The Point, El Segundo’s newest, outdoor shopping & dinning center aired out its official welcome over the summer with a ton of hype and well intended publicity. The Point is located conveniently at the crossroads of Rosecrans Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard near a stretch of real estate already decorated with retail space from the likes […]
Del Amo Mall in Torrance is undergoing a facelift from its 1980s contemporary suburban slumber to a more up-scale “lifestyle center” theme, soon to be anchored by newer shops and restaurants like Nordstom’s and Victoria Secret. The mighty myth of malls across America has not been financially prosperous this century with many being made into […]
Have you ever been to a culinary theatre? Probably not as it is a bit high minded and normal lease space for restaurant owners is always pared down for efficiency dollar by dollar. It is the nature of the business and wide open vistas in restaurants don’t compute. Opening an authentic Italian restaurant in the […]
Named after a lake that used to cause week long floods during heavy rains, Torrance’s Walteria neighborhood along Hawthorne Blvd. just west of P.C.H.is stacked with small businesses that could help you broker a mortgage, do your taxes, color you hair, clean your carpet, or decorate your pool or patio for starters. A gauntlet of […]
It is Tuesday night mid-September in Downtown Manhattan Beach just before dusk, the weather is hot and those lucky enough to enjoy a plot of sand on a weekday are treasure hunting for their parked cars hoping the day doesn’t end with a surprise stuck to their windshield. Fashionably well, the evening crowd fills in […]
Historic preservation is a theme that underpins the nature of Old Town Torrance as its one way streets were originally designed to deter motorists from side-stepping highway traffic and using it as a short-cut. The pace of normal life slows down between Sartori & Cravens Avenue and without much notice, nightfall washes away lunchtime business […]
At the beginning of 2014 that ever congested corridor along Rosecrans Avenue in El Segundo that caters to upscale dining restaurants like Fleming’s Steakhouse, as well as a conglomerate of corporations that lease space in a pro-business zip code with easy access to the 405 freeway, got a new neighbor with some east coast flavor. […]
South Bay Events presents its pick of the month for May 2014! Changes in the way we eat and when we eat compound on a daily basis. The best laid plans of any diet or nutrition fad are so often temporary changes with no sustainable healthy effects. Food, now more than ever, is part of […]
Lately, the southeastern flank of Del Amo Fashion Center is slowly taken claim as the hippest part of Torrance, kind of like a burgeoning west side for the South Bay. The proof is in the crowds as high end shopping destinations like Z-Gallerie, Anthropologie, and Lucky Brand attract wi-fi connected teens and dads with fohawks […]
Most people overlook the small Mexican restaurant known as La Playita, even though it has one of the best locations in the South Bay. Situated on the edge of a green park with the sand of Hermosa Beach just beyond, this hidden gem also has some of the best food in town. Located just 1/2 […]