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Eater
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Eater
Downtown LA's Era-Defining Third-Wave Coffee Shop Is Closing After a Decade
Verve Coffee Roasters is closing its Downtown LA location on June 1, marking the end of a decade in the neighborhood. The Santa Cruz-based coffee roaster opened its Spring Street cafe in January 2015, serving a signature lineup of coffee drinks made with its own beans, as well as pastries, and juices from Juice Served Here. The cafe's closure was announced in an Instagram post, which reads, 'While the evolving landscape of Downtown has made it no longer sustainable for us to continue operating at this location, we remain deeply committed to our LA community.' Verve's roastery and cafe, located just a few miles away in the Arts District, will remain open, as well as its other locations across Los Angeles on Melrose, West Third, and in Manhattan Beach. Mahjong and sushi at General Lee's Mahjong Underground is launching its first Mahjong and Chow night at the Arts District location of Kombu on June 8. The ticketed event will come with a shared tasting menu and a drink of choice, plus three hours of open play. Tickets are available through Mahjong Underground. Summer dinner series at the Benjamin Melrose restaurant the Benjamin is kicking off a guest chef dinner series on June 22. Evan Funke will cook at the inaugural event, followed by Michael Voltaggio in July, and Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo in September. Additional dinners and participating chefs are set to be announced. Tickets for the dinners will be priced at $99 and include a multi-course prix fixe menu and a limited-edition T-shirt. Tickets for the first event will be available on Resy starting at 9 a.m. PST on May 29. Gabby Windey's LA itinerary Former Bachelorette star and Traitors champion Gabby Windey shares her ideal Sunday with the Los Angeles Times . Mornings for Windey start at Silver Lake coffee shop Lamill, before heading to the farmers market with her wife, Robby Hoffman, for tamales. The rest of the day's ideal stops include snacks from Botanica, a movie at the Americana, and sushi from Kombu or Sugarfish. A new Beverly Hills matcha destination Cha Cha Matcha is opening a new flagship cafe in Beverly Hills on May 30, adding to its current lineup of cafes in Venice, Century City, and West Hollywood. The new cafe will introduce a few firsts for the brand, including an on-site matcha mill which guests can watch. A few drinks will also debut at the cafe, including the Coconut Cloud with coconut water and matcha cold foam, and a Japanese-style cold brew. At 10 a.m. on opening day, the first 50 guests in line will receive a free tote bag and beverage of choice. Sign up for our newsletter.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Is Gabby Windey trying to break us? Her steamy IG pics push us to the brink
; Shutterstock Is Gabby Windey trying to break us? Her steamy IG pics push us to the brink Let's be very clear. We love Gabby Windey for her mind. The Bachelor star breakout turned Traitor's champ, turned lesbian thought leader via her podcast Long Winded, is one of the funniest, brightest, and sharpest iconoclasts in the lesbian zeitgeist right now. Yes, we live for her and we live for her love story with her 'husband' Robby Hoffman. Everything about their romance and wedding is the exact kind of wholesome sapphic chaos that makes us believe in love and root for their happily ever after. Also, her commentary on feminism, sex, the failings of men, and just her general contrarian takes on, well, everything is exactly the kind of charmingly disruptive and thought-provoking discourse that we crave. She is a true, unapologetic original. So when we say we are looking respectfully, we mean it. But my God, Gabby. Are you actually trying to break us and send us into a sapphic spiral so deep, so profound, so very thirsty, that we will never return but rather collapse under the gravitational weight of our longing like a dying star of sapphic yearning? Because that is what is going to happen if she keeps posting photos like this on main. That being said, we highly recommend you keep scrolling, you know, in the name of sapphic science. Respectfully. See on Instagram Noodles and whale tail? We're only human Ms. Windey. See on Instagram Queen of our booster club. See on Instagram Mom and Dad. See on Instagram Sunny side u... oh my god... the spiral has begun...
