So there's less than a week until Valentine's Day, you say? We say who cares, since the Barneys Warehouse Sale arrives first, and if you'd just as soon express your love to a pair of shoes as your loved one, then it's time to mobilize.

The Barneys Warehouse Sale hits LA starting on February 11, finally taking NYC on February 16. It's the real deal, elbowing-among-the-racks event, with designer clothing, shoes and some accessories at least 60% off. Most is, however, gloriously 75% off or more.

Believe it or not, many foreigners actually fly in for the NY sale; it's legendary. This is why Barneys sale workers hand out garbage bags to hold your potential purchases, because this is the sale where everyone stocks up on labels for the year. Some examples for women: tons of Lanvin, Prada, Marc Jacobs, Christopher Kane, Jil Sander and the odd Rodarte here and there. For men, it's a range of your wildest dreams, including Dior Homme, Prada (Prada for everyone), Alexander McQueen, Woolrich, John Varvatos and Paul Smith. The pertinent details:]]> JetSetCD 2012-02-09T08:30:02-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/10/27/17256/415

It never fails. We'll be at an airport, chilling at a gate awaiting a flight boarding announcement, and every time an Airbus A380 rolls up nearby, other travelers around us will stand and head to the windows for a better look.

There's just something about the double-decker jet, maybe that it's easy to spot or maybe because it's simply so massive that makes people pay attention. Flyers who wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a 737 and a 777 will point and reverently whisper, "that's that new superjumbo. Cooool."

LAX may not have as many airlines arriving with A380s as JFK, but they're inching up there. On the other hand, LAX has only two gates best equipped to service the beasts, so you'll usually know where to find them at the large airport. That'd be gates 101 and 123. Of the 7 airlines currently flying A380s, 3 have routes to LAX. Here's who to look for:]]> JetSetCD 2011-10-27T17:25:06-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/10/18/125514/57

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Film Independent, which produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced last week that they were launching the Film Independent at LACMA Film Series. This series will mix classic and contemporary films, conversations with artists, and special guest-curated programs.

The film screenings kick off tomorrow night with Jackie Brown, but the event everyone is talking about is Thursday night's live reading of The Breakfast Club, directed by Jason Reitman. A carefully selected cast, including James Van Der Beek, Mindy Kaling and Patton Oswalt will read the movie's entire script—on the fly—in front of a live audience. ]]> cmb 2011-10-18T12:55:14-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/9/26/141910/379

Ever since someone stupidly convinced Orbitz that they needed to invest in a Facebook application two years ago—the premise being that people would want to share their travel plans with all of their high school and college and work and random stalkerish Facebook friends—we've kind of given up on complaining about meaningless social media projects. Organizations will build Facebook pages, even if there's no real need for those types of organization to have Facebook pages, because that's what organizations do now.

Fair enough.

So let's quickly glide past how we don't really understand why LAX needs a new Facebook page, which is something they just launched. The Los Angeles airport has had a Twitter account since 2009, which makes perfect sense because people are used to going to Twitter for breaking news in general and for travel news specifically (checking an airline's Twitter feed for delays is now just something we do). ]]> Omri 2011-09-26T15:05:02-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/9/20/9514/65157

Ever wanted your picture with the famous white "HOLLYWOOD" sign above Los Angeles? Of course you do, who doesn't? Well, LA residents apparently aren't a fan of the practice of hiking up into the hills for the bucket list photograph, especially LA residents who happen to live in the shadow of the letters themselves. They're fuming about a recent increase in tourists trekking near their property, and they're meeting to (try to) do something about it.

NBC Los Angeles fills us in on the NIMBY debate:

The homeowners trying to discourage sightseers, led by the Hollywoodland Homeowners Association, say the roads beneath the Hollywood sign are too narrow to accommodate both the residents and tourists who often come in tour vans and buses.

Tourists using smartphones can find a variety of suggestions when it comes to finding a viewing area, and some "rogue" websites encourage visitors to use private roads to reach the sign.

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It's no secret that we have a love/hate relationship with Restaurant Week-style events. Sometimes the food travel events are opportunties to score great meals at great prices. Other times they're an excuse for people like these douchebags to pretend that the lemon chicken they're eating and the wine they're overpaying for are the height of bourgeois sophistication. As Dennis Miller once famously said about drug use, the problem isn't the drugs themselves but the people you have to do them around.

So consider us somewhat skeptical about the Los Angeles Food & Wine week, due to launch October 13-16. A joint initiative sponsored by the likes of American Express Dining and Lexus Automobiles, the project involves dozens of gastronomic events sprinkled with "talent"—their word, not ours—drawn from the world of famous chefs and sommeliers. Feel free to browse all of the events here.]]> Omri 2011-09-19T14:37:50-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/8/25/1056/38887

It might be too late to get tickets to Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards but there's still a way you can get in, and you might even get to rub elbows with a few celebs.

1iota.com is still looking for seat fillers over the age of 18 to sit in the featured camera seats while the artists, celebrities and ticket holders are temporarily away from their spots during the show. Having been seat fillers are two previous, high-profile award shows, we can say that there's nothing like bragging to your friends about having just sat 8th row center and watching Aerosmith, Beyonce, Mariah Carey and Justin Timberlake do their thing like it ain't no thang.

This year's VMAs will be held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and will feature performances by Lady GaGa, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, and more.

It's not to late to apply for a position as a seat filler, just register with 1iota.com ASAP and fill out the application at 1iota.com, then get ready to sit among all of the VIPs at the show!

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