Author: Faith Boutin and Murray Rosen

AN INTIMATE SUE WONG BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT CHEZ LISA HAISHA

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AN INTIMATE SUE WONG BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT CHEZ LISA HAISHA

Sue Wong celebrated her birthday with a tight group of 45 friends at a festive and euphoric gathering hosted and organized by her dear friend Lisa Haisha on Saturday evening, April 29th. “I’m deeply honored by Lisa’s warmth, generosity and largesse,” extolled Sue, “and it was great to be surrounded by my bosom camarades as we celebrated the onset of yet another year in my life’s journey.” Lisa, who read a poem she had composed honoring…

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Shaolin Shindig

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Shaolin Shindig

First there was silence. And then it began: an all girl’s troupe commenced pounding drums with an unrelenting ferocity, infusing their fury with unexpected light touches of musical humor. In such dramatic fashion the Shaolin Temple of Los Angeles launched its annual celebration of the Chinese New Year on Sunday, January 22, 2023. Every year the Buddhist Shaolin Temple inaugurates this holiday with a gloriously festive event filled with merriment and featuring drummers, lion dancers,…

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Palazzo Marrakech Joins the Sue Wong World of Creativity

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Palazzo Marrakech Joins the Sue Wong World of Creativity

The Sue Wong machine of creativity is going strong! The first of her designer homes, Villa Feliz, has just been sold and the second, Palazzo Marrakech, has just had a celebratory completion party befitting its opulence and majesty. Indeed, Sue Wong has done it again and created a home fit for a king, Palazzo Marrakech. This magnificent edifice was christened on Friday, February 24, 2023 with a party and all the usual fanfare that goes…

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Rocking the Casbah

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Rocking the Casbah

What A Blast! Move over grand Oscar Parties! This party was epic in scale! A magical vortex was created by the 350 revelers who upon entry to the palace/palazzo whose completion the party celebrated were greeted with a red carpet and the aroma of twenty floral arrangements. It was like a grand opera replete with celebrities, rock musicians, and models. What party and who threw it, you ask? The Party of the Year was the…

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The Rousing Return of Richie Rich to the Runway

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The Rousing Return of Richie Rich to the Runway

Pop icon and famed fashion designer Richie Rich returned to the runway for New York Fashion Week, debuting his new label: Richerette. The show was held at the BKLYN Studios at City Point and featured Rich’s Fall Winter 2023 collection, sporting the appropriate appellation FUN. And indeed the show was a lot of fun, with a cornucopia of colourful selections in garments and sneakers. The sneakers were from the stylish Skechers Uno line and each…

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Dessert Storm, Tapas Thunder, and Wine Whirlwind as Persian Gulf Restaurant Opens in Westwood

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Dessert Storm, Tapas Thunder, and Wine Whirlwind as Persian Gulf Restaurant Opens in Westwood

The man who has single-handedly saved the West Los Angeles restaurant scene is at it again, opening his third restaurant on Westwood Blvd, Persian Gulf, the unveiling of which was gloriously celebrated with great food, drink, and camaraderie on Thursday, June 30, 2022 from 5-7 PM. Roozbeh Farahanipour, the human dynamo in question here, already owns two restaurants on the famous street: Mary and Robb’s and Delphi Greek, both of which he saved from extinction!…

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BTYKWN: IF YOU DON’T FIT IN, STAND OUT!

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BTYKWN: IF YOU DON’T FIT IN, STAND OUT!

The above statement is indeed the motto for BTYKWN, an oasis of the extraordinary in a desert full of the mediocre and the mundane. Who and/or what is BTYKWN? Well, makeup aficionados, wake up and join the club! Yes, makeup super fans of every age and persuasion, your platform has arrived! BTYKWN is a platform for fabulousness, where one might find unicorns among the rainbows! Icon or outcast, you are invited to view the free…

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Platinum Jubilee Fete in the Garden: God Save the Queen!

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Platinum Jubilee Fete in the Garden: God Save the Queen!

When an individual has been on the job for seventy years, a celebration is certainly de rigueur! And so, from 3 -6 PM, on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica, the organizations BritWeek and the British American Business Council Los Angeles duly and joyously commemorated The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party, in honor of the considerable accomplishments of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The gala was indeed a smashing…

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