TEXT: ANDREA BLACK. FROM TOP LEFT: JASON LOUCAS; INSTAGRAM; COURTESY MONTPELIER PLANTATION; COURTESY NKWICHI; GETTY IMAGES; COURTESYNORHT ISLAND; COURTESY QUALIATHE BEST ROOFTOP BARS
Aussies Grant Smillie and David Combes know how to run
a restaurant and bar, their E.P and L.P in West Hollywood
offers a sensational slice of Sydney’s take on Asian cuisine.
Just after a drink? Head to the rooftop bar, which offers
sweeping views of the Hollywood Hills. It’s here that LA
cool-set gathers for Sunday afternoon and sunset drinks
any night of the week. Another cool rooftop bar is at
the new Mama Shelter (pictured above) housed atop a
1930s building on the corner of Wilcox and Selma. Margot
Robbie is a fan, she and hubby like to meet up with friends
there for a sneaky afternoon drink.THE MUSEUM OF COOL
There’s a huge array of a
our pick is the new Broad
downtown that is free to
a visitor is 32. Expect to s
the contemporary art wo
works and Jeff Koon’s sc
and chimp Bubbles. The
selfies. Kourtney Kardas
posed inside Yayoi Kusam
Mirrored Room’. Plus the
is a phenomenal work of
Book ahead.TASTE THE WORLD
While downtown, head directly to the Grand Central
Market to get your fix of food from every region of the
world for cheap. The charmingly named Eggslut as
well as the Bell Campo Meat Company, Ramen Hood,
McConnell’s Fine Ice Cream and Wexlers Deli are all
recent additions that bring a hip edge to the market’s
food offerings. Or get yourself some tacos from Roast
To Go, a stall that’s been selling slow cooked meats,
Mexican style, since 1952. Grand Central is a fave of
Emily Ratajkowski.OF COOL
rt galleries and museums to visit, but
d, a museum of contemporary art in
o visit. Here, the averageage of
see some of the greatest hits of
orld including Andy Warhol’s
ulpture ofMichael Jackson
museum is heaven for
hian is a fan, having
ma’s ‘Infinity
e building itself
f art.TAKE A BIRD’S EYE VIEW
Everyone will tell you to hike through Runyon Canyon in the Hollywood
Hills, but for a less-crowded hike, take to Griffith Park above the Los Feliz
area. You’ll probably spot a celebrity or two, the walk is a popular daily
fitness ritual for the likes of Brad Pitt and Rebel Wilson. Time the walk for
sunset so you can see the bright lights of Tinseltown and the cosmos at the
Griffith Park Observatory. It’s free to enter.FLY IN STYLE IN THE NEW
QANTAS DREAMLINER
Want to arrive without any jetlag? Book a flight on
the new Qantas Dreamliner 787-9. They’ve teamed up
with the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre
to help develop the airline’s new approach to long-
haul travel, with increased cabin humidity and lower
cabinn altitude to event jetlag.event jetlagYou might bump into
the likes of Emily
Ratajkowski, Brad
Pitt and Margot
Robbie at one of
these hotspots.
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