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sapphics Provided Much-Needed Bright Spots This Week
All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by Glamour editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. We've reached the end of another week. But before we clock out for the weekend, we're giving credit where it's due. Sapphics are the latest champions in our Winner of the Week series. Amid the many horrors, a few bright spots shine. These beacons of hope, these lighthouses promising safe harbor… are called lesbians. Thank you, lesbians. As Billy Eichner once said: let's go, lesbians! Seriously, we'd be lost without the sapphics right now. Gabby Windey and Robby Hoffman kicked off the year by getting surprise-married in Vegas, deciding to tie the knot as they fled the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. (They kept the news a secret until this week.) All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by Glamour editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. Celebrity News Gabby Windey and Robby Hoffman Got Married in a Secret Las Vegas Ceremony The couple had just evacuated from the LA fires. 'My dream is coming true. I want to be married to her—I don't care how,' Hoffman recently told Cosmopolitan of their somewhat spur-of-the-moment plan, which culminated in a walk down the aisle to 'HOT TO GO!' by Chappell Roan (more on her in a sec). 'I just love being with Robby, so knowing that I got her one-on-one to celebrate this beautiful night, I could cry. It was joy,' said Windey. I could cry too, Gabby. Also walking the hall of sapphic power coupledom are Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus of Boygenius, who are officially, publicly, official, as of March 18. 'From us to you, we are in love,' Dacus told People after months of speculation. She's also got a new album out that, for the first time, uses female pronouns instead of the ambiguous 'you' to describe the love interest in her music, an openness that Dacus describes as 'intimidating' but is also so lovely. It's a trajectory that Chappell Roan can certainly relate to, which brings us to the biggest gift the givers have given us: 'The Giver.' Yes, living and loving vicariously through our favorite couples is a time-honored tradition, but other people's joy isn't actually ours to borrow. Their music, on the other hand? Inject it straight into my veins. All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by Glamour editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. New Here From the Donut Shop to a World Tour: Chappell Roan Is Doing Pop Her Way "I haven't even written my best song yet," the singer-songwriter tells *Glamour*. Though her album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess was everywhere last year, it was actually a 2023 release; the one and only song Roan put out in 2024 was the anthemic 'Good Luck, Babe!,' a defiant and rollicking piece of pop about a queer woman in denial. For 2025, the vibe is a bit different. 'The Giver' skips right over the to-come-out-or-not-to-come-out-that-is-the question and gets to the point. 'I just think a lesbian country song is really funny, so I wrote that,' said Roan. Happy Women's History Month indeed. Alexa, play the trailer for The Wedding Banquet! With queer rights (and, let's be real, human rights) in a precarious position politically, we won't be so bold as to say that the joy of a few is evidence of some national sea change. But this art, these relationships, this moment can be a form of connection, escapism, maybe even therapy at a time when that's exactly what we need. Positive representation of women in love with each other is something to celebrate. And it is progress. Twenty-five years ago we had the performative (i.e., fake) queerness of t.A.T.u., the misunderstood Britney-Madonna kiss, the questionable lessons of Chasing Amy. Fifteen years ago, naughty novelty fueled Katy Perry's 'I Kissed A Girl.' In 2025, is queerness totally normalized? Depends where you are. But at least if there's a girl on stage singing or talking about being in love with another girl, it's because she actually is. Originally Appeared on Glamour
Los Angeles Times
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
In praise of Gabby Windey, ‘Traitors' winner and Latina queen
