From the creator of Mr. Chow (in Beverly Hills), comes Philippe Restaurant.  If you’ve driven down Melrose between La Cienega and Crescent Heights in the past few months, then you’ve seen the ugly building that housed Dolce transform in to the long awaited Philippe. The now gorgeous restaurant is open and ready to impress you.

As fantastic as the food is, let’s start with the drinks — they just might be what keeps you going back for more. Phillipe’s signature cocktail, the Philipptini, blends lychee and fresh squeezed pineapple juice with vodka, triple sec, and Chambord… simply amazing.  The drink menu is full of fun and fruity cocktail creations including Pear Fection, Midnight Mojito, and Bangkok Banana (we’ll leave that one to the imagination).

The sexy black and white interior, complete with shiny red leather banquettes, creates the perfect ambiance to sip a dirty martini and people watch.  This works out well, since the restaurant has been welcomed by Hollywood elite and has quickly become a celebrity hot spot, just like its New York and Miami counterparts.

Owner Philippe Chow has become famous for his hand pulled noodles and if you’re lucky you’ll get a show while a live demonstration is performed in the main dining room.  The chicken satays are served covered in Chow’s infamous cream sauce and are so good you might find yourself ordering seconds.

Phillipe, located on the corner of Melrose and Sweetzer, is worth it, but be ready to throw down the AmEx because the $15 cocktails and $40 entrees add up quickly.

View the entire menu and make reservations at www.philippechow.com.

We’ve all been there — you kiss an uggo, and the next day you wake up and regret it. After a few too many drinks it happens. We’re not advocating making out with randoms, but if it happens, you can do it with a little extra protection. The answer is LaRocca Skincare’s Shield Multi-Active Lip Balm.  It protects against herpes.

This new lip balm contains amino acids and anti-microbials. We’re not really sure that those are, but apparently they help strengthen your immune system, maintain gums and skin, and protects against herpes.  Yes, herpes.  Who doesn’t want to help prevent the spread of disease while looking pretty at this same time?

LaRocca’s Lip Balm contains ingredients including Amazonian fruit and 24-karet colloidal gold. But who really cares? The important thing is that it keeps your lips looking young with antioxidants and is loaded with vitamins that your skin craves. Oh yeah, and it helps you not get herpes.

Find LaRocca’s at both Fred Segal locations and online at www.laroccaskincare.com. But who wants to shop online when you have an excuse to go to Fred Segal.

The idea is simple: you’ve driven to a club, a party, an AA meeting, whatever, and you’ve wound up too drunk to drive back.  You give a call to Y Drive, and they send a cutie on a scooter (which folds and goes in your trunk) to drive you home in your own car.  You wake up the next day with a headache, but not a DUI!

The Y crew can be summoned on the spot 24-7 with a quick slurred phone call (888-401-3847).  All the drivers are dispatched from Hollywood, so be sure to give them enough notice. But unlike that trick from last weekend, Y Drivers won’t consider you geographically undesirable if you meet at a Weho club but you live in Calabasas. They’ll go the distance.

And just how much is this life-saving service?  It’s a flat fee of $38 if you are in their core zone (within a few miles of Hollywood) and then a bit more depending on how far away you may live.

For more info cruise over to http://www.ydrivela.com.

Someone once said “men don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses.” To which we say: what the hell do they know.

When you’re spotted in a pair of frames by Indivijual Custom Eyewear, you’ll probably be adored, propositioned, and asked directions by the locals.  The new Texas-based company, is the first eyewear manufacturer in the world to make custom-made eyeglasses for you. So instead of donning the latest trend du jour like everyone else – 80s wayfarers, we’re looking at you – you’ll be wearing something as unique as your thumbprint.

At Indivijual, they give you the best fit possible by taking at least nine facial photos, measuring temple and eye width, and making a clay mould of your nose.  There’s also a questionnaire about your personality and tastes.  They take into account your hair, skin and eye color, so you won’t be sent out into the world wearing Kanye shades when you’re more of a Lady Gaga

Randy Barnett, CEO of Indivijual, was inspired to make custom eyewear after noticing that glasses are designed for either a square or round face, while most faces are shaped somewhere in between.  He also saw that the fit left something to be desired.  Mass-produced frames are made in small, medium and large, while the average person isn’t quite one or the other.

The glasses take about six weeks and cost $595.  Not cheap, but also about what you’d pay for some designer specs.  But with Indivijual, if you’re ever asked “who are you wearing?” you can simply answer, “Me.”