Los Angeles

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Ardor. Hip and hidden Restaurant in Los Angeles

Ardor. Hip and hidden Restaurant in Los Angeles.

Anthea Gerrie discovers hip but hidden Ardor, West Hollywood’s best-kept restaurant secret.

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Beverly Hills Happy Trails

Beverly Hills Happy Trails

Anthea Gerrie dismisses the myth that no one walks in LA by exploring Beverly Hills Happy Trails, strolling its art, retail and restaurants.

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Hip Mama Shelter, Los Angeles

Anthea Gerrie finds a warm welcome in Tinseltown at Hollywood’s hip Mama Shelter

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Hotel Shangri-La

The lights of the Santa Monica Ferris wheel have come on and It’s quite a spectacle from my perch on the rooftop bar of Hotel Shangri-La seven storey’s up.

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Twelve Top USA Art Museums

Many of the world’s finest art museums are in the USA and here are my twelve top USA art museums, from a list that could easily be twice as long.

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Hook & Plow Hermosa Beach

Too many visitors turn resolutely left out of LAX, heading north for Los Angeles, Beverly Hills or Santa Monica, oblivious to the delights which lie to the south. Yet within a half-hour’s drive of the airport sit LA’s delightful beach towns, a great place to kick back and enjoy good food in rustic surroundings. Hermosa Beach is one of the prettiest of these coastal villages, and The Hook & Plow has been its star turn since 2014.

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