LA raised my hustle: educating, building community, chasing punchlines, and turning strangers into regulars.
The energy: a hidden garden patio, great people watching, and the kind of dinner crowd that turns into a West Hollywood night out.
Is definitely the lush outdoor patio / part secret garden, part social hub in the middle of West Hollywood.
Grab Country Style Jamaican in Inglewood for the real deal comfort food, they really from Jamaica in here. Jerk chicken, oxtail, and flavors that feel homemade and unapologetically bold.
Authentic, homestyle Jamaican cooking / rich spices, generous portions, and recipes that taste straight from the island.
Go to Bacari W. Adams for the prenight to get yourself right / shareable small plates, a cozy candlelit patio, and the kind of atmosphere that makes one drink turn into three hours.
Definitely the intimate garden style patio / warm lighting, greenery, and a laid back energy perfect for never ending conversations.
I personally love seeing where movies and tv shows were filmed. Walk through real working soundstages and backlots where classic Hollywood history and current productions still take place to this day.
Paramount Pictures’ defining legacy includes classics and blockbusters filmed on its lot like The Godfather, Forrest Gump, Sunset Boulevard, and Titanic, Beverly Hills Cop, The Truman Show, Mission: Impossible, and many more.
Always something to see at Venice. From the street performers, skaters, artists, hoopers, baddies, the OCEAN.
I’d have to say the view. It’s real.
Pristine open air shopping and people watching. Solid food spots, a lot of socialization, and you never know who you might see.
The open air design and feel. Palm lined walkways, rooftop dining and views. Can also catch a movie, too.
Seven Ratliffe; I mentor youth with special needs by day, connect creatives by night, and bomb at open mics till I don’t.