Articles by Kalia Booker
Scenetracker Editor: LA, Miami, San Francisco
From the guy over at Villa, the newest Spanish themed club opens in LA this week. Extensive tapas and surprise shows each night highlight Premiere's allure as does the enormous chandeliers and giant iront stairways curling around the 5000 sq ft club. Bar eats include Peruvian ceviche with Mahi Mahi, lime, ginger, and aji amarillo chile, and paninis packed w/ brie, chicken, cranberries, green apples, and garlic aioli. I don't even know what half of that is, but sounds yummy. Complete with a 30 ft bar, Premiere is definitely up to something massive. Let's hope it works out, but even if it doesn't, they can just pull a switch-a-roo as Premiere owners plan to change the theme of the club periodically. It could be a Japanese themed Kabukki theater next month. Guess that means you should hurry.
1710 N Las Palmas Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90028; 323.978.0730; www.premieresupperclub.com
In a gallery on the far west side of midtown, Simon Spurr's luxury menswear line debuted to a star studded crowd. Rachel Zoe's assistant Brad Goreski, sunglasses clad Robert Verdi, and The City's Seth Plattner sat front row and center, joining the full crowd in anticipation of the popular designer's line.
Abgail Lorick, the real gal behind Eleanor Waldorf's fashion designs on hit show Gossip Girl, was up to bat when her spring collection, Linear Dawn, debuted in the meatpacking district this week. Done more as performance art in the popular downtown gallery, Lorick decided to opt out of an actual runway show and instead placed models on various platforms. Nice idea in theory, but the crowded mass had to move from platform to platform, fighting for pictures like paparazzi. If you weren’t aggressive, you would have missed out. The feel of the spring collection was light and whimsical. Linen, silk, chiffon, and raw, straw-like materials ruled the "runway." The minimalist approach couldn’t be missed.
Yes, yes, New York City's Fashion Week kicks off this week and it's all about the Big Apple and the spring collections the designers will pop off. But, as usual, I'm looking out for my west coastians. October 15-19 are the dates to scratch in your planner or type into your smartphone calendars. While NYC is getting it in and LA residents await their own time in the spotlight, there is a little something for LA kids to nosh on simultaneously.
Oddly enough, I speak German. Don't ask how it happened. There's no funny story. When I was in grade school, yo u had to take French until 6th grade, when you could take up whatever language tickled your fancy. I fancied German for some incredibly inane 12 year old reason. So I speak German. When I was a junior in high school, I spent a summer traveling through Germany with a group of friends. There was no drinking age and despite our parents making us sign we-will-not-get-wasted-no-matter-what-beer-is-thrown-in-our-faces waivers, we still got wasted no matter what beer was thrown in our faces. It's easy to have beer thrown in your face in Germany. In fact, there is a "bier" button on most vending machines. And then there's the traditional beer garden. "Biergartens" in Germany are like McDonald's or Starbucks in the US. They're everywhere. It's of no surprise that as immigrants made their way to America or as America was even structured (being that it was created by immigrants), beer gardens sprung up and continue to flourish in the states.
Saturday was a full day of New York fun. A friend's birthday was in need of celebrating, so we started with brunch at Campos where unlimited pitchers of mimosas propelled us into a drunken buzz good enough to carry us on to Harlem beergarden, bier international, on 113th and 8th avenue. After tossing back several pints, the crew, good and well drunk headed further uptown to go roller skating. Who knew there was so much to do uptown?
Apparently, the good people of Riverbank State Park did. If you haven't been there, I think you should shut down the computer and go right now. Designed with Japan's urban rooftops in mind, the 28 acre park is filled with merry go rounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, restaurants, tons of lush greenery, and yes, a roller skating rink.
Ok, so apparently T.I. might not have a day job much longer. Clifford Harris, the rapper known as T.I. should be on an amazing high. His movie Takers, which he executive produced and starred in, is number one at the box office. He has a new album out this month and has finally made his long time union with Tameka "Tiny" Coddle legal. Maybe that just isn't enough for someone who has everything though. As of just yesterday, the rapper and his wife were pulled over in West Hollywood after police suspected marijuana in the vehicle. After a search of the car, police discovered methamphetamines in the form of pills that "resembled Ecstasy," a spokesperson for the police department commented.
I'm a movie girl. Born and bred. Always have been. Always will be. I see the big features at the Loews in Times Square. I see the small indies at that little theater on Third Avenue in the 50s. My Time Warner bill is mostly On Demand new releases should I miss them in the theater and my DVR is full of movies aired on TBS, FX or Oxygen. I desperately love movies.
Thousands of people call New York home, hundred flock here every day whether by course or force. New Yorkers better get ready cause there's a newbie in town. According to the Daily News, there's a tiger among us.
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