Male massage therapist?
Hi girlies! Any recommendations for a male massage therapist on the Westside. Bonus points if he makes house calls.
Hi girlies! Any recommendations for a male massage therapist on the Westside. Bonus points if he makes house calls.
Location: Los Angeles-ish
Compensation: Brunches, deep loyalty, emotional intelligence, handcrafted furniture, occasional cinematic monologues, and the kind of love that remembers how you take your coffee.
About the Position:
Independent restaurateur / former filmmaker seeks a sharp, soulful woman between 25–35 for a long-term collaborative role in romance, chaos management, and late-night philosophical conversations. Candidate should appreciate equal parts elegance and absurdity.
This is not a startup. This is a slow-burn art film with good lighting and excellent food.
About Me:
Tall order of contradictions.
Can discuss films one minute and commercial kitchen exhaust systems the next.
Spent 15 years chasing filmmaking dreams, survived it, and somehow came out more sincere instead of cynical.
Currently building a restaurant with my own hands because apparently emotional suffering wasn’t enough—I also wanted carpentry.
Strengths include:
Making spaces feel magical
Extreme loyalty
Unexpected humor
Good taste in music, films, lighting, and table textures
Capable of turning breakfast into an event
Will absolutely build the table we eat dinner on
Weaknesses include:
Can disappear mentally while thinking about film titles for 3 hours
May romanticize rainy parking lots
Sometimes operates emotionally like a retired gangster with a poet’s heart
Might ask you if destiny is real at 1:14am
Ideal Candidate:
Emotionally intelligent
Can laugh during stressful moments
Understands that silence is sometimes intimacy, not distance
Can appreciate both luxury hotels and questionable taco stands
Does not require constant entertainment like an iPad toddler
Bonus points if you:
Love cafés and bookstores
Can tolerate ambitious people rebuilding themselves in real time
Understand the sacredness of a slow Sunday brunch
Look good stealing glances across a restaurant
Job Responsibilities:
Being my peace instead of my problem
Helping me decide whether a lamp is “warm and cinematic” or “serial killer basement”
Occasionally reminding me to sleep
Listening to dramatic story ideas that may or may not become Oscar-winning films
Existing beautifully in ordinary moments
Benefits:
You will never wonder whether you are cared for
Custom breakfasts
Real conversations
A man who still believes sincerity matters
Front-row seat to a life being built from scratch
Potential immortality in screenplay form
To Apply:
Please submit:
A sense of humor
A little patience
A little depth
And one irrational opinion you’re willing to defend passionately
References not required. Good energy is.
A very long shot, but does anyone have a provider for a Botox for migraines they love? Ideally one who employs an injector who also does cosmetic work.
I’ve been with my current doctor for a while. But things have steadily been doing downhill. Their injector left and the new one is, candidly, fucking up my face. Just constantly rushing, inducing crazy brows, let me leave the office today with a ton of blood on my face, etc etc.
I want to get Botox but I miscalculated and I’m ovulating this week. Would it be a bad choice to try to get Botox today? Anyone had Botox while trying to conceive or have you talked to your obgyn about it?
what products are yall using to mitigate frizz?
(I have fine, wavy, bob length hair, natural color)
Edit: I have dry and sensitive skin!
I’m looking for a really cute bikini, preferably one that has ties on the side of the waist so that I can adjust it and a secure top that has a cross back and a cute swim cover-up.
Carve designs had some good ones, but it looks like they discontinued it for more fuller coverage bottoms than I like
Hi all! My name is Darlene and I’m trying to get a group of girlies together to do a fun meet up this week for happy hour.
Message me if interested and we can plan a day/time and place! I’m in Studio city but would be down to do it anywhere🖤
TL;DR: Someone ruined my nice 4th of July plan of walking by myself from Santa Monica to Venice by running me around the boardwalk pretending to be meeting up with me.
