Whether you started your Halloween planning in May, or are just realizing you have just days to get your butt in gear, the good businesses on Melrose have everything you need – and simply WANT – for this fantastic holiday. Here is your complete guide to all the scary and silly for Halloween. First things […]
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Looking for something to haunt your Halloween weekend? Options abound on Melrose Ave., with plays, performances, dining, and drinking options that might just send an enjoyable seasonal thrill. Greenway Court Theatre At the Greenway Court Theatre, a stage adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 adds a little possibly prescient Halloween scare to this election year. Based […]
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For some people, every day is Halloween. Melrose is lucky to have two such people sharing their deep love for all things ghoulish at the delightfully dark Monster-A-GoGo. Michelle and Ash Ghoulmore (for real!) started their partnership in work and in life while living in Scotland. Early on, Michelle learned body piercing and wanted to […]
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For Marlene Vargas and Alex Naranjo, meeting each other was the best thing about 2007…the rest of the year was really awful. They took huge losses in the market crash – day jobs, houses, cars, money, and hope were all gone. Bankruptcy loomed. Seeking any kind of solace or direction, the women went to a […]
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Combining French and Italian cuisine in a charming space, Napoleon & Josephine is a Corsican-style eatery offering a mixed menu that’s part French, part Italian – and 100% Corsican. Run by Corsican native, Chef Olympe Ricco and musician Cedric Savelli, the restaurant is a celebration of the vibrant cuisine that merges the two cultures. Red […]
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Serving French pastries and coffee, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Maison Richard carries on the legacy of renowned French pastry chef Michel Richard, who moved from his original pastry shop to open Citrus in Los Angeles, followed by Citronelle in Washington, D.C. His pastry shop, then on Robertson Boulevard, passed into the capable creative hands of […]
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Plant-based cuisine has come a long way, baby. First practiced by ancient Greek philosophers for better health and animal welfare, it became a full-fledged movement in the mid-1800s for the same reasons. When the hippies got a hold of it in the 1960s, there was no turning back from vegetarianism entering mainstream culture. Today, there […]
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