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tie, Bottega Veneta ($210). 457 N. Rodeo Dr.,

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// the outfielder of dreams //

wardrobe must A good pair of jeans that you

can wear with a T-shirt as well

as a nice collared shirt. When

traveling on 10-day road trips,

theres only so much you can

take with youyou have to be

able to multitask that pair of

jeans for day and night!

favorite nightspot Parks Barbeque in Koreatown

(955 S. Vermont Ave., LA,

213-380-1717; parksbbq.com).

Its open until 2 am. Being a

ballplayer, you dont get off the

field until 11, 11:30 at night, so

its hard to find a good

[late-night] meal.

guilty pleasure Double Stuf Oreos. I find

myself quadruple-stuffing

them. Ill take the cream out of

two and put it into one!

Andre ethier lA dodgersAt frst glance, it doesnt make sense. Why would Andre Ethier of the Los

Angeles Dodgersthoughtful, intelligent, devoted family man, loyal teammate,

gourmet-food reviewerbe the target of constant persecution via trade

rumors over his 10 seasons in the major leagues? If you think its because the

baseball gods decided to pick on the one guy on the roster who could probably

handle it, you might have just knocked that one out of the park. Those trade

rumors back and forth, says the 33-year-old outfelder, who happens to be

the longest-tenured Dodger on the current roster, they help fuel you and

keep you on your toes. You gotta keep your nose down and keep grinding it

out and fgure out a way to come back and fnish each season strong. And

hes defnitely doing his part in 2015Ethiers batting average hovered at

.300 entering September, as the revamped Dodgers and their $300 million

payroll vie for their frst World Series title since 1988. When hes not at Chavez

Ravine driving in runs or chasing down fy balls, the Phoenix native is doting

on wife Maggiea former gymnast whom he met while they both attended

Arizona Stateand sons Dreson and Retton. He also likes to eat superbly, which

motivated him to create the blog Dining with Dre. (He had to stop because

he found himself as fnicky about getting the blog perfect as he is about

hittingand he just didnt have the time to do it right.) With two more years

plus an option left on his current contract, Ethier is instead focusing on defying

the odds by playing his entire MLB career with the same teamand winning a

championship. One thing I hope to do is to one day walk of the feld knowing

my only games were played with the Dodgers, he says. And I know what it

means to the city and the fans to be able to bring a World Series home. I think

thats all I have left to really stamp a great career.

EVERY KID

WHO EVER

PICKED UP A

HOCKEY STICK

HAS SCORED

THAT [STANLEY

CUP] GOAL IN

HIS HEAD. TO DO

IT IN REAL LIFE,

ITS PRETTY

SPECIAL.

ALEC MARTINEZ

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// THE CLOSER //

WARDROBE MUST I keep things pretty simple. Im

a jeans and T-shirt kind of guy.

FAVORITE NIGHTSPOT Its no secret that a lot of us

[from the team] go to the North

End Bar & Grill in Hermosa

(2626 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa

Beach, 310-379-5379;

northendbar.com). I prefer dive

bars over nightclubs.

GUILTY PLEASURE

Ice cream! Im the biggest

sucker for ice cream. I love the

Creamwich from Manhattan

Beach Creamery (1120

Manhattan Ave., Manhattan

Beach, 310-372-1155;

mbcreamery.com).

ALEC MARTINEZ LA KINGSIf you scored the goal in double overtime that won the Stanley Cup, chances

are youd tool around LA in a starlet- lled Bentley, get the primo table

at the overbooked restau simply by winking at the chef, greet adoring

throngs from your balcony with a ponti cal wave of your hand, and endorse

every product that carries a trademark. But that is de nitely not how Alec

Martinez rolls. He feels much more comfortable on the sand than he does on

the red carpet, and you can often nd him engaged in an intensely casual

game of beach volleyball with some of his Los Angeles Kings teammates

near his Hermosa Beach digs. Yet he doesnt travel completely under the

radar. The New York Rangers found that out the hard way when Martinez

zinged a rebound past almost-impenetrable goaltender Henrik Lundqvist

in Game 5 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals to capture the Cup, the Kings

second in three years. His celebration afterward earned him the nickname

Jazz Hands, for the zany way he shook them in ecstasy. Martinez had

previously gained notice for scoring the clinching goal in the series before

that, in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals against the Chicago

Blackhawks. If the 28-year-old defenseman were an old suitcase, hed have

more travel stickers on him than most. Born in Rochester Hills, Michigan, he

played his early years in Northern California, then collegiately at Miami of

Ohio, and was drafted by the Kings in 2007. On the ice, Martinez personi es

hustle and teamwork; of it, hes as laid-back as a pair of ip- ops. And

he doesnt let that indelible moment of glory go to his cranium. Every kid

who ever picked up a hockey stick in his driveway has scored that goal in his

head, he says. For me, to do it in real life, its pretty special. But at the end of

the day its about the team, regardless of who scored that goal. For his team-

rst attitude, lets give Jazz Hands a hand.