Hey all, hope you’re having a nice holiday weekend. I feel like such an idiot for not confirming this person was real before agreeing to meet them. I would never have missed these flags in the proper context — if this was a client, I would have known immediately they weren’t real. But I kept giving the benefit of the doubt, which is my thesis here.
I hate trying to become open to new friends in LA and getting burned. I’m happy on my own with my best friends in my phone (who live on the east coast). I’ve had a lot of lives and friends and communities here, but when I quit stand-up and then left 12-step, all those friendships stopped making sense.
Which brings me to yesterday. Someone posted feeling bad about not having 4th of July plans, and the inevitable “it’s hard here” discussion commenced. I happened to post the first comment, so a lot of people saw it — I told the OP it wasn’t their fault, it’s hard here, and my plan was walking by myself from SM to Venice.
Someone commented that they’d checked out my profile, said they were also AuDHD (autistic and ADHD), seemed really compatible and kind, and DM’d asking if they could join. I agreed, despite this being a really loaded holiday for me and me typically preferring not to let the possibility of LA BS in on loaded holidays.
Today they were late. Then the Uber was late. Then it couldn’t drop them at the cross streets. Then they were constantly “almost there” or “walking to meet me” — at the Santa Monica pier, wait, maybe the Venice pier, wait, they’d actually walked the whole way without me (3 miles?!) but would walk back.
I sent videos, shared my location (they said it didn’t work, then an hour later said “it would help if you shared your location”), and they kept acting like I’d done something wrong while taking zero accountability — meanwhile I’m already out here. I offered to Uber to meet them multiple times, told them every time I crossed a street or passed a landmark. A friend told me to stop walking and just call them. Of course they didn’t pick up. They kept insisting on walking every time I asked what they wanted to do instead.
We were supposed to meet at noon. At 2pm, my phone almost dead, they said their feet hurt and they were giving up. I asked if they still wanted to meet — I could take a car, we could grab a drink. They said they were too tired from all the walking. Walking that I kept telling them they didn’t have to do?????
Writing it out like this, it doesn’t seem like such a big deal, but it really messed me up. I was fine w my plan and then after I was just standing on the beach feeling stupid. Not wanting to go home or be out. I decided to try to be open to meeting people and it screwed me twice this week.
Update: my phone died so I wandered into a bar in Venice and made friends with some Australian football fans. And I did do my walk.
Am I overreacting, or was this as weird as it felt?
I have been on Zepbound quite happily and effectively for a year but have recently been having unwanted side effects and my current medical provider is not providing the level of care/expertise I'd like to manage this effectively. Anyone recommendations for a medical provider specializing in GLP-1s? My instinct is I might need to go the concierge medicine route, but I'm really open - just know in LA this type of provider must exist! Thanks in advance.
i finished an internship i moved for that unfortunately did not pan out into a full time job, which i got a studio for in the south bay. i’m planning to move in with my bf in dtla to lower my living costs while i job hunt, however his place already has a bed and even a desk so i basically need to sell all my furniture, and all the rest of my stuff wont fit so i either need storage (too $$$) or to ship it back home, or just keep it in my car until we move out to a bigger place (likely next may when he graduates)
i am however very stressed about selling my furniture, i dont have much experience with fb marketplace, will lightly used mattress + box spring even sell, same with a new ikea desk, and if not, what are my best options for getting rid of them easily? also, very stupid Q but how do you even time the sale with when you actually move out so you have a place to sleep?
sorry if these are all very trivial, i’m hoping to hear from anyone who’s done this before as this is my first time moving without my parents help & i don’t want to put too much burden on my bf if possible, thank u all sm in advance
edit: i did call some movers nearby but was quoted $500 minimum, but almost everything i need to move will be boxed and it’s >10 miles so im charged the double time for travel
There are two things I definitely want to do in LA, and one thing I’m interested in: attending Chocolate Sundaes at The Laugh Factory, dining at Somerville, and possibly hitting a nice mall (I LOVE a good mall and am so spoiled by living super close to NorthPark Center in Dallas).
