HELLO FROM SUNNY LA, WISH YOU WERE HERE

I made a beeline to Venice's Abbot Kinney to check out some old favorites and new spots, including the strikingly painted The Piece Collective, a highly edited shop with cool pottery, indigo blankets and all things warm rustic

I'm on the left coast this week, attending design  events aplenty, all in the name of style. The festivities, including Keynote conversations and new launches at La Cienega Design Quarters Legends of Design, occur over the next few days, and it seems that the entire design world has ascended on this West Hollywood Boylevard to join the dialog. I look forward to sharing more soon, but in the meantime, follow my moment-to-moment updates on my Instagram @stylebeatblog and Twitter at @stylebeat.