Monthly Archives: December 2011

Editor's Blog, LA Intel, Truffle Approved

How to Open Champagne with a Sword — Lessons now available

A few nights ago we caught with something spectacular, and surprisingly not that dangerous, which is the art of Sabrage. We’ve seen it, but never done it or had any idea how to do it, and we weren’t even sure more »

Friends of the Truffle

Most Interesting Couples & Romantic Moments of 2011

Feb 2011 — Adam Levine & Anne V– Anne V was just a lowly Vic Secret model before the fashion world pointed her out on Lady Gaga’s Grammy egg entourage last February as being Adam Levine’s girlfriend. The two became more »

Fashion, Style

New ASPCA x Forever 21 Animal Rescue Tees and Sweatshirts!! Cute!

LA Photo Diary, Only in LA

Only in LA: Do Jews Openly Celebrate Christmas

Can we please note this is what Nate n Als looks like on the day before Christmas? Then again, I am here picking up bagels for Christmas breakfast tomorrow. So many of us in L.A. are half Jewish / half more »

Restaurants & Food

Petrossian Caviar Brunch

Truffle PSA

Truffle PSA: Dining Etiquette 101

We all have holiday parties, dinners and gatherings this week so we thought it would be a good time to go over our manners and rules of the table. Here is an adorable cheat sheet we found (albeit missing a more »

Charity Circuit

Calling ALL Trufflers, Lucas needs your help this Xmas!

Tis the season for giving; We need your help and all it takes is a card and a stamp at the least! Little Lucas Hembree is only 4 and suffering with a terrible terminal illness called Sanfillipo Syndrome which effects his more »

LA Photo Diary

L.A. Daily Photo: Eiffel Tower wins Joans on Third Annual Gingerbread House Contest

Yay! It’s time to announce the winner of this year’s annual gingerbread decorating contest at Joan’s on Third! This  genius house was decorated by someone who preferred not to be named but look, it’s not even a house but a more »

Truffle PSA

Truffle PSA: Range Rovers, Lock Your Doors!

Multiple Range Rover’s have been broken into in the flats of Beverly Hills of late, so we asked around as to why RRs in particular and here’s what we found out …

LA Photo Diary

L.A. Daily Photo: Terry Richardson & Dennis Woodruff at the Coffee Bean on Sunset

Fashion photog Terry Richardson runs into Dennis Woodruff (you ALL know this guy … he drives around the insane car that says DENNIS WOODRUFF ACTOR, BUY MY MOVIES) at the Coffee Bean on Sunset and Holloway. Pic from Terry’s Diary more »

#LinkLove

#LinkLove: FIRST LOOK at Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin for HBO project, James Franco to play Hugh Hefner (?), Joan’s On Third To Open Soon in The Valley

FIRST LOOK! Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin upcoming HBO flick “Game Change” [Just Jared] Linda Lovelace Biopic now in production, stars Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard — James Franco possibly to play Hugh Hefner [MTV] Joan’s On Third To Open Soon more »

LA Natives

Young Hollywood Founder RJ WILLIAMS — See His 4-Bedroom Studio at the Four Seasons, And His New Menu Item at the Downstairs Bar

My grandmother always said you haven’t made it in this town until you get your own item on a menu. Well, we’d like to take a moment to congratulate ‘friend of the Truffle’ RJ Williams, founder of Young Hollywood and more »

Film & TV

Truffle-icious Trailers: Nolan’s The Dark Knight, The Raven, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Killer, Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator, and The Amazing Spider-Man.

The only thing that would have made this post better would be the trailer for Bond 23 a.k.a Skyfall  

Awards Season, LA Photo Diary

L.A. Daily Photo: Academy Screeners 2011 (these keep coming and coming … )

As it nears awards season, those in the Academy receive these by the bushel … and of course everyone in and out of those Academy members’ houses benefit from the deliveries … yet another reason not to go to the more »

Events & Parties, Fashion, Style

Dior and “The Vogue 100″

Class was in session at the Dior store on Rodeo Drive thanks to Vogue and the magazine’s ambassadors — co-hosts Angelique Soave and Christine Chiu, both part of the Vogue 100. What is the Vogue 100, you ask? Well, 100 women around more »