First impression? Mar Vista residents desperately needed a cocktail bar, and their prayers were answered with Accomplice. Though the drinks are serious, the vibe is far from buttoned up. This is the Westside after all. Cool. So who’s there? A mix of regulars and visiting diners who’ve just eaten at Little Fatty, the associated Taiwanese-inspired spot next door. How are Read more...

Tell us about your first impressions when you arrived. The white-washed walls and vaulted ceiling, the graphic tiles on the bar, hanging lanterns, fiddlehead ferns: you could easily be in a chic spot in Condesa. Mexican restaurants in L.A. are rarely this pretty—and rarely this vegan. What was the crowd like? The best looking, food-loving, Instagramming vegans in town. What Read more...

Ranked number one in Tennessee, in Nashville is affiliated with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. It’s known for a wide variety of specialty treatments, and is nationally ranked in 10 specialties for adults and 10 for children, according to US News. In 2008, the Vanderbilt Eye Institute was created to focus on treating a range of eye conditions. Read more...

What are your initial impressions of this place? Esters is the wine bar of your dreams: ample seating, beautiful light, and a library ladder to swing through the floor-to-ceiling shelves stocked with bottles from around the globe. Lovely. And who do you see here? This is a sophisticated, unstuffy crowd. What’s on the drinks list? There’s a lovely cocktail menu, Read more...

Mount Sinai Hospital is located in New York City and affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine. It’s part of a health system that has seven hospitals in the New York City area. According to US News, it’s known for its Geriatric Services department, which contains the Division of Experimental Diabetes and Aging, as well as for its digestive diseases Read more...

Known originally as Duke Clinic when it opened in 1930, Duke University Hospital sought to establish an academic medical center in a region that had previously lacked one. Today, Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, is the flagship of the Duke University Health System. The system sees more than 2 million patients outside the hospital per year and has Read more...

Ranked as the second best hospital in Massachusetts, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston is a teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School.The hospital’s Cancer Center houses 12 specialized disease treatment centers and touts a system where patients can see an oncologist the day after receiving their cancer diagnosis. In 2011, Brigham and Women’s Hospital performed the first two full Read more...

Club Mayan has three different dance rooms going on Saturdays and two on Fridays. The huge main floor is all kinds of music Friday and a tropical, top 40 mix with live salsa and tropical bands on Saturday. The Mezzanine is all about Latin Dance on Fridays and an eclectic DJ mix on Saturdays, with the addition of Hip Hop, Read more...

Formerly Create (and before that Vanguard), this space from Insomniac (creators of the rave-tastic Wonderland and Electronic Daisy Carnival festivals) books both emerging DJ talent and high-profile EDM artists. The three-room, 20,000 square foot space features an epic soundsystem and Hollywood’s largest LED wall. Those looking to downshift and desensitize can find respite on a tree-lined patio illuminated by simple Read more...