Aesop, the Australian skin, hair and body product chain, will be opening a new store on Abbot Kinney this summer. $29 “Post-Poo Drops” coming to Venice soon! Aesop has “more than sixty signature stores internationally across many major cities, including Paris, Tokyo and New York, as well as Aesop counters in some of the world’s [...]

[Read more →]

Amsterdam-based fashion brand Scotch & Soda opened their latest store this weekend in the old Plantation location at 1340 Abbot Kinney. Click here to see the slide show “real size”, or here to see them individually Scotch & Soda currently has over 30 retail stores worldwide, is featured at more than 7000 other sales points, [...]

[Read more →]

From our friends at The Ave: Monday April 15th was a tragic day for those in Boston, MA. We were horrified to learn that bombs had gone off near the finish line at the Boston Marathon, and immediately worried for our friends, families, and everyone else in the vicinity. Our hearts ached at the sight [...]

[Read more →]

The Venice Neighborhood Council Land Use and Planning Committee will meet this evening from 6:45-9pm at the Venice Recreation Center. Of note on the agenda: 1. Project presentations for a “Market to Deli change” at Kim’s Market (600 Mildred, at Ocean). The property was recently sold. 2. Project presentations for 1601 Main, the old Venice [...]

[Read more →]

After two years of planning for a location on Abbot Kinney, the Tamara Catz Boutique has opened in the previously Venice Vintage Paradise space at 1144 Abbot Kinney. The store is Argentinian designer Catz’s second store, the first being in Paia on the north shore of Maui. Catz creates a new collection every 6 weeks, [...]

[Read more →]