The Standard is over love muffins! Never again will you need to stand poolside when you can travel 21 floors up and over look LA—from the Valley to South Bay—at Elevate Lounge. This is THE place to be for anyone who wants to dip their toe into Downtown’s newest piece of nightlife. Last night, we got a taste of this hot spot at Flaunt’s August issue launch party featuring a performance by Midnight Movies, fall fashion preview by Orthodox and, our favorite, an open by from Skyy Vodka.

The space is amazing. Take the elevator up 21 flights and step off the elevator. If you want dinner, walk into Takami Sushi next door. If you want drinks and the dance floor, slide into the doors for Elevate. We’ll get to dinner in a bit.

With two large bars on either end of the lounge, a spacious dance floor, more than several lounging chairs and open-air windows lining the walls, there are plenty of things to admire about Elevate. Take your glass from the bar and wind your way through the half of the penthouse suite with a DJ serving up some of the most innovative mashes you’ve ever heard. With the summer breeze flowing through all sides of the building’s windows, it can never get too hot no matter how many bodies fill up Elevate’s half of the 14,000 square foot floor location. Feel free to check out this space because it opens to the public tonight! If you’re afraid of the weekend crowds, don’t worry. The lounge will be open every night of the week from then on.

The servers floating through the crowd carried trays from the restaurant next door: Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant. The restaurant occupies the second half of the penthouse suite floor with a gorgeous, sparkling night time view of everything around (and below) you. You can even look to your left and catch a glimpse of everyone watching you as they chill at the Standard. Splendiferous.

Co-owner Emil Eyvazoff and General Manager Leonard Matsumoto gave us the private tour. It’s apparent that the $4 million renovation that went into this place paid off. From the kimono fabric lined walls and glass wine cellar to red balau wood slats on the ceiling and imported Italian leather floor tiling, this place has been designed to impressed thanks to the amazing Tag Front group. They’re responsible for what you see when you enter the Geisha House, BOA and Katana. There’s a sushi bar, a robata bar, lounge seating, standard tables for sit down lunch or dinner and a private dining area for parties. The menu has your standard sushi fare along with their own take on Japanese with a flair. Check out the illustrated sketches below for an idea of what we mean. And yes, those sketches are not rough, conceptualized starting points. That’s what it really looks like!

Downtown LA does not have the reputation that it should, but there are a few hidden gems. Elevate your nightlife, love muffins. Don’t be the last one to check out the spot that has completely redefined downtown LA!

Elevate Lounge
811 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
P: 213-236-9600
www.elevatelounge.com

I don’t know why but I find Owen Wilson to be so super duper orgasmic (and no he has not been inducted into B. Scott’s F.B.D category)! There’s something about him that makes me what to jump for joy on his roller-coaster ride! The unstereotypical attractive Owen Wison was photographed getting his swim on yesterday at a local L.A. pool while his ex-girlfriend Kate Hudson has been engaging in all types of PDA with Dax Shepard. I find Owen Wilson to be attractive but Kate Hudson definitely upgraded with Dax Shepard!

Cassie needs to give up her sub-par singing gig and take it back to her modeling roots! The bodylicious bad boy artist is covering Complex magazine and she is serving up a splendiferous portion of body & face. This swimsuit is to die for! Cassie needs to start sleeping her way to the top in the world of modeling! With this and the Sean John campaign, she could stay working. Moreover, we wouldn’t have to worry about her doing any live performances!

Pour some sugar on me!

A super duper upset Kanye West responds to Beanie Sigel’s accusations of being gay on the upcoming Smack DVD Vol. 13. In the video Kanye West states:

“That shit is disrespectful. Now the whole thing is, I’m happy where I’m at in my life and shit. I like the freedom because the second you do that tough guy shit is a certain level of freedom that you don’t have any more, that I’m not going to get into, you know what I’m saying? Cause you gotta have extra security.”
“I’m just saying nigga I’m not gay,” he continues. “Nigga don’t come at me on none of that shit. Don’t fucking disrespect me. I respect where he coming from, you know what I’m saying? I respect Bean’s gangsta. I’m not gangsta but I’m not gay either.“

Love muffins what are your thoughts on the matter? All I know is that the below “special edition” album cover for Graduation isn’t helping his cause any!

All sexuality speculation aside Kanye’s “Stronger” song and video are hot like fire!!!

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Mel B has been trying to keep her relationship with Stephen Belafonte on the down low as of late due to the high level attention given to her dramatical situation with tranny-troller Eddie Murphy.

However, through it all, Mel has married to pull the veil over everyone’s eyes. It has been released that Mel B. and Mr. B tied the knot in a festive Vegas Union way back in June! How Classy!

We’ll keep you posted with more details!

One of my love muffins, De, sent me this supposedly new leaked Britney Spears song called “All Of This 4 U” and I’m not too sure how I feel about it. What do you love muffins think?

Download:

Britney Spears – All Of This 4 U