Party in Your Suitcase: You're Invited to the Tumi Opening Party in LA

It's at the new Tumi store at The Americana at Brand in Glendale, hosted by Fathom's Crystal Meers. There will be awesome prizes.

Little Black Book: Venice Beach

VENICE BEACH, California – Mexican Disneyland, alligator sausages, bagel pizza. Leave your keys with the valet (yes, the singer from '90s boyband Shai) and explore L.A.'s quirkest hood.

Best of the Web: Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES – We trolled the internet so you don't have to.

Best Day Ever: Topanga Canyon

TOPANGA, California – A hidden enclave where the '60s never really died and where intrepid tourists with a love for the off-beat can find surprises around every curving road.

Tee Off in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES – Sinatra golfed here, but Mark Whalberg couldn't even get in. We have the best places to bring your putt-putt A-game in southern California.

Little Black Book: California Ski Bunny

MAMMOTH, California – After months on the fashion circuit, Amber Feld trades in backstage passes for lift tickets and Alpine lodges in this snowy Eastern California town.

Meat-tastic Cowboy Country

SOLVANG, California – Bootcampers crowd around a fire pit, where wranglers line a Dutch oven with circles of pillowy dough. These sticky little handfuls are the biscuits we've been whispering about.

Little Black Book: A Beauty Junkie Shops

LOS ANGELES – The author of soon-to-be-released City of Style knows a thing or two about fashion and beauty in LA. She shares the city's secrets to looking good.

Mixtape for the Road: Coachella 2012

INDIO, California – Can't make it to the desert this weekend? Tune in with our Coachella-inspired playlist.

What to Do in Palm Springs

PALM SPRINGS — Are you heading to the desert for Coachella this weekend? Here are suggestions if you want to go off-festival.

I'm Here on Business

LOS ANGELES – Their people called your people. Or was it the other way around? Either way, work has brought you to LA.

How Locals Spend a Sunday: The Church of Axe in Venice Beach

VENICE, California – A quiet wailing could be heard as locals mourned the loss of their hallowed nine-grain pancake.

Hey Kids, Let's Go to LA

LOS ANGELES – Pizzas, tar pits, movie stars, boardwalks, Greek relics, swimming pools, 1950s soda fountains. L.A. just may be the city of dreams for kids. Not bad for parents, either.

Prehistoric Beasts and Prankster Sheep

BORREGO SPRINGS, California – A mini Marfa, a desert safari, lots of mischievous wildlife. Borrego Springs is a surreal alternative to its bourgeois neighbor, Palm Springs.

Just Back From: Palm Springs

PALM SPRINGS – We laid on the floor while a series of quartz crystal singing bowls keyed to the energy centers of the body were played. It's like mental floss for your brain.

Picture-Perfect Palm Springs

PALM SPRINGS – Rose Apodaca gets snap-happy at the new Saguaro hotel in Palm Springs with a new camera — the Mark Newson-designed Pentax K-01.

How Locals Spend a Sunday: L.A.'s Eastside

LOS ANGELES – What! You went to Los Globos? You are crazy. Now here's what to do when you wake up in Silver Lake.

The Art of the Family Vacation

PALM SPRINGS – They created spin art on vintage vinyl, felted tiny rocks, and painted T-shirts while screaming (with joy, I think) for hours.

A Few Days in Ojai

OJAI, California – Positioned at the base of several vast mountain ranges, Ojai is home to moments of extreme beauty. There are hikes to be had, bike rides to be taken, and sunsets to be watched.

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