Los Angeles

Who: Coffee die-hards, local hipsters, hangovers, sleepy dogs, expensive baby strollers and...

What: A temple to the art of coffee....

When: Saunter in later in the day to skip the early-morning rush-hour line up....

Where: 3922 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90029

Why: Located at the epicenter of LA hipsterville—Sunset Junction, Intelligentsia keeps their sleepy scenesters buzzed for casting calls and scriptwriting by preparing regular joe with the precision of a NASA shuttle launch. The vibrant coffee shop with high ceilings and a Moroccan flair (cerulean blue geometric tile floors and paprika colored walls) feels more like a temple to coffee than your typical neighborhood shop. Here the bean is treated like a religion. The staff runs around like little java monks in the standard grizzled...

Sweet Sounds

Brooke Waggoner began playing piano at the age of 4. She experimented with song structures and melodies at the age of 9 and wrote her first original song at 10. Now, at the age of 23, Brooke has a college degree in Music Composition & Orchestration and recently released her own EP entitled “Fresh Pair of Eyes”. Her musical journey is as interesting as her future is bright....

Mary Kate Olsen

MKO was spotted grabbing coffee with a male friend in Brentwood on March 18, branching out from her usual Starbucks to what looks like a smaller, independent coffee house (based on the cup). Clad in her fave LV leopard scarf over a long tank (check out Laura Dahl's Penny Tank Dress in Black) and light wash cutoff shorts (try Tag Jeans' Double Belted Short in Light Wash for a more sophisticated look), MK also picked a red velvet jacket and her favorite John Lennon-esque shades for her java fix. Don't forget the jewelry! In true MK fashion, she wore multiple rings (I definitely think Robyn Rhodes' Kimberly Ring in Gold would be Olsen approved), as well as thick gold bracelets (like Rachel Leigh's Snake Bangle in Gold)...