A Lush Patio for Kir Royales, Lobster and Foie Gras

A Lush Patio for Kir Royales, Lobster and Foie Gras

And Gjelina Takes a Giant Japanese Turn

Wednesday

FROM PERKS

Mayweather, Pacquiao and Ali Signed These

A boxing robe signed by Ali. Trunks signed by Mayweather and Pacquiao. Boxing gloves signed by Tyson. That’s just a taste of the rare boxing memorabilia we’ve got waiting for you over on Perks.

MAGIC MOUNTAIN

Travis Lett Turns Japanese. Figuratively.

The Gjelina crew just opened a Japanese place inside a big black spaceship on Abbot Kinney. It’s spelled MTN but pronounced “mountain,” and deals in costly interpretations of izakaya fare like snapper sashimi, chicken karaage and pork ramen. Again, it’s “mountain.”

Thursday

JUNE IN AUGUST

Southern Songs by the Seaside

Tennessee powerhouse Valerie June and soul legend Irma Thomas play a gratis show on the pier tomorrow. Watch them from the crowd. Or hear them beside friends and a picnic on the beach. Or while revolving 130-feet over the ocean on an illuminated Ferris wheel like a normal person.

Friday

STYLES AHEAD

New Month. New Shoes. New Head.

This is the weekend that you’ll grab Esquivel shoes at 50-80% off. This is the weekend that you’ll link up with Blind Barber’s truck for a gratis haircut in Culver City. This is the weekend that your brunch companions keep talking about your hair and feet.

Saturday

RAPID PIE MOVEMENT

A Notable Brooklyn Pie Ventures West

Brooklyn’s Four & Twenty Blackbirds is in Venice this weekend, doling out its famous matcha custard and salty honey pies whole and by the slice at Jeni’s Splendid. It also made special pies for us, including a stone fruit granola one and a shaker citrus one. True. We enjoy citrus.

Sunday

THE PEOPLE’S CHAMP

A Stronghold of Kir Royales and Foie Gras

You know that sublime little strip of patio in front of the Beverly Wilshire? Through August, that will be a lush garden where you can sit and have champagne cocktails along with foie gras, Maine lobster and ribeye with some friends. Peak summer: reached.

What Else Is New

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE

Your Weekly Trump Administration Power Rankings…

…can be found right here, along with a brief history of cocaine use in polite society and dispatches from Wall Drug, the most uniquely American tourist attraction in the country.