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The Best Matcha in Los Angeles, Ranked by a Matcha Snob
The best matcha in Los Angeles from a daily matcha drinker: Community Goods’ untoppable vanilla bean matcha, Coffee For Sasquatch, and where the list goes next.
Los Angeles Travel Guide: Two Weeks of Matcha Walks & Meetups
My updated Los Angeles travel guide: a walkable Fairfax–La Brea base, matcha-walk mornings, garden estates, subscriber meetups, and a candlelit teahouse nightcap.
Blu Jam Cafe Review: The Tofu Scramble Outlived the Hype
My Blu Jam Cafe review: LA’s former trendiest breakfast is quieter now — and the tofu scramble is still really good. A little greasy. Still banging.
Shiloh Tea House Review: LA’s Candlelit Late-Night Tea Ritual
My Shiloh Tea House review: the DTLA late-night teahouse with live atmospheric musicians, floor cushions, board games, and tea tastings. Highly recommend.
Sightglass LA Review: The Trendy Roastery Off La Brea
My Sightglass LA review: the trendy, cavernous roastery off La Brea — great drinks, good gluten-free pastries, and a fair warning about the seat situation.
Community Goods Review: Overhyped, Overpriced, and Worth It
My Community Goods review: the most painfully influencer-overhyped matcha in Los Angeles — and the vanilla bean matcha that justifies every minute of the line anyway.
Re/Creation Review: LA’s Great Indoor-Outdoor Cafe (With House Rules)
My Re/Creation review: the Mid-City indoor-outdoor cafe I loved — great for a few hours, salsa classes on weekends, and honest fine print about co-working limits.
Republic of Pie Review: North Hollywood’s Always-Popping Cafe
My Republic of Pie review: the North Hollywood cafe that’s always popping — great for co-working, great for meeting people, and home to one of our LA meetups.
The Best Restaurants & Coffee Shops in Los Angeles (Plant-Forward Edition)
The best restaurants and coffee shops in Los Angeles from a former Angelena — plant-forward, gluten-free-friendly picks that are actually good. Updated regularly.
Bodega Wine Bar Review: Santa Monica’s Best Day-to-Night Spot
My Bodega Wine Bar review: the Santa Monica hybrid that’s a co-working coffee shop by day and a date-night wine bar by evening, with good bites throughout.
Bricks & Scones Review: LA’s Best Outdoor Cafe to Work From
My Bricks & Scones review: the Larchmont cafe with LA’s best outdoor work setup — where we hosted our Make Writing Your Job subscriber co-working sessions.
Layla Bagels Review: The Beverly Hills Bagels Worth the Hype
My Layla Bagels review: the incredible LA bagel shop with a newer Beverly Hills location — the half-bagel sampler strategy, cashew cream cheese and all.
M Cafe Review: The LA Spot Where You Leave Feeling Great
My M Cafe review: LA’s clean-eating stalwart — gut-friendly, loaded with vegan and gluten-free options, and you leave feeling great every time.
Paper or Plastik Review: Still My Favorite LA Coffee Shop
My Paper or Plastik review: the Mid-City LA cafe I’ve loved for over a decade — part ballet studio, part coffeeshop, all inspiration.
Rosemary and Thyme Review: Order the Potatoes
My Rosemary and Thyme review: the Pico LA spot where the potatoes are excellent, the vegan salad earns its name, and lunch meetings run long.
Nobody is Going to Make Your Thing: The Cavalry Isn't Coming and Other Hollywood Pep Talks
I get a lot of people who ask me how to get started in the industry, i.e. how to sell a script or something or get somebody to produce your idea or get a studio to buy your screenplay or make your podcast or whatever.
My Advice to 2020 and 2021 Film School Graduates: Navigating the Post-COVID Entertainment Industry and Building a New Path
I've written a lot on my blog about traditional entrypoints for the industry, from surviving being an agency assistant to networking authentically to the difference between support staff positions in the writers' room. Now, I'm modifying my advice, in part because I don't think the assistant route is a viable one for writers anymore.
A New Writer's Guide to Moving to Los Angeles & Surviving Hollywood
Hello! Welcome to Los Angeles. I am writing this from Pandemic Times, but one day soon it will not be The End of the World (I so dearly hope) and in that time the migration of new writers coming to this city to make it in Hollywood will resume.
10 Things To Do While Under Coronavirus Self-Quarantine for Writers and Creatives (Pandemic Survival Guide!)
In a matter of days, my writers' room began working from home, all my meetings and events got cancelled, and we had to put a pin in all of the in-person programming we had set up for Kingdom of Pavement. I started lining up freelance work for when my writers' room ends with the intention of just hanging out at home for a bit while this whole pandemic absorbs the entire city and also does the impossible: quell Los Angeles traffic. (Drag racing on Sunset Blvd, anyone?)
The 4 Best Los Angeles Coffeeshops to Write Your Screenplay In
So the best new years' resolution I've ever achieved is 'become a regular in independently-owned coffeeshops I love.' And as a screenwriter living in Los Angeles, this basically makes me a god. Or just someone who drinks way too much coffee.
Hello! 👋 I’m Amy Suto. I’m a bestselling author, creator of the bestselling Substack Make Writing Your Job, and a 7-figure freelance memoir ghostwriter. Subscribe to my newsletter and writing job board to learn how to make writing your job!
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MY NEW BOOK: WRITE FOR MONEY & POWER
The anti-starving-artist's guide to becoming a seven-figure writer.
NEW SERIAL: LET ME BE YOUR GHOST
My serialized billionaire romance — a ghostwriter with secrets, a CEO with more. Read chapter one free →
MY ROMANTASY NOVEL: THE ASH TRIALS
The deadliest game is remembering who you are.
MY DETECTIVE NOVEL: THE NOMAD DETECTIVE
Crime crosses borders, but so does this detective.
MY HOW-TO BOOK: SIX-FIGURE FREELANCE WRITER
Work smarter, not harder — without the burnout.
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