Hello readers! I am delighted to be guest blogging here at Design*Sponge this week and am grateful to Grace for this opportunity. Let me introduce myself. My name is Heather Taylor and I run a contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles, called Taylor De Cordoba, which I own with my boyfriend, Alex. I’m a third generation Angeleno and a big fan of this sprawling city, which I blog about regularly on my blog, L.A in Bloom. This week, I’m going to share some of my favorite stores, restaurants, houses and people.

To kick it all off, let’s start with yesterday, my cherished day off. One of my closest friends, Annie, and I took some time to catch up over brunch and do a little shopping (or rather window shopping). We met for Spanish Frittatas and coffee at a beautiful french cafe in West Hollywood, The Little Next Door. We marveled at the perfectly stunning cobalt blue walls.

After brunch, we stopped by Roseark, a drop dead gorgeous 5,000 square foot shop, also in West Hollywood. It’s primarily a jewelry store but owner Kathy Azarmi Rose’s vision is far reaching and the space is a multi-room house showcasing unique jewels, wonderful handbags, jewel encrusted Tiffany lamps and dresses by one of my favorite LA-based designers Jesse Kamm. I tried on a geode encrusted, crocheted leather bracelet by Janice Rae and admired a diamond whale necklace designed by owner Kathy Rose.

Lastly, I dropped Annie off at her gorgeous furniture store, Empiric, which she runs with her husband Michael. I bid Annie farewell, but not before perusing their new incredible merchandise. During our meandering, Annie and I hit up one more shop, Retro Gallery, which I will blog about later on today.

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