Are you eating shoes?

FRIDAY, SEPT. 15TH

HEADLINES

FRIDAY

Good mornin’ good lookin’ ☕️…

Let’s get some brunch. But like good brunch.

MORNING FOOD 🍳 THE BEST BRUNCH. JUST THE BEST: It’s the weekend, it’s the weekend. Time to celebrate your big wins this week, I know that you have some. Why not treat yourself to a brunch or two? Or maybe even a Taylor Swift thirteen? Below are just three of the best brunch spots that we have in LA, in addition to LA Eater’s guide of the thirteen best brunch spots, linked at the bottom.

1. Grandmaster Recorders: Grandmaster Recorders, a late-night hangout in Hollywood, has recently launched a new weekend jazz brunch from noon to 3:00pm. Their menu includes breakfast sandwiches, avocado bruschetta, and more. The cocktails are expertly stirred and shaken at all hours, so the boozy (if that’s your thing, sobriety is also cool. I promise), brunch options are bound to be worth trying as well. Enjoy the brunch on the rooftop with Sunday jazz performances📍Grandmaster Recorders

2. Baar Baar: We have talked about Baar Baar before at CuratedLA. As a recap, Baar Baar is undoubtedly one of the best places to have brunch in LA. It is here when the morning hangovers can turn into a morning gyration of the mind: imagine toasted sourdough, velvety cheese, a perfectly fried egg, and a punchy chill chutney📍Baar Baar

3. Atla: This gem on Abbott Kinney provides hang-ten vibes that are both chill and ambient. Atla also has the delight of avocado toast with a veggie menu that includes mushrooms en salsa verde and tantalizing carrot salads, all day long📍Atla

Read the rest of the best brunch spots available to us. 🔗 Eater: LA

CURATEDLA SPONSORSHIP OPTS 📈 Q3 DROP: Sponsor opportunities have just dropped for October, November + December 🤑 Brand inquiries

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EATS

VARIOUS LOCATIONS 🚀 TAKE A TIMEOUT TO READ THIS: TimeOut has updated their guide of the best restaurants to eat in LA 🔗 TimeOut: LA

GARDENA 👞 SKECHERS?: Skechers, yes the shoe company, has a surprising secret that’s bringing foot traffic to their warehouse store in Gardena: The Food Spot, their eatery, and it’s been getting buzz. And no…people are not eating shoes. Folks are chowing down on $2.50 hot dogs, $3.00 pizza slices, burgers, chicken sandwiches and more. Put those kicks on, run on over, because we’ve been hearing that it is indeed worth the wait 🔗 KTLA 

LAKEWOOD 🍜 THAI STREET FOOD CONCEPT: A tasty addition is coming to Lakewood, Naruedee Mongkhonluang, which promises a burst of flavors with quick and fresh Thai dishes like shrimp and rice, larb and green papaya salads, and mouthwatering Thai sausage 🔗 What Now Los Angeles

MASTERWORKS

A million dollar Banksy got investors 32% returns?
Mm-hmm, sure. So, what’s the catch?

We know it may sound too good to be true. But it’s not only possible, it’s happening—and thousands of investors are smiling all the way to the bank, thanks to the fine-art investing platform Masterworks.

These results aren’t cherry-picking. This is the whole bushel. Masterworks has built a track record of 8 exits, the last 3 realizing 10.4%, 35%, and 13.9% net returns even while financial markets plummeted.

But art? Really? Okay, skeptics, here are the numbers. Contemporary art prices:

• Outpaced the S&P 500 by 131% over the last 26 years

• Have the lowest correlation to equities of any asset class

• Remained stable through the dot-com bubble and ’08 crisis

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UPCOMINGS

TODAY 📆 

DTLA 🇮🇹 A REAL BOY: THE MANY LIVES OF PINOCCHIO: ^{10:00AM - 3:00PM}  💰️ FREE |📍Italian American Museum of Los Angeles: Family event alert! Pinocchio displays of toys, books and costumes 🔗 More information

GLENDALE 🎤 COMEDY + WINE NIGHT: ^7:00PM  💰️ $15+ | 📍Oeno Vino Presented by Laugh City. This is a comedy show with nationally touring comics, pairing audiences with award-winning wines 🎟️ Tickets

