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late last night i returned from los angeles and what could only be described as a trip that left me smiling ear to ear and wanting to come back to LA as soon as possible. as a new yorker, we’re sort of taught to dislike LA but I fell into deep like with the city right away. the weather, the people (so friendly!), the history- it was such an incredible place to spend two jam-packed days. i just wanted to share some of my photos from the trip and then i’ll jump back into regular thursday before + after content. and thank you again to everyone who came out to tuesday night’s biz lady meetup. we had close to 200 women there (the biggest yet!) and i don’t think i could have left feeling more inspired by a room just brimming with talent. thank you to everyone who made my trip the fantastic 2 days that it was- i’ll definitely be back in LA as soon as i can. i think the sunny weather-bug has bitten me and i’m dying to ride around in a convertible again looking at houses in the hollywood hills. thank you again to everyone in LA. [image above: the bathroom at chateau marmont]

[images above: a fantastic afternoon at chateau marmont with susie and heidi of rock scissor paper]

[image above: a frank lloyd wright house in the hollywood hills]

[images above: incredible glass floral chandeliers at the beverly hills hotel]

[image above: next at mario batali's mozza restaurant, where we sat next to hank azaria and josh malina (so cute)]

[image above: one angle on the LA Biz Ladies, via AT:LA]

[image above: me, kit pistol from project runway and julie wolfson from the LAist]

[image above: a room full of LA biz ladies]

[image above: biz lady speakers! left to right: d*s, lindsay horstman of smith barney, tanya aguiniga, tootie and billie from reform school]

[image above: last but not least, billie and tootie's mustache tattoos- on their index fingers! too funny]

OH MY ___!! You know we love you Grace but now we’re going to have to kill you for posting that moustache pic.. I swear we had make-up on when we got there..
We had such a blast, Thanks so much for including us..

Heidi & I had such a great time with you on Monday afternoon. What a gorgeous day! I’m so glad that you had a great trip and that we were able to share with you some of the places we love in our city. Part 2 next time?

Thanks so much, Grace! The event was so helpful and inspiring. I’m glad you had a wonderful time in LA…and will take your fun stories back to NY. (I think people that say they dislike LA are just secretly jealous of our weather and landscape! :)

as an ex new york biz lady, and currently la biz lady, i have to say, that if we have more events like this, then l.a. will be almost as inspiring as new york. of course in a completely, sunny and beautifully different way. let’s do it again.

That’s actually a Lloyd Wright house and pretty famous (The Sowden House) - it’s been in lots of films (a friend of mine lived in it as a child!) http://www.you-are-here.com/building/sowden.html

So glad you got to hang w/the fabulous Julie!

That was such a great gathering. I left feeling very inspired. And now I feel like I need to talk to everyone on the street that I pass because it seems like there are a lot of like minded people here. So much creative talent!

Donna Lethal:
The house IS the Storer House by FLW on Hollywood Blvd above the Chateau Marmont. The Sowden House is on Franklin in Los Feliz and is fabulous as well!
http://www.architecturetoursla.com/gallerypages/1.htm

we came up from san diego; started the day at the LA textile show and ended it with 200 creative women at the get-together. we had a good time and came away with great info. thanks for coming out to SoCal!

Tuesday was the most fun day ever! Thanks Grace!!

In the bags at Mozza are a napkin and silverware. Sorry it’s not something more exciting. We had an amazing meal: brussel sprouts with prosciutto crumbs, baked cauliflower, peas with yogurt, 4 kinds of pizza and a dessert of caramel gelato with fresh marsh-mellow and spanish peanuts. So good.
The biz ladies meeting was so inspiring. A fantastic group of women and Crumbs Bakeshop mini cupcakes too!!

Please!
Can anybody tell me where the wodden lamps from the AT:LA shot came from?! Especially the flat oval middle one on the pic where the lady wears a matching net hat.
Looks like a lot of fun - great pics. Let’s unite - yeah!

i thought they might, so i took them quickly. sienna miller was across the way so i didn’t want to make it look like i was trying to snap a picture of her.

and yes, those “gentleman” are the loveliest on the block ;)

grace

dionne

the notes were posted on tuesday morning- we don’t film or record the groups (i find it makes the attendees uncomfortable) so the notes are the best i can do for now.

i’m hoping to change that for next year- stay tuned for the announcement about the format change this fall. :)

How I wish i could have been there. I’m recovering from foot surgery and couldn’t drive, but I heard from
Christine of Chocolate and Steel that it was fab. If you ever come back to L. A. I’ll be there with bells on.

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