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T he LI s T The gaMe Who says good guys don’t play games? For your next trip, pack dunhill’s compact carbon fi ber Travel Compendiumand arrive at your destination feeling like a winner. $3,500. dunhill.com PLAY BOY Priced at a cool $3,500, Dunhill’s Travel Compendium features stainless steel chess and backgammon playing surfaces and anodized aluminum counters. The WaTCh You may need to strap on your Asics and stretch your hamstrings to snag this limited-edition hermès Carré h watch. Only 173 pieces were produced, and the rush is on to be one of the lucky owners. $16,625. Hermès, 434 N. Rodeo Drive, 310.278.6440, hermes.com The Ca se You wouldn’t settle for anything less than the latest technology, so a standard-issue iPad case is out of the question. Invest in Coach’s hudson case—the washed Vachetta leather is refi ned without looking stuff y, and its slim profi le means you can carry it or toss it in your man bag. $168. Available mid-April. Coach, Westfi eld Century City, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., 310.282.0772, coach.com 90 | Angeleno | April 2011 The POWeR LUNCh Hollywood, the neighborhood, has long been woefully short on suitable midday dining options forHollywood, the industry. Luckily, Public Kitchen & Bar recently debuted at the Roosevelt Hotel in the space formerly occupied by the dark and stuff y Dakota. Chef/ owner Tim goodell has clearly taken gastronomic and aesthetic cues from Keith McNally’s neo-brasserie meccas in NYC (Odeon, Balthazar)—think mussels in riesling sauce served under soaring, historic ceilings. Order dude-driven lunch fare like the sweetbread club sandwich and Duroc pork carnitas with handmade tortillas. Th en, wash it all down with the Kentucky Brunch: rye whiskey, apricot marmalade, lemon and egg white. 7000 Hollywood Blvd.,Hollywood, 323.769.8888, thompsonhotels.com PUBLIC RENOWN Design team Studio Collective stripped back parts of the ceiling to reveal original frescoes from the Spanish Colonial Revivalist interior architecture. The shOe s Onetime architect draganMrdja has launched an eponymous, Bauhaus-inspired men’s shoe collection. Th e WeHo resident and his team of Serbian cobblers hand-craft each pair in patent leathers, suedes, linens and calfskins. Th eir layered leather soles are all a light brown, meant to evoke the exposed wood beams of L.A. modernism. Church Los Angeles, 7277 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A. 323.876.8887, churchboutique.com WALKING THE LINE From top: Manolo B in suede and Belgian linen, $445, BMW in ice blue patent leather, $475, and Patrik M in royal blue suede, $535 pUbliC KitChen And bAr photo by peden+mUnK
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