Can’t get a dinner reservation for Valentine’s Day? Then grab your lucky date by the hand and run, don’t walk, to Five Guys Burgers at 5550 Wilshire. Sources tell I Love Los Angeles, But… that the burger joint will have…
Author: Mark Berman
Common Sense Prevails in L.A.!
One of my pet peeves about our fair city are all of the varying parking restrictions around town. I have written in the past that something needs to be done about them — I think they are anti-business; people need…
No L.A. New Year’s Celebration, Again
Last night I spent my seventh New Year’s Eve here in sunny Los Angeles, and my mind is still boggled by the fact that there is no public celebration anywhere in town. New York City has the famous ball drop…
When is Tom Bergin’s Reopening?
Where have I been?! I only noticed a couple of week’s ago that legendary Irish bar Tom Bergin’s is closed for renovations — since July! So, when will the Guinness be flowing again? Well, initially it was supposed to reopen…
What Does this Sign Mean?!
There are many things about transportation in Los Angeles that are puzzling — the lack of left turn lights at major intersections, unnecessary parking restrictions, the Subway-to-the-Sea that does not reach the sea — but this sign I stumbled upon on…
Shame on Los Angeles!
If you drive around Los Angeles, and all of us who live here spend plenty of time doing that, you will see that the landscape is dotted with empty lots and abandoned buildings waiting for the wrecking ball. It is…
Black Friday at West Hollywood Best Buy
Where will you be spending your Thanksgiving? With family? With friends because it is just too damn expensive to fly home to see your family? Home alone with a turkey sandwich and the Dallas Cowboys? Whichever it is, it could…
End of an Era: Davids All Gone
It is the end of a quirky era in Los Angeles — the David House is no more. Well, the house is still there, but the 19 infamous statues that gave the Hancock Park home its name are gone. They…
Five Guys Burgers IS Coming to 5550!
So it turns out Five Guys Burgers is indeed coming to 5550 Wilshire on the Miracle Mile. I Love Los Angeles, But… reported in August that the East Coast Burger joint’s website said a restaurant there was “coming soon” and…
Photos: Sontag Drug Store
Just like movies have a taglines (classic example, “Weekend at Bernie’s — He’s the Life of the Party… Well, Almost), the tagline for Los Angeles should be “Out with the Old, in with the New,” and I’m not referring to…