’t need fancy packaging or foreign-sounding names. “Sweet Grapefruit” speaks for itself with warn citrus and fruit notes (think peach and mangosteen) and is one of the DTLA-based candlemakers’ strongest scents—making it a perfect pre-dinner party room filler.
Large almond-shaped eyes peek out from the corner of 9th and Flower in downtown Los Angeles. The big, black and white painting—dotted with a glamorous beaded headpiece—watches over the busy intersection near FIDM. The painter Robert Vargas created this elegant detail of a woman’s face in a matter of hours, with a model he found by chance working in the WaterMarke Tower where the new …
