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Feel Bad About Yourself on the Westside

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You'd think that spending a day pampering yourself - getting a massage, maybe a haircut, a manicure or indulging in some shopping or cupcakes - would make you feel great, right? Energized, confident and ready to weather the harsh UV rays of your everyday life!

 

Well, in most places you might be right. But venture west of Fairfax in L.A. and you'll find a plethora of businesses that will happily take wads of your hard earned cash and still make you feel completely inadequate!

Tiffany & Co

210 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Like some of the other places on this guide, you’ll feel bad about being poor as soon as you walk into this sprawling Beverly Hills showroom. Eager sales associates will know what you can afford and what you just want to try on because it’s so sparkly you can’t resist. But Tiffany kills 2 birds called self-esteem and confidence at once by also making you feel bad about being single! In an ideal world, of course I would want a one of kind vintage engagement ring from Antiquarius but you know, in a pinch I would settle for something from Tiffany. I mean, not that I’m ready to settle. Um. Nevermind.

Like some of the other places on this guide, you’ll feel bad about being poor as soon as you walk into this sprawling Beverly Hills showroom. Eager sales associates will know what you can afford and what you just want to try on because it’s so sparkly you can’t resist. But Tiffany kills 2 birds called self-esteem and confidence at once by also making you feel bad about being single! In an ideal world, of course I would want a one of kind vintage engagement ring from Antiquarius but you know, in a pinch I would settle for something from Tiffany. I mean, not that I’m ready to settle. Um. Nevermind.

Rodeo Drive

The view up Rodeo Drive

The view up Rodeo Drive – where you can’t afford a single thing.

Aida Thibiant Beverly Hills Day Spa

449 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Spend $70 on a Hydrotherapy Tahitian Milk Bath. Feel relaxed? Now close your eyes and focus on this thought: You just spent $70 on to bathe in Milk from Tahiti. You are an idiot.

Spend $70 on a Hydrotherapy Tahitian Milk Bath. Feel relaxed? Now close your eyes and focus on this thought: You just spent $70 on to bathe in Milk from Tahiti. You are an idiot.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Salon

438 N Bedford Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

If you’ve got $45 and a high tolerance for pain, stop in at Anastasia in Beverly Hills to have your eyebrows shaped by “Eyebrow Shaper to the Stars” – Anastasia. Sure, you might come away looking like Gwyneth, but those hairs just grow back, so it will all feel pretty futile.

If you’ve got $45 and a high tolerance for pain, stop in at Anastasia in Beverly Hills to have your eyebrows shaped by “Eyebrow Shaper to the Stars” – Anastasia. Sure, you might come away looking like Gwyneth, but those hairs just grow back, so it will all feel pretty futile.

Relax...

Feet

...you can’t afford any of these things anyway!

You're not good enough!

Are you a robot? Then you’re probably not good enough to compete in the 21st century.

Do you hate yourself yet?

Don’t forget about the traffic! That will make you feel bad for killing the environment and spending $50 to fill up the tank of your Civic.

L'ermitage Hotel

9291 Burton Way, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Did you hear that Dreamworks just bought my unwritten script for 6 figures against the mid 50s? Oh, you have no idea what that means? Spend some more time sucking down $20 martinis at the dark L’ermitage bar and maybe you can figure it out. Then you can explain it to me. (No one bought my script, by the way. So, it’s still for sale!)

Did you hear that Dreamworks just bought my unwritten script for 6 figures against the mid 50s? Oh, you have no idea what that means? Spend some more time sucking down $20 martinis at the dark L’ermitage bar and maybe you can figure it out. Then you can explain it to me. (No one bought my script, by the way. So, it’s still for sale!)

Creative Artists Agency

2000 AVENUE OF THE STARS LOS ANGELES, CA 90067

How long have you been in L.A.? And you don’t have an agent yet? Ugh. Maybe you can get a meeting at APA or something. But not here.

 

Brentwood School

100 S Barrington Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90049

You always want the best for your kid, so it’s going to be a pretty depressing day when you realize you will never be able to afford the best for your kid. This private K-12 school in Brentwood costs $26,000 per year. I thought you couldn’t put a price on the future of your children, but it’s now pretty obvious that you can and it’s less than $26k.

