I Love A Good Mash-Up
The art of good collaboration + some epic mash-up events coming up in LA
With summer around the corner and LA exiting the insane rainy season, there’s some really good energy in the air and people are ready to be outside. Sun’s out, we’re out! I’ve been seeing a ton of epic pop-up announcements recently, which inspired me to talk about the art of collaboration and how LA’s food & arts scene does it so well.
I attribute a lot of credit towards pop ups and “mash ups” in LA, as that’s how I’ve discovered a ton of new restaurants, artisans and venues in the city. Whether a wine brand I follow is pouring at a DJ event or one of my favorite restaurants is hosting a guest chef, these types of opportunities create a sense of newness and inspiration. It’s something a jaded person like me is desperately craving, especially after living in LA for 8+ years. Trends become stale quickly here, we move at a high frequency and there’s always something bigger and better to seek out (and frankly, spend your hard-earned cash on). These pop-ups and mash-ups keep things interesting!
Here are some of my favorite collaboration events from recent years, and don’t miss the weekly event digest this week - it’s exclusively dedicated to collabs AND I’m sharing events for next week too so you can block your calendar now!
Favorite Recent Artisan Mash-Up: Frogtown Flea Crawl, a flea market hosting a number of vendors and artisans from across the city! Check out the event recap Reel here and check out my event digest below for deets on the next one (they are going to be hosted monthly!)
Favorite Recent Food Mash-Up: “Topo Chico De Mayo” at Prince Street Pizza Venice, hosting Tacos 1986 and featuring an exclusive Mexican-style pizza collab for the holiday! Flyer here, be sure to follow PSP and Tacos 1986 to keep tabs on their next events!
Favorite Recent Wine x Venue Mash-Ups:
Wonderwerk x Link Up Worldwide - ICYMI - Wonderwerk crafted a NATURAL WINE ICE LUGE at the Link Up event in April. Insane. I’m so sad I missed this. Overall - Link Up is always a blast and I highly recommend for people looking for a Sunday funday / to dance out the Sunday scaries.
Las Jaras Wine x Vin on Rose - Eric & Joel have been crushing the wine events since Las Jaras started. Always a blast, and this Vin on Rose event last Friday looked so fun!
Favorite Recent Food x Venue Mash-Up: Woon at Braindead Studios! Pictured above - Woon is on heavy rotation at Slammer’s Cafe and I love it. Little Fish can also be found here on the regular. Follow Braindead HERE to keep tabs on the next one (and also discover their epic movie lineup)!
Favorite Recent Food x Apparel Mash-Ups:
Family Style Fest - The Hundreds’ annual food x apparel fest goes down every summer at CBS studios. Follow @familystylefest to keep tabs on this year’s dates + lineup!
Jon & Vinny’s x Madhappy - J&V’s is featured 3x in this newsletter. They are the kings of cool collaboration. I personally own the teal sweatshirt from last year’s collection and wear it frequently (similar here) - and I’m tempted to buy more merch, especially this Beverly Hills 90210 shirt! They also currently have a collab running with Meals Clothing - see here.
Ticket to Sarahdise Event Digest - Weeks of 5/8 & 5/15
Every week, I’m sharing events you should be checking out in LA. Here’s this week’s download (collab edition) - covering the next two weeks!
Local Natives x Kumquat Coffee Limited Drop - Your favorite LA-native band crafted a special coffee blend in partnership with Kumquat this month! Pre-order here - you can have it shipped or pick up at Kumquat in HLP. Already ordered my bag!
Frogtown Flea Crawl - Next Saturday 5/13, Ama Vintage is hosting their second flea crawl of the year in Frogtown - hosting a number of vendors and artisans! More info here.
Badmaash 10 Year Anniversary x Jon & Vinny’s Collab - These two Fairfax legends are coming together for a one night only event on Friday 5/19. The Italian + Indian fusion menu looks EPIC - see more info here!
Benny Boy Female Founders Event - This one’s for the ladiessss. Benny Boy is hosting a networking event for female entrepreneurs on Wednesday 5/17, inclusive of a cidery/brewery tour. See info on how to get involved here!
Cake Walk Opening Reception - Christine and Maddie, two amazing ceramicists in LA are putting their pieces on display in Virgil Village starting Saturday 5/20! Check out more details on the opening reception (featuring a few other collaborators!) here.
You know what’s up! If you’re craving even more LA content and can’t wait until next week’s newsletter drop - you can find me on TikTok sharing even more recommendations and tips! Have questions, events or topic ideas for an upcoming TTS letter? Feel free to reply directly to this email with your thoughts and feedback! Thanks gang, see you and your inbox next week!
So much to do! So many great collaborations!! Love all these recommendations 💕