Estelle

Los Angeles 

Healthy coffee shop in the heart of Leimert Park - the best place in Los Angeles to be.

A little outside of the norm beach scope, but popular as its cleaner than Santa Monica.

Healthy vegan and non-vegan eats in South LA. Also, West Indian food and general fare.

Brunch on a Sunday with LEGENDARY DAMON - the perfect COVID compliant rooftop brunch. Gorgeous scenery, great music - good private vibe.

SHABBAAAA - the best monthly reggae party in LA. Period.

Best day to go is on a Saturday morning 8-12pm. There are ALL kinds of fresh flowers at wholesale prices. Sort of an LA ritual when you get an apartment or house here; you buy your fresh flowers from the flower market.

Monthly HUGE vintage and new artisan market, in “Pasadena”; sort of a village Los Angeles to me.

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Paris

I like to time travel and there’s nothing like an antique shop when you need to be transported to an era. Soubrier is not just any antique shop. I told the owners their business is older than my country. It’s four storeys of fantastic. I spend hours here dreaming and have asked several times if they would consider letting me move in.

Because our first installation of Josephine’s Bookshop was right across the street from the Jardin du Luxembourg, I walked through there everyday. Of course, I spent almost my entire time in Paris working so I never got to go horseback riding or play the giant chess game or take the horticultural classes, but I have all those reasons to go back again and again.

Open everyday from 8am to 2am, Les Éditeurs is a booklady’s restaurant. You’re surrounded by thousands of them, you get a bookmark with your meal, and they respect when you just need a place to read for a few hours while you eat, think and write without interruption.

When you’re in Paris, but you’re really from Virginia and you’re missing soul food, there’s Treize – which not only provides fantastic wi-fi, but also Southern American delicacies like biscuits. They took such great care of us and even have a drink on the menu dedicated to Josephine Baker.

The Queen Elizabeth II flower market runs along the Seine in the heart of the Île de la Cité with flower sales carried out by a dozen independent merchants. However, the site has gone without investment for decades, and the owners say it is in decline. I love supporting independent merchants and try to do so whenever, wherever and however we get a chance. This place is filled with different stalls, it smells amazing, the colours and design are like medicine to my flower-loving soul. Buying flowers, plants and trees here for Josephine’s feels like a semi-revolutionary act.

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Hong Kong

[You] need an online booking. Make an appointment a month before. [You can] book for weekdays more easily than for the weekend.

A lot of good food around, and you can eat on the street with the homies and skip dinner, just chill on the street. It's a vibe.

Order the strawberry daiquiri and the banana daiquiri. I used to go here after dinner and order non-alcohol daiquiris. The cup [comes] covered with cocoa powder; feels like dessert to me. Alcohol [may be even] better, I bet.

Located in Mong Kok just a few minutes on foot from the Prince Edward MTR station, the flower market is one of the most colourful places in Hong Kong. It is adjacent to the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden.

This market is a few minutes away from the flower market.

[Go to] Mummy Pancake [for] the chocolate egg waffles. In the alley they have a vintage store. There's a lot of good, local food shops there and some cafes.


I went there every month when I was a kid 'cause Tuesdays or Wednesdays are free. Also, I really like the old Hong Kong history decor there.

The location is at Mongkok. It's a very popular area and if you’re tourists you must go. This is the one and only special cafe. The orange colour is for the main decor, inside [it's] full of graffiti by HK's famous graffiti artist “Uncle,” and the burger is very delicious.

FM Belowground radio station powered by YEITOUT. They always have guest DJs doing recordings or podcasts in there, and the ASTERISK retail shop has got all kinds of stuff to shop. Sometimes, belowground have a unique pop-up store.

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