Los Angeles - January 31, 2010

Here's the Plan

What to Do This Week

All you need for the days that end in -y.

CHEERS
Greatest Sips
What: Trade your bifocals for beer goggles and pour over the Hot Knives best of brews zine.
Why: Add a few tasting notes of your own at a.nnotate.com.
When: It’s five o’clock somewhere.
Where: Online at publicationstudio.biz.

LUNCH
Drago Centro’s Panini Bar
What: Grab Kobe meatball and Parm, porchetta, and fig mustard, as well as other gourmet pressed sammies to go, for about nine bucks.
Why: Fast food nation.
When: Mon.-Fri., 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Where: 525 S. Flower St., b/t W. Fifth & W. Sixth Sts., ste. 120, Downtown (213-228-8998).

BUY
Driftwood
What: Keenly curated vintage and local designer clothing, books, records, art, and home decor (check the reclaimed timber furniture) tucked smartly inside this recently opened lifestyle shop.
Why: Float on.
When: Sun.-Wed., 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Thurs.-Sat., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
Where: 3938 W. Sunset Blvd., at Sanborn Ave., Silver Lake (323-644-1272).

CATCH
EatLACMA
What: Activist/artist collective Fallen Fruit launches a yearlong project exploring food’s relationship to art, culture, and politics, with a fruit tree giveaway at the LACMA campus.
Why: Proof it’s not just what you eat.
When: Feb. 7. Sun., noon-3 p.m.
Where: BP Grand Entrance, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Miracle Mile.

PRIMP
Bliss Hollywood Opens
What: The international purveyors of pretty bring their spa power, signature treatments, and high-performance product line to Tinseltown.
Why: Beauty is as lounge-area brownie bar does.
When: Opens Thurs. Daily, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Where: W Hollywood Hotel and Residencies, 6250 Hollywood Blvd., b/t Vine St. & Argyle Ave., Hollywood (877-862-5477).

Photo: Courtesy of Hot Knives