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1521 Griffith Park Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(323) 667-1551

Cru  

Categories: Vegan, Vegetarian, Live/Raw Food
Neighborhood: Silver Lake

5.0 star rating
8/19/2011
Their pesto dishes are incredible.
Our waitress was amazing.

DO IT.

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153 S La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 937-5391

General Quarters  

Category: Men's Clothing
Neighborhood: Mid-City West

5.0 star rating
7/29/2011
This is my favorite store in LA.  Blair's style is cool and effortless, and he's incredibly knowledgeable and friendly.  I walk in here planning to buy one thing, then always end up with three or four....

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4219 Sepulveda Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 390-5203

Abba Padre Bikes and Books  

Categories: Bikes, Bookstores
Neighborhood: Culver City

5.0 star rating
4/14/2011
Amazing!  I've wanted a bike for a while, and didn't know the best place to go.  After reading all the reviews about Freddie, I had to come here.  Well...turns out it's all true.  He's incredibly friendly and helpful, and I found an awesome cruiser/commuter hybrid bike that I now love.  I had no idea what I was getting, but trusted him on price.  I came home and googled it anyway, and the bike I just bought for $300 is at least $350 everywhere else.  
The fact that it's also a Christian bookstore is pretty sweet too.  Although it could be just one big elaborate ruse....

Buy your bikes here!!!

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900 N Fairfax Ave
West Hollywood, CA 90046
(323) 654-9999

Xotx-Tropico  

Categories: Nurseries & Gardening, Landscaping
Neighborhood: West Hollywood

5.0 star rating
11/9/2010
This place is great!  Leon is incredibly helpful, knowledgeable, and clearly has a love of horticulture.  I was looking for a very specific succulent as a gift...he found it, potted it in the pot of my color choice, and gave me a great deal.  I'll definitely be back...

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339 S Detroit St
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(310) 720-2527

The Pet Nannies  

Categories: Dog Walkers, Pet Boarding/Pet Sitting
Neighborhood: Mid-City West

5.0 star rating
5/19/2010
The Pet Nannies are the best!  Michele is awesome.  She completely understands how animals (and their owners) think, and is able to anticipate and deliver on all of your needs.  She also came in last-minute for me, which was a HUGE plus.  My dog can't wait until I leave town again....

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144 S La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 932-0511

Plantation  

Category: Furniture Stores
Neighborhood: Mid-City West

5.0 star rating
1/2/2010 First to Review
This place has a VERY COOL collection.  Great inspired pieces, with some old world originality.  While many of the items are quite expensive, they have some great affordable finds.  
The guy who helped me out, Clayton, had some great suggestions, and then gave me 40% off my purchase.  Just because.

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Laurel Canyon and Ventura Pl
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Paddy Mac  

Category: Specialty Food
Neighborhood: Studio City

5.0 star rating
9/25/2008
Holy Cheese!!  Paddy Mac is the best M&C I've ever had.  Especially the new SuperMac.  And for some reason it keeps appearing at different events I've been attending recently.  Are you stalking me, Paddymac?  (And if so, please don't ever stop!)

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414 N Larchmont Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90004
(323) 461-7876

Healing Hands Wellness Center  

Categories: Massage, Acupuncture, Chiropractors
Neighborhood: Mid Wilshire

5.0 star rating
6/15/2008
"Healing Hands" is right!  They touched me in places that I didn't even know I had.  I needed to name the twenty-three previously unknown body parts as soon as I got home.  (ie: backflap, upfronds, fleshy nodule, etc.)  The receptionist was really sweet, and my masseuse must have been an archaelogist in a previous life, because she was uncovering these parts of my body as if she had studied ancient manuscripts about me beforehand.  It was incredible.  I wish that I had been conscious for more of it, but what I did experience was really great.  I was in tears for like three hours afterwards.  I feel like this massage was the single-most important experience of my life.   No joke.  I'm a doctor now. And an astronaut.  And I owe it all to the Healing Hands Wellness Center.  (Oh, and if you're looking for a name for a new bodypart, I had two leftover after my brainstorm session: "Mubjub" and "Dangly-Doo."  They're yours if you want 'em.)

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1610 E Tropicana Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89119
(702) 597-2627

Pinball Hall Of Fame  

Categories: Museums, Arcades
Neighborhood: University

5.0 star rating
6/9/2008
Pinball?  More like Sinball.
I can't think of anything that signifies the devil's handiwork more effectively than the flashing lights and scandalous graphics displayed all over this Hall of Shame.  Apologize to my face!  Throbbing flippers and giant shiny balls are clearly synonymous with devil sceptres and demon genitals, and it is wrong, wrong, wrong!  If these obvious metaphors don't immediately make you sick upon entering this bastion of evil, then the smell of sweaty, soulless nerds most certainly will.
The only saving grace of this fiery Hell pit is their pastrami sandwich, which had the perfect amount of meat, crispy fresh sauerkraut, and deliciously buttered sourdough bread on the outside.  But as soon as you're finished with your sandwich, run as far as you can from this demonic game parlor!  Save your soul!  Don't forget your debit card!

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Reading Terminl Mrkt
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 351-7412

Downtown Cheese Shop  

Categories: Cheese Shops, Farmers Market
Neighborhood: Market East

5.0 star rating
6/7/2008
Wow, did this place smell like cheese!  The first thing I noticed when I walked in was the inordinate amount of cheese. Inordinate!  I think that when I prepared myself mentally beforehand, I greatly underestimated the amount of cheese.  They should have a sign out front that reads "Not for the elderly or weak of heart."  It's not a bad thing...in any way.  I was just like "What?!!"  And then I was like "How did you guys get THAT much cheese in here?!  And how do you keep it here?!"  And then I said "Gimme a bag, dog!" and "Let's start cheesin!" And then I just went to town.  Three hours later, I was like "Where am  I?....."    Those of you who have been in a cheese trance before know what I'm talking about.

There was an actual moment where I thought I would never see my family again.  I literally fainted and passed out.  Then I found myself being revived by the owner of the shop.  
Now that is some good service!
(And some even better cheese....)

Five stars for saving my life.

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