Gabby Windey was the epitome of poise at last week's round table on hit TV series 'The Traitors.' In the campy, murder mystery-inspired game show, reality TV stars and more questionable public figures — Zac Efron's brother is a contestant, as well as a random British aristocrat — must sniff out who among them is a 'traitor' among 'faithfuls.' Contestants set their sights on Windey, former 'Bachelorette' star and podcaster, in hopes of booting her from the competition. Their plan seemed foolproof... had they not made the mistake of underestimating a hot Latina with a vocal cadence comparable to that of Jennifer Coolidge. Windey knocked down every accusation with a cool, studied rebuttal. Her performance was so solid that her foes had to change course last minute. In that moment, Windey ammonium thioglycolate-ed her path to victory, and in the end, she and three fellow 'faithfuls' won the game in this week's finale. Every step of the way I rooted for the ringleader of the all-women 'Bambis' alliance — named for their big, doe-like eyes — because she proved everyone wrong, looked cute doing it and brought her trademark droll, mall-girl vibe to the function. So much of what the half-Mexican star navigated on the show is what Latinas experience all the time at their jobs, in their families and everywhere else; and it felt good to watch her win. While no one ever fully laughed off Windey this season, there was a clear sense that she and her fellow Bambis were not taken seriously. The 'gamers' — what they call contestants from other reality game shows like 'Big Brother' and 'Survivor' — in particular, the men, pushed their way through challenges and displayed hubris that inevitably buried them. Even the final two traitors standing — 'Big Brother' contestants Danielle Reyes and Britney Haynes — thought they had one over Windey. So much so that Reyes assured she would 'annihilate' Windey. Clearly, they didn't do their research. Windey is a former Denver Broncos cheerleader, which came in handy when she landed in second place on Season 31 of 'Dancing With the Stars.' She was also a nurse on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Windey has honed two skill sets that require both smarts and guts. Have you ever tried memorizing choreo, or intubating a human being? While the 'Traitors' cast showed reverence and fear for players like 'Survivor's' infamous 'Boston' Rob Mariano, or the professionally scathing Dorinda Medley from 'Real Housewives of New York,' they forgot that Windey became an icon in the 'Bachelor' universe after rejecting Clayton Echard's offer to walk her out post-dumping — then co-leading on 'The Bachelorette' — then dumping her fiancée and coming out as a lesbian later on 'The View.' A Housewife can throw expert-level shade, but so can Windey, who follows it up by dragging the patriarchy, misogyny and sexism in her popular podcast, 'Long Winded.' She can gab and call 'em out! Even when Latinas are intelligent and capable, we are undervalued — and, as a result, one of the most underpaid groups in the States, with the wage gap between us and non-Hispanic white men being the widest in history. Sixty-three percent of Latinas between the ages of 18 to 29 say sexism in the workplace is a problem for them, per a study from Pew Research Institute. According to the same study, 44% of Latina participants reported that, in the last year, they were treated as if they were stupid. That was the most commonly reported experience. We are often made to feel dumb, frivolous and small, even if we have all the bona fides proving otherwise. That Windey, like so many other Latinas, has also struggled with feeling out of place in her cultural identity, can only add to a feeling of inferiority. In an interview on Latina TikTok star Tefi Pessoa's podcast, Windey opened up about how her fraught relationship with her mom, who is the Mexican parent and whom she has been estranged from for eight years, has made her feel disconnected from her culture. She regrets that she avoided mentioning her identity in the past. 'I wish I talked about it more on 'The Bachelor,' ' she told Pessoa. 'Because I didn't say anything. Because now when I see someone Mexican, it's like 'oh my God.' You become enamored and you're like proud of them.' In a recent interview with 'The Cut,' however, Windey assured how proud she is about being Mexican, and how being embraced by Latina fans has made a major impact on her sense of belonging. 'People in the Latina community will DM me: 'We claim you. We're proud of you,' ' she said. 'That means a lot.' It was sometimes frustrating seeing Windey being underestimated during her time on 'The Traitors,' but made her win all the more satisfying. And she celebrated her win by marrying her longtime partner, comedian Robby Hoffman. Windey conquered the castle with confidence and good vibes, and in the process, she conquered our hearts.
