Thrillist's First-Ever Culinary Road Trip in Los Angeles

For this weekend only, enjoy Thrillist's pop up event, "Culinary Road Trip," which will bring together some of the best food from around the nation exclusively to LA, all under one roof.

The event, sponsored by Honda, kick-offs on Friday, June 12th and run through Sunday, June 14th at Siren Studios Orange in Hollywood.

For $33, Thrillist's Culinary Road Trip will feature:

New York City�s Black Seed Bagels
Chicago�s Gino�s East Deep Dish Pizza
New England�s Luke�s Lobster Rolls
Philly's Tony Luke's Cheesesteaks and Insomnia Cookies
Portland�s Lardo Sandwiches and Stumptown Coffee Cold Brew
DC�s Georgetown Cupcake and Sweetgreen Salad

You can buy your tickets ahead of time here! Andrew and I attended a media preview of the event tonight, see photos of what we ate below and what you'll get to grub on if you go! Thrillist and Honda did an amazing job making us feel like we were taking a journey from city to city, eatery to eatery. The event as a whole looked and seemed cohesive with the road trip theme and the food which initially looked like too small of portions, ended up making me stuffed. For the ticket price and major cities highlighted, I think the event showcased the best types of food from each city allowing for guests to experience a variety of dishes without feeling inundated or not provided enough.

Guests receive a passport and punch card, each city/restaurant you visit, your card is punched in exchange for a delicious dish or beverage. Also enjoy refreshments and snacks at the 'Rest Stop' and live music and giveaways. Don't miss out on this scrumptious event, the most epic road trip ever! We also had a blast taking photos with Honda's new HR-V, you'll have to seen at the header of this post or in a GIF animation at the bottom of the page!

Mixing Stripe and Floral Prints

A fun way to mix prints is with stripes and florals. Usually stripes can seamlessly pair with other prints; in this look, I styled a thinly striped button down tucked into an abstract, floral printed skirt. This look works well because the stripe pattern of the top is symmetrical and simple which balances the bold floral print of the skirt. I chose the blue stripe because it mimics a blue shade in the floral print. Read my full eHow article on the 'The Basic of Mixing Prints'. Here are details on the outfit:

Striped Perfect Shirt in Cornflower Blue, Ann Taylor 
Floral Skirt, Express
DEJAVU Platform Heels, Steve Madden

Mixing Black & White Prints

For one of my most recent style posts on eHow, The Basics Behind Mixing Prints, I included this black and white striped blazer and skirt ensemble. I wanted to show how you can print mix the same print and colors, but still contrasting stripe patterns. You can usually mix any two black and white prints together, but I tend to pair a simple with bold print. For this look specifically, I mixed  thin with thicker striped pieces, I broke up the two stripe patterns with a black cami underneath the blazer. Here's what I wore:


Jacket, Maison Jules
Lace Trim Cami, Forever 21
Skirt, The Limited
Boots, Mango

Shake Shack at New York, New York in Las Vegas

I have made it a point to dine at a Shake Shack whenever visiting New York (the first location opened in Madison Square Park), and I was enamored to find out that Shake Shack announced plans to open their first Californian location in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles in early 2016. What drew me in and kept me an avid eater of Shake Shack was not only recommendations from New York friends, but the cheerful interior; commitment to community the easy to navigate and vast (enough) menu of hot dogs, burgers, fries, frozen custard (lots of rotating flavors), and beer & wine; and most importantly, how fresh all of the ingredients taste and work together to create scrumptious flavors.

Shake Shack uses 100% all-natural Angus beef (no hormones and antibiotics, vegetarian-fed, humanely raised, and source verified) as well as sourcing ingredients of the same quality and standards.

While visiting Las Vegas, my friends had organized a dinner for Saturday evening, and to my pleasant surprise, it was at the Shake Shack located in MGM's New York-New York Hotel next to Las Vegas' first community green space. I had no idea that there was a Shake Shack located in Vegas so my excitement increased ten-fold.

I ordered a ShackBurger with extra pickles (Cheeseburger topped with lettuce tomato, and ShakeSauce), and Scott ordered a Hamburger with Bacon and a Jackpot (Vanilla Custard, Belgian waffles, strawberry puree, marshmallow sauce, and crunchy rainbow sprinkles) for us to share. We stole some of my friend's Cheese Fries (topped with a special blend of cheddar and American cheese sauce). I thought that the Jackpot might be a bit too rich and sweet for my taste with all those ingredients mixed in, but I was blown away my how the flavors all married together; although custard is usually dense was balanced by the light crunch from the Belgian waffles (which tasted like sweet morsels of churro) and crunchy sprinkles, and the marshmallow sauce and strawberry puree broke up the thickness of the custard but complemented the vanilla flavor. The entire meal pictured was roughly $20! See their entire menu here.