Quick Escape...Los Angeles - Montage Hotels & Resorts
BEST OF GETAWAYS
Quick Escape...Los Angeles HEADING SOUTH With a recent influx of indie restaurateurs, creatives and entrepreneurs, and a reimagining and erection of So-Cal-inspired design houses, the heart of Los Angeles awaits with a glittering bevy of sumptuous accommodations, delectable restaurants, scintillating nightlife, and high-line luxury. The breezy alfresco interior and roof top pool of the 285-room FOUR SEASONS HOTEL LOS ANGELES AT BEVERLY HILLS, 310-273-2222, fourseasons.com, offers welcomed reprieve to shoppers and Hollywood execs alike. Weary weekenders revel in Mediterranean-inspired luxury and 500-thread count Egyptian sheets at one of 55 suites at the five-star 201-room MONTAGE BEVERLY HILLS, 310-499-4199, montagehotels.com, and take advantage of the Spa Montage with a signature hammam Vichy ritual or get red-carpet-ready with a Kerstin Florian illuminating body treatment. Hiding from the paparazzi? Take refuge at locals’ best-kept secret, boutique hotel and former residence of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, L’ERMITAGE, 310-278-3344, viceroyhotelsandresorts.com.
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A testing ground for the latest in Angeleno health trends and foodie culture is GRACIAS MADRE, 323-978-2170, graciasmadreweho .com, a study in richly flavored vegan Mexican cuisine and cocktails featuring sustainable, organic, and seasonal produce (think gorditas with potato-masa cakes, warm salsa verde, and cashew crema with a seasonal Sangria de Temporada). Cap off an afternoon at the freshly renovated FREDS AT BARNEYS, 310-777-5877, barneys.com; beat the 3 pm crash at cozy underground Melrose Place cult fave ALFRED COFFEE, 323-944-0811, alfredcoffee.com; or heed a taste for the finer things in life with a pick-me-up caviar sampler at afternoon hot spot PETROSSIAN, 310-271-6300, petrossian.com. With an intimate 25-seat space in Beverly Hills, Curtis Stone’s first stateside restaurant and passion project, MAUDE, 310-859-3418, mauderestaurant.com, lets flavor take center stage with a menu of nine tasting plates that he asserts are never “modern or overwrought” and feature a single monthly ingredient. Step back in time and bask in the amber glow of David Koral’s midcentury styled speakeasy THE NICE GUY, 310-360-9500, theniceguyla.com.
The spa at the Montage; a look from Gucci; the Four Seasons; Freds at Barneys.
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With three stories and a top floor dressing salon fashioned after Hedi Slimane’s own L.A. home, Rodeo’s SAINT LAURENT, 310-271-4110, ysl.com, epitomizes the brand’s penchant for rich materials, crisp lines, and craftsmanship with marble and high polished metal accents. Equally visually stunning, GUCCI, 310-278-3451, gucci.com, rings in its new “Golden Era” with the reopening of its 22,000-square-foot Rodeo flagship, which pays homage to its rich Italian history with dark rosewood accents juxtaposed with modern smoked glass and mirror glamour. A one-stop shop, the architectural interior of BARNEYS NEW YORK, 310-777-5877, barneys.com, is a marvel in and of itself, save for the luxury threads, accessory lines, and cult beauty brands the store carries. Also a 90210 mainstay, the PERRIN PARIS, 310-786-9936, perrinparis.com, outfits Angelenos with coutureworthy clutches in a myriad of rainbow shades and sacs de plage fit for St. Tropez or a Butterfly Beach jaunt. –ANGELIA DE MEISTRE-HAMMER
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BEST OF 2015
Quick Escape...Los Angeles HEADING SOUTH With a recent influx of indie restaurateurs, creatives and entrepreneurs, and a reimagining and erection of So-Cal-inspired design houses, the heart of Los Angeles awaits with a glittering bevy of sumptuous accommodations, delectable restaurants, scintillating nightlife, and high-line luxury. The breezy alfresco interior and roof top pool of the 285-room FOUR SEASONS HOTEL LOS ANGELES AT BEVERLY HILLS, 310-273-2222, fourseasons.com, offers welcomed reprieve to shoppers and Hollywood execs alike. Weary weekenders revel in Mediterranean-inspired luxury and 500-thread count Egyptian sheets at one of 55 suites at the five-star 201-room MONTAGE BEVERLY HILLS, 310-499-4199, montagehotels.com, and take advantage of the Spa Montage with a signature hammam Vichy ritual or get red-carpet-ready with a Kerstin Florian illuminating body treatment. Hiding from the paparazzi? Take refuge at locals’ best-kept secret, boutique hotel and former residence of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, L’ERMITAGE, 310-278-3344, viceroyhotelsandresorts.com.
STAY
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT :
A testing ground for the latest in Angeleno health trends and foodie culture is GRACIAS MADRE, 323-978-2170, graciasmadreweho .com, a study in richly flavored vegan Mexican cuisine and cocktails featuring sustainable, organic, and seasonal produce (think gorditas with potato-masa cakes, warm salsa verde, and cashew crema with a seasonal Sangria de Temporada). Cap off an afternoon at the freshly renovated FREDS AT BARNEYS, 310-777-5877, barneys.com; beat the 3 pm crash at cozy underground Melrose Place cult fave ALFRED COFFEE, 323-944-0811, alfredcoffee.com; or heed a taste for the finer things in life with a pick-me-up caviar sampler at afternoon hot spot PETROSSIAN, 310-271-6300, petrossian.com. With an intimate 25-seat space in Beverly Hills, Curtis Stone’s first stateside restaurant and passion project, MAUDE, 310-859-3418, mauderestaurant.com, lets flavor take center stage with a menu of nine tasting plates that he asserts are never “modern or overwrought” and feature a single monthly ingredient. Step back in time and bask in the amber glow of David Koral’s midcentury styled speakeasy THE NICE GUY, 310-360-9500, theniceguyla.com.
The spa at the Montage; a look from Gucci; the Four Seasons; Freds at Barneys.
EAT & DRINK
With three stories and a top floor dressing salon fashioned after Hedi Slimane’s own L.A. home, Rodeo’s SAINT LAURENT, 310-271-4110, ysl.com, epitomizes the brand’s penchant for rich materials, crisp lines, and craftsmanship with marble and high polished metal accents. Equally visually stunning, GUCCI, 310-278-3451, gucci.com, rings in its new “Golden Era” with the reopening of its 22,000-square-foot Rodeo flagship, which pays homage to its rich Italian history with dark rosewood accents juxtaposed with modern smoked glass and mirror glamour. A one-stop shop, the architectural interior of BARNEYS NEW YORK, 310-777-5877, barneys.com, is a marvel in and of itself, save for the luxury threads, accessory lines, and cult beauty brands the store carries. Also a 90210 mainstay, the PERRIN PARIS, 310-786-9936, perrinparis.com, outfits Angelenos with coutureworthy clutches in a myriad of rainbow shades and sacs de plage fit for St. Tropez or a Butterfly Beach jaunt. –ANGELIA DE MEISTRE-HAMMER
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