You always want the best for your kid, so it’s going to be a pretty depressing day when you realize you will never be able to afford the best for your kid. This private K-12 school in Brentwood costs $26,000 per year. I thought you couldn’t put a price on the future of your children, but it’s now pretty obvious that you can and it’s less than $26k.

Sprinkles Cupcakes

Congratulations! You just spent $3.25 on a cupcake: now you’re broke AND fat!

Arclight Hollywood

6360 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

See a bad movie in the fancy, high tech, awesome cinerama dome on Sunset Blvd. and proceed to feel bad about how you just spent almost $20 to see Rush Hour 4: Whitey’s Revenge.

See a bad movie in the fancy, high tech, awesome cinerama dome on Sunset Blvd. and proceed to feel bad about how you just spent almost $20 to see Rush Hour 4: Whitey’s Revenge.

Equinox

8590 W Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069

You know how your mom used to make you clean your room before the cleaning lady came? And it was like “WTF, mom, I thought she was getting PAID to clean?” and it was 10 years ago so she said “WTF? What does that mean?” Anyway, this is the gym where you work out before you go to the gym because everyone there is already hot. If you’re not Mischa Barton, this place will probably make you feel fat. And it costs at least $120 a month, so you’ll probably feel bad about not being able to afford it, too.

You know how your mom used to make you clean your room before the cleaning lady came? And it was like “WTF, mom, I thought she was getting PAID to clean?” and it was 10 years ago so she said “WTF? What does that mean?” Anyway, this is the gym where you work out before you go to the gym because everyone there is already hot. If you’re not Mischa Barton, this place will probably make you feel fat. And it costs at least $120 a month, so you’ll probably feel bad about not being able to afford it, too.

Malibu

Surfer Girl

Spend a lazy Sunday on the beautiful sunny beaches in Malibu where you can feel bad for not having a bikini body or a tan and not being able to surf.

Kitson

115 S Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Frequent shopping spot for the likes of Paris and Nicole, Kitson will make you feel like you have far too many scruples (what do you mean you’d never sell a t-shirt with your own face on it?) and not enough money (what do you mean you don’t have $50 for a t-shirt with someone else’s face on it?). To top it off, you’ll probably get a parking ticket on Robertson and that will make you just feel dumb.

Frequent shopping spot for the likes of Paris and Nicole, Kitson will make you feel like you have far too many scruples (what do you mean you’d never sell a t-shirt with your own face on it?) and not enough money (what do you mean you don’t have $50 for a t-shirt with someone else’s face on it?). To top it off, you’ll probably get a parking ticket on Robertson and that will make you just feel dumb.

Parlour the On 3rd

8113 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Feel bad about having a bad haircut at this 3rd St. landmark. Then, after they give you a new one, feel bad about how you’re now broke and probably shampoo too often and don’t use enough product.

Feel bad about having a bad haircut at this 3rd St. landmark. Then, after they give you a new one, feel bad about how you’re now broke and probably shampoo too often and don’t use enough product.

Green Door

1429 IVAR AVE LOS ANGELES, CA 90028

Not only will you never get into this ultrahip and tiny club because you’re not rich or famous enough, but you probably won’t even be able to find it because you’re bad with directions too.

Fred Segal

8100 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046

This swank yet hip department store has been the apex of my celebrity sightings since first getting to L.A. in 2002. Yet another place to feel bad for being broke and unfamous.

This swank yet hip department store has been the apex of my celebrity sightings since first getting to L.A. in 2002. Yet another place to feel bad for being broke and unfamous.

The Grill On the Alley

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Show up here between 12:30 and 2:30 on any given week day and feel like a complete creep because you can’t stop staring at the celebrities lunching with their publicists. That shame won’t last for long though, because you’ll quickly realize that you’ll never get a table – a whole new kind of shame!

Show up here between 12:30 and 2:30 on any given week day and feel like a complete creep because you can’t stop staring at the celebrities lunching with their publicists. That shame won’t last for long though, because you’ll quickly realize that you’ll never get a table – a whole new kind of shame!

Wasn't that fun?

Be sure to look for my next guide: Feel Good About Yourself in the Valley.  SFV is the best place to feel tall, attractive and most of all, classy.

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