Monthly Archives: November 2011

Delivery!! Style Firm Yoga Pants!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by | Leave a comment

A few of our friends recently started this line of fat-proof yoga pants — not that we need it, but we can appreciate a good idea when we see one. The ladies behind the brand are the same girls who’ve been working the backstage fashion show circuit in L.A. for the past decade got their training at Macy’s in-house events department. These two have seen models making multiple changes behind the scenes and therefore can be considered experts when it comes to knowing what makes a good looking rear. Continue reading →

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Category: Delivery, FASHION, Holiday 2011 Gift Guide, Sports ish

Tune In Tonight!! Rod Roddenberry’s ‘Trek Nation’ Airs Nov 30 at 8 PM on the Science Channel!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Trek Nation to premiere on Science Network: November 30th, 2011.

Gene Roddenberry, The Creator of Star Trek, also known as “The Great Bird of the Galaxy” passed away in 1991. His Son Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, Jr. was only 17 years old.

Trek Nation, is a feature-length film documenting Rod’s trek across America to understand who his father was through the touchstones Gene left behind: His Friends, His Family, His Work, and His Influence. Including surprising, revelatory conversations with actors, fans, NASA personnel, entertainment-industry leaders and other prominent figures, Trek Nation is a film that explores one of life’s most universal stories – the discovery of a parent.

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Rod, who is a longtime friend of the Truffle added a note to his friends on Facebook this morning thanking everyone for their support and in true Rod fashion, added credits and gratitude to teammates from his documentary project: Continue reading →

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Category: #LAalumni, Film & TV, L.A. Natives

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L.A. Daily Photo: Academy e-Screeners 2011 — This message will self-destruct, lol

Posted on November 28, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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Category: Awards Season, L.A. Photo Diary

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Introducing Mercedes Benz Driving Academy on 3rd Street next to Toast!!

Posted on November 28, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Later, Westwood Driving school? Mercedes’ new driving school is basically the coolest thing on the planet. We saw our friend Jill Eisenstadt-Chayet who reps Mercedes Benz at this year’s Luxury Review (a whole other truffle) and she dropped this bomb on us that Mercedes just opened a driver’s ed program on 3rd Street next to Toast.

3rd Street is about to see a major infusion from Harvard-Westlake, Brentwood, Buckley, Beverly, Crossroads and other area schools. MBDA is making the rounds to both L.A. private and public schools to introduce their programs — if you don’t see them soon, it’s because someone in your school’s admin dept didn’t get it. Not to worry though because Mercedes is currently offering promotional free sessions to introduce their new school to the area — the next two are on Saturday this weekend.

The training car at this year's Luxury Review at the Petersen Museum Nov '11

Free parent-teen sessions:
Saturday, Dec 3rd – 10:00-11:30 A.M.
Saturday, Dec 3rd – 2:00-3:30 P.M.
Saturday, Dec 10th – 10:00-11:30 A.M.
Saturday, Dec 10th – 2:00-3:30 P.M.
Saturday, Dec 17th – 10:00-11:30 A.M.
Saturday, Dec 17th – 2:00-3:30 P.M.

Workshops are held at 8231 W. 3rd St. Los Angeles, CA 90048.

#TruffleNote: MBDA is the only driving school with access to an LAPD training facility (“EVOC Training Center”) for training sessions — pretty cool. Continue reading →

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Category: DT Kids, L.A. High School blog

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#newLA: The Art of Shaving, Now Open in Beverly Hills [SLIDESHOW]

Posted on November 26, 2011 by | Leave a comment

There are a couple things to know about the new Art of Shaving that just opened on Brighton Way — half a block from Rodeo Drive. It’s huge, it’s pretty, and they have cappuccino. This mens salon, though women are welcome, opened last Wednesday and will have their official opening party next week hosted by George Kotsiopoulos. 8 barber chair stations offer hot shaves and hair cuts to men. We happened to notice a certain special product that we wanted to mention and put out there — a sulfate-free (suds-free for the rookie) mens facial cleanser. It’s rare enough to find these for women so seeing one for a man was quite impressive! In fact, we’ve added it to our xmas rec list.

THE ART OF SHAVING | BEVERLY HILLS
9520 BRIGHTON WAY | BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210
(424) 777-4140
website

Store Hours
MON-FRI: 9-8pm | SAT: 10-8pm | SUN: 11-6pm

SEE OUR BARBER SPA® MENU

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Category: Beverly Hills, New in L.A.

First Thanksgiving back at the Hotel Bel Air

Posted on November 26, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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Category: Caroline's life, Restaurants & Food

Happy Thanksgiving — Macaron Trees & Turkey Buns Pastry Chef Romain Drocourt of the Little Next Door

Posted on November 24, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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Category: Restaurants & Food

If Pockets Talked x Milk Boutique on 3rd — Month long vintage pop up — Buy and Sell

Posted on November 22, 2011 by | Leave a comment

For those of us staying in town this Thanksgiving weekend, might we suggest spending your Black Friday on 3rd Street perusing the new deliveries to Milk boutique? A vintage pop-up inside the shop is bringing you some new vêtements to choose from via Masha Gordon’s re-sell site If Pockets Talked …

It was quite the L.A. alumni scene at the launch party for this collaboration between Masha and Milk owners Bari Milken Bernstein and Marni Flans. All three girls are L.A. natives and as natives like to represent, we saw support from all their alma maters and a few others — Cossroads, Beverly, Brentwood, Buckley and HW – along with fashion publicists, bloggers, designers, DJs, and husbands of the ladies. Continue reading →

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Category: L.A. Natives, Shopping in LA

Versace for HM pre-sale shopping event in Beverly Hills

Posted on November 18, 2011 by | 6 Comments

The new Versace for H&M collection doesn’t officially go on sale until 8am tomorrow, November 19th, 2011 — but we with friend of the Truffle Christine Chiu to Versace’s private pre-sale in L.A. to a very tiny small crowd of 25 who were given a 3 item max (all shoppers will be allowed one item each in the Versace store tomorrow – Saturday – as well). There are legit lines of H&M collab die-hards camping on Sunset right now waiting for the WeHo store to open in the morning (not surprising considering this was the norm during last year’s Lanvin for H&M spectacular). The party tonight was put on by Versace for stylists who regularly pull for their clients or on-screen projects.

There was a 25 person guest list (we actually saw it and it was literally just over a page with a single column of 25 names — like the shortest guest list on the planet). That didn’t stop Versace from having a full bar and DJ on the balcony upstairs where they tucked about 100 pieces from the collection next to menswear. Continue reading →

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