🤙 Vibe Coding Vibes

VIBE CODING

FOR GOOD VIBES

👋 HEY CUTIE

CurationsLA just got a homepage design refresh, with a fresh news ticker, a What's Filming in LA module, and live job opportunities (with more companies and opportunities to roll out). Building it came with its share of technical difficulties (hence today's Wednesday publication), but it was so worth it, and so is building in public with this community. On that note, I am beyond excited to share that Microsoft has officially partnered with CurationsLA x CURATIONS to financially back the platform's infrastructure and the new AI features coming soon. Keep the features and design feedback flowing, please ignore any mess along the way, and in these times of AI vibe coding, I am reminded to just ship. CurationsLA will be off this Friday to tighten things up internally, and we will be back Tuesday. But first, here is a shipment of today plus this weekend's Good Vibes. - Wyatt

4-DAY FORECAST · LA

DISCUSSION: Quiet, near-seasonal stretch. Morning marine clouds peel back to full sun by midday today and tomorrow, with a small chance of an afternoon mountain shower in both LA and Ventura. A gentle warm-up rolls through tomorrow into Friday with breezy late-day winds across the Antelope Valley and I-5 corridor. Saturday holds steady with a touch of June Gloom in the early hours before bright skies return. Late-season rain teases for early next week. VIEW FORECAST

💭 QUOTE OF THE DAY

When it comes to doing product dev, I have two core rules for founders: 1. Ship, ship, ship. 2. Be radically transparent with users.

— ALEXIS OHANIAN

📅 1953

First experimental 3D-TV broadcast, an episode of Space Patrol, airs in Los Angeles on ABC affiliate KECA-TV

❓ TRIVIA QUESTION

Alan Dunn's Très LA Bistro & Cafe is opening at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on May 11th. In what year was the eatery originally established?

Answer at the bottom ↓

century city

🌷 rumi's kitchen

RUMI'S KITCHEN ON INSTAGRAM

Atlanta's upscale Persian chain Rumi's Kitchen makes its West Coast debut this May on the second floor of Westfield Century City. Helmed by chef Ali Mesghali, who grew up between Iran and Los Angeles, the menu runs shirazi salad, fattoush, labne, fried eggplant, and saffron-rice kabobs alongside Persian baklava and a full wine and beer program. The flagship adds two private dining rooms, an expansive patio overlooking Santa Monica Boulevard, and a slate of menu items crafted specifically for Los Angeles. It is the brand's first California room after Atlanta, Alpharetta, Houston, and Washington DC, and a homecoming for a chef returning to where he was raised.

WEBSITE | INSTAGRAM

ARTS DISTRICT

🍣  UOICHIBA

UOICHIBA ON INSTAGRAM

Liwei Liao's Sherman Oaks dry-aged seafood market finally dropped its anchor downtown on East 1st Street with a cafe and bakery, a fish market, and a 34-seat hand-roll bar called Uoichiba. The cafe pours from 8am, the market opens at 10am, and Uoichiba's temaki service kicks off at noon Tuesday through Sunday. Liao spent thirty-five years recreationally fishing before turning fish-obsessed engineer into LA's most precise dry-age program. The new flagship gives downtowners that program five days a week.

WEBSITE | MENU | INSTAGRAM

🍟 MORE EATS

🌮 TACOS: The 38 best tacos in Los Angeles according to a local expert, via Eater LA

🍕 SHERMAN OAKS: Greco's New York pizzeria returning to Sherman Oaks culinary scene, via What Now Los Angeles

☕ SAWTELLE: Rok Matcha is coming to Sawtelle Japantown, via Toddrickallen

🌴 COMMUNITY🌴

CENTURY CITY

🍎 APPLE'S FAN EXPERIENCE

CREDIT: APPLE TV

Apple TV's interactive fan experience returns to Westfield Century City for its second and final weekend, transforming The Atrium on Level 1 into a series of high-fidelity photo environments built around hit series like Pluribus, Shrinking, Slow Horses, The Morning Show, and Your Friends & Neighbors. The free public residency runs tomorrow from 5pm to 9pm, then Friday through Sunday from noon to 8pm, with Shot on iPhone stations showcasing the latest pro camera features alongside sweatshirt and tote bag customization tied to your favorite show. Guild and Television Academy members can flash a valid card at the door for expedited entry. Early arrival encouraged since interactive elements may carry wait times during peak hours.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

🌴 MORE COMMUNITY

🎒 NOHO: North Hollywood High to open theater honoring alumnus and film composer John Williams (E.T, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park), via MyNewsLA

🚔 BURBANK: Burbank Police Department to hold DUI checkpoint tomorrow beginning at 6pm, via City of Burbank

97.1 THE FAN

📻 NEW ALL-SPORTS FM STATION

CREDIT: AUDACY

Audacy launches 97.1 The Fan on Monday, May 11th, ending KNX-FM's longtime news simulcast and giving Los Angeles its first all-Sports FM station. The new outlet promises a fully live, local weekday lineup built around Southern California pro and college teams, with Andrew Williams (formerly of BetMGM Network and SiriusXM) tapped as Brand Manager and the on-air lineup unveiling in the coming weeks. KNX News stays put on AM 1070 as Audacy's news flagship, with the timing positioned around the FIFA World Cup and the 2028 LA Olympics.

DIVE DEEPER

💼 MORE BUSINESS

✈️ ROBO FLIGHTS: UP Partners + Calm Ventures participated in Reliable Robotics' $160m funding round for pilotless tech serving cargo + passenger aircraft, via Reliable Robotics [h/t dot.LA]

🎞️ LA FILMING: Encouraging signs for LA Area filming as select production categories begin trending upward, via FilmLA

🪴 SANTA MONICA: Monarch Nursery grows new beginnings on Lincoln Boulevard, rooted in plans + family, via Santa Monica Daily Press

🎬 MORE ENTERTAINMENT

💃 TAYLOR X AI: Taylor Swift files to trademark her voice + image amid rise in AI deepfakes, via CBS News [h/t The Dailies]

🪷 WHITE LOTUS: Laura Dern joins The White Lotus Season 4, reuniting with series creator Mike White, via Deadline

✅ TRIVIA ANSWER

ANSWER: 2003

Founder Alan Dunn launched Très LA as a boutique catering brand with what he calls "a simple belief that dining should do more than satisfy, it should inspire." Built on years of hospitality leadership at The Standard Hollywood and the iconic Chateau Marmont, the operation has grown into a full Très LA Group hospitality portfolio over the past two decades. The brand-new Pacific Design Center bistro and café opens its doors on May 11th at 8687 Melrose Avenue, Suite G-180.

NOW IS THE TIME

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND, LA 🤙