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The 5 Most Important LA Lifestyle Trends of 2018

In a difficult year, LA responded to change with innovation

Our 23 Favorite SF Stories of 2018

Consider this a cheat sheet to everything you missed

The 10 Best Bay Area Restaurants That Opened in 2018

Purple sea urchin, Cuban chicken and everything else delicious

The 80 Best Songs of 2018, According to Our Editors

Plus: The 18 albums you should listen to from start to finish

We Hereby Declare These the 6 Best Pasta Dishes in NYC

We put on 10 lbs. to make this list, and we’d do it again

We Hereby Declares These the 5 Best Pasta Dishes in LA

Feed your happy place with the comfort of noodles

Tools of the Trade: Mark Hendrix

The 11 daily essentials a real-life cowboy swears by

We Already Drove the 11 Cars You Should Buy in 2018

The age of ‘Look, Ma, no hands!’ has finally arrived

The 10 Finest NYC Restaurant Openings of 2017

The best things we ate over the last 365

The 10 Finest L.A. Restaurant Openings of 2017

Here’s to a full calendar year of culinary excellence

The Best of Chicago: 2017 Edition

All of your favorite local stories from the past 365 days

The Best of InsideHook: 2017 Edition

Lingerie, the apocalypse and Bruce Willis. Let’s review.

The Best of 2017: Los Angeles Edition

First-class buses, go bags and cannabis dinners. Let's review.

The InsideHook Newsletter.

News, advice and insights for the most interesting person in the room.

The 10 Finest L.A. Restaurant Openings of 2017

Here’s to a full calendar year of culinary excellence

The Best of Chicago: 2017 Edition

All of your favorite local stories from the past 365 days

The Best of InsideHook: 2017 Edition

Lingerie, the apocalypse and Bruce Willis. Let’s review.

The Best of 2017: Los Angeles Edition

First-class buses, go bags and cannabis dinners. Let's review.

The Best of San Francisco, 2016 Edition

Our favorite people, places and things from the past 365 days

The Best Of New York, 2016 Edition

Helicopters, gadgets and gorgeous women. Let's review.

The 10 Best Chicago Restaurant Openings of 2016

A full calendar year, in things that taste good

The Eight Best NYC Coffee Table Books of 2016

Sex, style and skyscrapers. Let’s review.

These Are the Seven Best French Fries in S.F.

Greasy. Salty. Rough-cut. Thin-cut. Cheesy. These are they.

Culture Hound

The best movies, TV, books and music for June