HOLLYWOOD 🎤 AUDREY STEWART & FRIENDS: ^9:45PM  💰️ $25+ | 📍Hollywood Improv ft: Shapel Lacey, Brittany Furlan, Leslie Liao, Brittany Schmitt, Fumi Abe, J.T. Parr and Pat Quinn 🎟️ Tickets

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COMMUNITY

DTLA 💪 GANG REHABILITATION 5K: The largest gang rehabilitation program, Homeboy Industries, is hosting a 5K next Sunday, September 23rd in DTLA. Proceeds from the event will assist with on-job training, employability skills, and collective support 🔗 Audacy

HONORED 🚇️ GUILLERMO OF JIMMY KIMMEL: Our favorite wing-man, Guillermo Rodriguez, was honored yesterday in appreciation of Latino Heritage Month. An event took place for Guillermo to receive his Order from City Council, an Order of Community Treasures. Well-deserved, Guillermo, as you are a treasure to us 🖇️ ABC7

WESTWOOD 🎉 GRAND OPENING FOR UCLA: UCLA will celebrate the grand opening of their new theater, Nimoy Theatre, with a community-welcoming party on Sunday from 3:00pm - 6:30pm. Food, interactive activities, and special guests throughout the day 🔗 UCLA

BUSINESS

HIRING 🚀 

SPACEX 🚀 STARLINK ENTERPRISE REGIONAL SALES MANAGER: The Starlink Enterprise Sales team is hiring a local, results driven Regional Sales Manager to support Starlink’s adoption across North America. 👋 Elon!
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CREDIT KARMA 💳️ CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER: Intuit Credit Karma is a mission-driven company, focused on championing financial progress for our more than 110 million members in the U.S., Canada and U.K. 💼 Learn more

REAL ESTATE

SAN PEDRO 🚢 PORT OF LA: The City is reviewing a final environmental impact report for Onni Group’s proposed high-rise development at 1360 N. Vine Street in Hollywood. The project, which was originally a residential-only development, now has two build options: 1) 429 units above a 55,000 square foot grocery store or 2) 464,000 square feet of office space with 12,000 square feet of restaurant space below 🔗 Urbanize

CULTURE

RECAP: On Wednesday I asked, ‘Chargers or Rams?’

I don’t want to spam, or pictures of puppies, so I’ll be quick:

The Rams won our CuratedLA:.
In other news…

So, now…favorite local MLB team:

ANGELS ⚾️ DODGERS: You are forced to watch one of these teams play. Scheduling wise, they have competing games:

SPORTS

TODAY:

DODGERS 🧢 AT MARINERS: 7:10pm, T-Mobile Park, TV: MLB Extra Innings/Root Sports/Spectrum 🎟️ AWAY Tickets

LIONS ⚾️ VS ANGELS: 6:38pm, Angel Stadium 📺️ FOX Sports West/Mid Atlantic Sports Network/MLB Extra Innings 🎟️ HOME Tickets

TOMORROW:

DODGERS 🧢 AT MARINERS: 6:40pm, T-Mobile Park 📺️ MLB Extra Innings/Root Sports/Spectrum 🎟️ AWAY Tickets

LIONS ⚾️ VS ANGELS: 6:07pm, Angel Stadium, 📺️ FOX Sports West/Mid Atlantic Sports Network/MLB Extra Innings 🎟️ HOME Tickets

NC CENTRAL 🏈 VS UCLA: 2:00pm, The Rose Bowl 📺️ PAC-12: LOS ANGELES 🎟️ Tickets

USC TROJANS 🏈 OFF-WEEK: Next game, September 23rd at Arizona State

SUNDAY:

DODGERS 🧢 AT MARINERS: 1:10pm, T-Mobile Park 📺️ MLB Extra Innings/Root Sports/Spectrum 🎟️ AWAY Tickets

LIONS ⚾️ VS ANGELS: 1:07pm, Angel Stadium, 📺️ FOX Sports West/Mid Atlantic Sports Network/MLB Extra Innings 🎟️ HOME Tickets

49ERS 🏈 VS. RAMS: 1:05pm, SoFi Stadium 📺️ FOX 🎟️ HOME Tickets

CHARGERS 🏈 TITANS: 10:00am, Nissan Stadium 📺️ ABC 🎟️ AWAY Tickets

ITS YOUR WKND

…truly all of us trying to go out after having children….