USA Today
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Who won 'The Traitors' Season 3? What to know about the victors and who was banished
Who won 'The Traitors' Season 3? What to know about the victors and who was banished Show Caption Hide Caption The most anticipated TV shows of 2025 USA TODAY TV critic Kelly Lawler shares her top 5 TV shows she is most excited for this year Warning: Major spoilers for the third season of "The Traitors" are ahead. The messiest show on TV has concluded its third season and fans finally know who won. "The Traitors" Season 3 finale picked right off from last week's vicious cliffhanger, where fans were unclear whether Britney Haynes would betray her fellow "Big Brother" alum and traitor Danielle Reyes. And Britney did just that, voting out Danielle once again in a cinematic betrayal typically reserved for melodramas. The episode also revealed who won last week's mission and had the power of "the seer," a new twist giving someone the ability to see whether a player of their choice is a faithful or traitor. Britney ended up winning, so she invited Gabby Windey to a private meeting where "The Bachelorette" star unveiled she was a faithful to Britney, who already knew that. But rather than try to frame Gabby as a traitor, she told the group the truth, instead going after "Down to Earth" producer Dylan Efron. What ensued after was just as chaotic and dramatic as the rest of the season. Who won 'The Traitors' Season 3? Gabby Windey, Dylan Efron, Dolores Catania and Lord Ivar Mountbatten won "The Traitors" Season 3 as faithfuls. They are the largest batch of winners in the show's three-season run. At the final roundtable the group unanimously banished Britney in a 4-1 vote. While she could not reveal her identity to the group, the faithfuls had finally banished every traitor. The group decided to end the game and successfully split the prize pot of $204,300. Who is Dylan Efron? Dylan Efron is an actor, producer, outdoor enthusiast and brother of "The Iron Claw" star Zac Efron. The 33-year-old recently produced the documentary series "Down to Earth with Zac Efron" and has previously worked as a stuntman in film production. Who is Dolores Catania? Dolores Catania, 54, is a philanthropist and entrepreneur best known for starring in "The Real Housewives of New Jersey." The Paterson, New Jersey native is a mother to Gabby and Frankie Catania, both in their 20s. Who is Gabby Windey? Illinois native Gabby Windey, 34, is TV personality and newlywed, previously appearing on both "The Bachelor" Season 26 and "The Bachelorette" Season 19. She hosts the "Long Winded with Gabby Windey" podcast and was previously an NFL cheerleader for the Denver Broncos. During the finale episode, she said she would use the prize money for her wedding and revealed on Instagram Wednesday that she married comedian Robby Hoffman on Jan. 11. Who is Lord Ivar Mountbatten? Lord Ivar Mountbatten, 61, is a British aristocrat and geologist from London best known as the second cousin of King Charles III. He has been married to James Coyle since 2018. Who is the host of 'The Traitors'? Scottish actor Alan Cumming has hosted all three seasons "The Traitors" (U.S.) Last year, he won the Emmy for best reality host for the show's second season, which also took the award for the best reality competition program. "I am the host, but I'm playing a character of a host, very much so," Cumming told USA TODAY in January. "I don't even sound like that; I put on a funny accent as well as a look and tone. I don't go around quoting Shakespeare all the time, and I certainly don't boss people around. And I'm not so aggressive as this sort of stern castle daddy." Where is 'The Traitors' filmed? "The Traitors" is filmed at the Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands. Who were the traitors in Season 3? There were a total of five traitors in Season 3: "Big Brother" finalist Danielle Reyes; "RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Bob the Drag Queen; "Survivor" finalist Carolyn Wiger and "Survivor" winner "Boston" Rob Mariano. "Big Brother" contestant Britney Haynes began the game as a faithful before later being recruited as a traitor toward the season's end. Who won 'The Traitors' Season 1 and 2? Four-time "Survivor" contestant Ciree Fields was the first person to win the U.S. version of "The Traitors" as a traitor. She left faithfuls Andie Thurmond and Quentin Jiles flabbergasted when she revealed her identity and won all the money. "The Challenge" contestants Trishelle Cannatella and CT Tamburello both won "The Traitors" Season 2 as faithfuls. The final four included "Below Deck" star Kate Chastain (a traitor) and "Shahs of Sunset" star Mercedes Javid (a faithful), who were both banished. Will there be "The Traitors" Season 4? Peacock has renewed "The Traitors" for both Season 4 and Season 5, Deadline reported in August. Where to watch 'The Traitors' Season 3 All three seasons of "The Traitors," as well as the two seasons each of "The Traitors UK" (hosted by Claudia Winkleman) and "The Traitors Australia" (hosted by Rodger Corser), are available to stream exclusively on Peacock. Subscriptions begin at $7.99 a month. Contributing: David Oliver We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
