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  West Hollywood’s Newest Whole-Body Fitness for Women Over 40

    The maxims of Tafiq Akhir are stenciled blue on the white walls of his West Hollywood studio: reshape your body, restore your health, and renew your life. ...

  On March 8, 2019 / By Mary Saunders
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  Sunset’s Piazza del Sol

  Situated along the busy corridor of Sunset Boulevard, at the gateway between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, is Piazza del Sol—a registered historic landmark that today is a ...

  On September 25, 2017 / By Mary Saunders
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  Academy Awards The Way We Were

  Before Wolfgang Puck was recreating the Oscar party scene with California-style pizzas and raw tuna caviar cones, there were seriously formal sit down dinners taking place at the ...

  On December 12, 2016 / By Mary Saunders
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  Runyon Canyon Rising

  A collective groan was heard around West Hollywood this spring when word hit that our beloved park and hiking trail at the eastern end of the Santa Monica ...

  On September 1, 2016 / By Mary Saunders
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  Dining Through History: Vintage Restaurants on Sunset

  If ever there was an iconic casual restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, it was the Old World Restaurant, which was really more of a coffee shop. Situated on the ...

  On May 31, 2016 / By Mary Saunders
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  Then and Now: The Iconic Hollywood Bowl

  It’s hard to believe that the beloved Hollywood Bowl started out as a patch of dirt off the 101 Freeway in the shade of the nearby hills. Originally ...

  On March 2, 2016 / By Mary Saunders
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  West Hollywood in the Roaring ’20s

  Before Sunset Strip was a vibrant metropolis of luxury boutiques, trendy cafes and towering high-rise buildings with Teslas and Ferraris zooming by, it was a humble dirt road ...

  On December 1, 2015 / By Mary Saunders
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  Yogurt Stop’s Secret to Sweet Success

  In recent months and years, West Hollywood’s popular hangout for the best fro-yo, Yogurt Stop, has seen its neighbors (and some competitors) come and go. In 2006, Pinkberry ...

  On June 4, 2015 / By Mary Saunders
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  Vintage West Hollywood Pictorial Traveling Back to the ’20s, ’30s & ’40s

  West Hollywood in 1948 — An accident between a streetcar and a car at Santa Monica Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard. To see more… ...

  On February 28, 2015 / By Mary Saunders
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  West Hollywood Boy’s Town has a New Greek Grill

  West Hollywood has a new addition in the world of Greek food. George’s Greek Grill, also known as G4, which stands for George’s Greek Grill’s fourth location. Currently, ...

  On January 28, 2015 / By Mary Saunders
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  Vintage West Hollywood Sunset Strip “A ’70s Pictorial”

  In the early ’70s, making one’s way up and down the Sunset Strip to enjoy all of the dining, nightclubs and music venues it had to offer was ...

  On November 24, 2014 / By Mary Saunders