{"id":1801,"date":"2014-10-12T19:02:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T02:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkinggrid.com\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2014-10-12T19:28:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T02:28:15","slug":"nitespa-mar-vista-los-angeles-book-royal-blast-autumn-bliss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talkinggrid.com\/dev\/nitespa-mar-vista-los-angeles-book-royal-blast-autumn-bliss\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitespa, Mar Vista, Los Angeles: Book a Royal Blast into Autumn Bliss!"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Friends,<\/p>\n

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Frau Kolb & DJ Pink Frankenstein in front of three “Rush Hour Grids, For New York,” Paintings by Frau Kolb, 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I dressed up as a BLACK BIRD, loosely inspired by the blackbird in the delightful coming-of-age love story, \u201cMoonrise Kingdom,\u201d another great film by Wes Anderson. I was feeling shaken, having had a medical emergency earlier in the week. Fortunately, all were forewarned that I was, \u201cmysterious.\u201d Which made my entrance all the more smooth, that and the super tunes spilling from DJ Frankenstein\u2019s turntable, I could have to arrive on a stretcher to the wonderful party arranged by Julia Martin, and I’m sure it would have not offended the super-cool crowd or \u00a0the proprietress of the new Nitespa<\/a> Loft in Mar Vista, on the West Side of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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Frau Kolb with Anne Barron and Christopher Strimbu photo \u00a9 Jess Barron, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Lovely Ms. Martin has successfully established new place for our set to meet, hang our hats, get our nails done, a massage, a facial, a needed Brazilian\u2026 all kinds of services to help us recover that coveted baby-fresh and pampered GLOW. Nitespa is a space specifically tailored to those that are looking for a more personal, intimate, fitting refuge from the mundane, the coarse, the ordinary, impersonal spa.<\/p>\n

(We all have so much to worry about, with ebola, police brutality, social disparity, the cost of living, the tumbling market, the children\u2019s issues, marital demands of fulfilling obligations you never imaged you might ever be expected to meet, all the while maintaining one\u2019s standard of living, in a world where the competition and the caprices of the ancient goddess, Fortuna, are not without a cruel sense of humor.)<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Nitespa<\/a> has expanded. The new location ROCKS! Some of you remember the dilapidated little beauty shack where we drank wine, communed, and got our nails down in Venice, Beach California. It was very hip and easy access. It was near Abbott Kinney Blvd. I\u2019ve written about the spot before<\/a>. The NEW LOCATION is a true hideout for those needing serious pampering in an indulgent VIP friendly, luxury loft location, which feels like an upscale home, where BEAUTY is welcome to perch.<\/p>\n

You really must experience Ms. Martin\u2019s unique sense of urban hospitality. \u00a0She is creating a new way of being beautiful, in a breezy easy, health conscious surge of FUN! \u00a0Nothing could be better for you than going to Nitespa<\/a>, in my book.<\/p>\n

WE, Julia Martin and I met years ago, when I tripped into Nitespa<\/a> Venice for a manicure. I was delighted for the white wine she, so graciously, served and the cute Japanese girls that were creating lovely nail art for Julia\u2019s fortunate cliental, including me! My nails wet, I asked Julia to rummage in my big old patchwork leather bag for my wallet. She was amused to discover a little travel bottle of tequila in there (I still, almost a decade later, have that same little bottle\u2026 somewhere in my home). Our pure connection was instantaneous, we felt ONE with each other\u2019s fun loving spirited being!<\/p>\n

Over the years our friendship has grown. Other less firmly founded, connections from that fun frenzied Los Angeles period, have faded away. In contrast, I am continuously impressed with J. Martin\u2019s unique sense of urban hospitality. The astounding tenacity and insight of a woman with goals, a family, and a business to run is a wonder to behold and an inspiration for anyone. She managed to keep Nitespa on the map, in Venice, while so many other businesses folded in the high rent, high density area, jammed with trendy restaurants and slick boutiques competing for clients among the cash strapped, the striving, and the few that are flush, alike on the pure force of her personal charm and dedication to providing excellent beauty treatments to extravagant eccentrics and other demanding divas. She managed this feat by being a friend to her neighbors and an active part of the local art and business community.<\/p>\n

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“42nd Street, Times Sq. Grid,” acrylic painting, 24×30″, 2011, by Frau Kolb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A supporter of artists, including me (notice that four of my paintings are now available for viewing at Nitespa’s beautiful big white walls…) , Julia Martin has earned her place of recognition, trust, and affection in the west coast art community, from San Francisco to San Diego Julia Martin is LOVED and her following grows more staunch, loyal, and determined with each year of her continued success. No wonder that with so many beauty options available in Los Angeles, those in the know, have come to prioritize the ever-soul replenishing treatments offered at her open yet exclusive beauty hide-out and become her frequent VIP guests. Julia\u2019s new Nitespa<\/a> location is spacious and private with comfortable treatment rooms and a full kitchen available. Her space is a place where we can face ourselves and make time to ponder matters of personal and public significance in a comfortable, yet luxurious, Townhouse loft.<\/p>\n

\u00a0How do we tune into our selves and find time for all the parts of our being that might otherwise be neglected?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(I\u2019m so glad I managed to get my act together and appear as Frau Kolb, in full Frau Kolb verbosity, at Julia Martin\u2019s Royal Moonrise, Wes Anderson tribute party, on Saturday Night. Especially because, I was the Guest of Honor!)\u00a0I\u2019ve NEVER had that happen before. \u00a0I’m touched!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\nFriendship is the answer. Last week, Frau Kolb had the pleasure and privilege of being honored by the honey eyed-genius, behind the living vision of intimate manicures and memorable massages, Ms. Julia Martin\u2026 a unique source of good in the world of Beauty. She is now The West Coast Beauty Muse for Talkinggrid as of last week\u2019s splendid display of magnificence in entertaining a fun-loving group of way-ward intellectuals, part-time revelers, and party crashing troubadours in search of cosmic booty! What a grouping of interesting humans! I even had the pleasure of a powerful art chat, with an informed and active art collector, residing in Santa Monica! (He promised to have us over for dinner that we may enjoy his private art collection. Imagine that! )<\/p>\n

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We had a blast!\u00a0\u00a0 The magic number of cool, elegant, educated, chilled-out, party-people, sipping cocktail punches presented with faultless aplomb by the excellent Ms. Martin. For the party she wore a short fur and a stripped dress, a loose interpretation of Margo Tennenbaum\u2019s smeared eye liner, big fur routine, \u00a0in Talkinggrid\u2019s favorite movie, by Talkinggrid\u2019s favorite director.<\/p>\n

We were hoping Owen Wilson would just magically show UP at the party. I prayed for his super-coolness to just appear, but alas he did not. We did, however, enjoy discovering a lemon juice soaked ONE dollar bill inside a lemon\u2026 thanks to magician, who entertained us with the old fashion slight-of-hand the soul craves and somehow, my Post Paris Blues have VANISHED! I am cured!<\/p>\n

Thank you, Julia Martin, superlative hostess, proprietress, and vision behind the one-and-only Nite spa, Mar Vista for a more than merely wonderful evening. It was a true pleasure and I can\u2019t wait to come in and have lovely French, Pascal take care of my visage and lovely Christina to paint my nails, like little masterpieces, each one.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

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