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Eat: Melrose Bar and Grill

Melrose Bar and Grill

The former Doug Arango's transformed itself from stuffy restaurant to casually intimate date spot, with low-lit booths, a working fireplace, dishes like veal porterhouse w/ sauteed escarole, and a wine list of 600 bottles -- the exact number required for you to make intimacy seem even remotely casual.

Check out the menu

8826 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood; 310.278.3684 |

Buy: Alpha Cashmere

Alpha Cashmere

The high-end men's Brookstone's adding Italian cashmere hats, scarves, and zip-up sweaters to an inventory that already ranges from leather messenger bags to iPod speakers to chrome condom dispensers -- which you'll definitely need due to your dazzling selection of new scarves.

Check out the rest of what Alpha's got at Alpha-Man.com

At Alpha: 8625 Melrose, Mid Wilshire |

Rock: The Axe Shop

The Axe Shop

Think you can quit your day job? Hit Axe for everything you need to become an overnight headliner: not just guitars but also Pro-Tools classes, accessories, and rock t-shirts -- necessary so that when your band flounders, people will still know you are heavily influenced by Dio.

The website's Spartan but here: TheAxeShop.net

10962 Ventura Blvd, Studio City; 818.755.9851 |