I prefer to solo trip if it’s not a baecation bc I’d rather move on my own time. But I did actually bring it up to a couple girlfriends bc I’m scared as hell to solo trip to LA. Didn’t get a bite.
But I REALLY want to go to Chocolate Sundaes and figured I could make a day out of by doing brunch at Somerville first, so I don’t want to give up on the trip. Which brings me here. Any suggestions for hotels that are close to either location (with a preference for The Laugh Factory) that are safe for a solo trip? Part of me feels like I might not have to really worry unwanted male attention due to the demographics of the city and what I’ve seen folks say online about how the men out there move, but at the end of the day: an attractive woman is an attractive woman, so idk fr
EDIT: I’m also interested in day spa recs! I am a Woodhouse Day Spa LOVER and have been to several of their locations across the country. For reference, bc I went to one of the “top spas” in Vegas and was so blown by the experience
The absolute most GORGEOUS kitten/cat just showed up at my house tonight (probably terrified of the fire works) and I want to bring her in ASAP.
I’m going to give her a bath with Dawn But ideally I’d like to get her some flea protection stat. Does anyone have any extra that I could pick up tomorrow morning either on the west side or in the valley?
I’m going to see about getting a vet appointment asap but it’ll be a few days before I can get off work and I’d like her inside before then.
Thanks for your help!
Xx
Planning to do nothing but grill at home with my husband this weekend for the 4th, and got momentously sad about it because I am so god damn awful at making friends. We moved here 2.5 years ago for my job. My whole adult life my friends have been women I have met at work, because working in a male dominated industry (engineering) you are sort of forced together and make fast friends. I do truly love my new job, but way less women than my last job and the women at work I just don’t click with. There’s two very young women fresh from college, probably about 24-25, who have 0 interest in me which totally fair. At their age I wouldn’t probably have wanted to be friends with a 33 year old married lady. And one older lady in her 50s who is kind of mean.
How do you make friends outside of work or school or some other circumstance where you are forced together! I tried Bumble BFF but just got invited to 3 somes.. How do you meet people in the wild! Please give me ideas I am sad. It feels like LA is so much harder than other places.
After moving to LA for a little over a year now, moved in with a bf but after breaking up and trying to move out on my own but GOD it is expensive😭. I don’t really have friends or family to move in with so I’m hoping someone here can recommend me a job, side hustle or literally anything because I’m at my wits end. I’m also selling most of my clothes/shoes on Depop if anyone is interested ! Sizes xs/s
Like when the bill comes in front of you at the end, do you just sit there and let the guys pay or you offer to split out of courtesy?
Sometimes it is kinda awkward when the bill is sitting there and you not offering? And I am just offering out of courtesy not like expecting them to say ok to it
Do you see someone again of they agreed to your offer and split?
Hi fellow moms! For those of you that have nannies, where did you find them? I'm a FTM to a 7 month old and I'm not sure where to start! Are there agencies you all recommend or did you go through something like Care.com? TIA!
Hey LA hotties! used to live in LA but my social crowd has moved on to the east coast.
Anyone have a fun partiful or house party? 2x hotties looking for a fun house party this afternoon :)
I live in East Hollywood and they pick up and drop off my laundry (for free!) every two weeks. It comes delivered, neatly folded, in organized pressed bags. They give you this huge bag that holds all my dirty clothes, sheets, and towels.
I recently had to pick up my laundry bc I was leaving town. The young people running the service were so nice, shook my hand, and told me it’s so fun to meet me bc they never get to meet their customers!
It’s $80 for the month. I’m not sure how far their service area extends to but they’re located on Hillcrest and Melbourne (next to the Drawing Room). They recently got a humongous giant grease stain out of my pure white shirt. I ask that they use fragrance free products on my laundry and they also do!
Not an ad, just a girl that hates the laundry mat and loves supporting small businesses.