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IT WAS A ROUGH YEAR

FOR US.... BUT

IT GAVE ME THE

OPPORTUNITY

TO PLAY AND

GET BETTER!

jordan clarkson

// the rising star //

wardrobe must

Definitely my wristband; I always wear beaded

wristbands.

favorite nightspot

Mastros Steakhouse (246 N. Canon Dr., Beverly

Hills, 310-888-8782; mastrosrestaurants.com).

I usually go there right after a game.

guilty pleasure

Popeyes fried chicken!

jordan clarkson la lakers

First-round draft picks in the NBA get VIP treatment, massive

attention, and lots of endorsement love. Second-round draft picks

get green-room leftovers and a world atlas, because chances

are they wont make an NBA roster and will need to fnd some

far-fung corner of the basketball globe in which to earn a living.

Then there is Jordan Clarkson, 23, one of those marvelously rare

exceptionsa budding star drafted 46th overall in 2014 out of

Missouri, who happened to land at one of professional sports

most storied franchises: the Los Angeles Lakers. In his rookie

season, Clarkson appeared in 59 of 82 games, starting

38 of them, and averaged nearly 12 points a game. Granted, the

Lakers didnt have their best season in 201415. But the 6-foot-

5 Clarksons moxie, work ethic, and poise, mixed with regular

fashes of brilliance, earned him inclusion on the NBAs All-Rookie

frst team. It was a rough year for us, says the native of Tampa,

Florida, who has been squiring supermodel Chanel Iman about

LA of late. But it gave me the opportunity to play and get better!

This year I want to do even more in terms of performing and

producing. With the return of Kobe Bryant from injury, along with

frst-round draft picks Julius Randle and DAngelo Russell, plus

veteran additions Roy Hibbert and Lou Williams, the Lakers hope

to treat their fans to a much better product. And Clarkson is not

only expected to be integral to that efort, he is also spreading

the Lakers gospel: His mom is Filipino, and when he visited the

Philippines this past summer, he got quite the loving reception.

The fans are passionate there, he says. They showed great love

and support for me. Not too many second-rounders turn out to

be frst-rate. The struggling Lakers are grateful they have this one.

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// the leading man //

wardrobe must

I love a cool denim jacket.

favorite nightspot

At the moment, E.P. & L.P. on La Cienega (603 N.

La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood, 310-855-9955;

eplosangeles.com). But I really dont go out that much.

guilty pleasure

Going to Magnolia Bakery (8389 W. 3rd St., LA,

323-951-0636; magnoliabakery.com)the banana

pudding is amazing!

robbie rogers la galaXYRobbie Rogers is gay. And hes out. Somewhere along the lengthy and

arduous march for LGBT rights, from Oscar Wildes imprisonment to

the Stonewall riots all the way up to Edith Windsor and the Supreme

Courts four landmark rulings between 1996 and 2015, such a revelation

ceased to be eye-popping news in everyday life. Yet there are still some

cement-headed pockets of society where intolerance thrives. One of

them is professional sports. Since Rogers, 28, is a star soccer player who

once traipsed upon Europes pitches as a member of the Leeds United

club and now stars for the Los Angeles Galaxy, even he was concerned

his sexuality might be an issue and retired from the game he loved

for four and a half months after coming out via his own blog post in

February 2013. I heard so many crazy homophobic things, he explains.

I wasnt willing to put my mental health at risk. It made me think that

no way would I want to be in that environment. It was really scary.

But after some refection, and discussions with family and friends, he

changed his mind, realizing he could make an impact as a role model.

And wouldnt you know it? Intolerance quickly evaporated around him.

The same people who I heard having discussions in the locker room

about how somebody could be gay and how it was disgusting, he

recalls, were the same guys supporting me and asking me to come

back to play. Theres a pack mentality in sports. It just opened my eyes

that these guys dont really believe what they say and would support

me if I came back. When Rogers is not toiling as a defender for the

Galaxy, the Huntington Beach native and current West Hollywood

resident is pitching projects around town with Golden Globenominated

producer boyfriend Greg Berlanti and dabbling in fashion design.

Obviously, these days being out is in.LAC

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opposite page: The eyes have it! Frank Sinatra, the ultimate Hollywood A-lister, still mesmerizes today. this page: LAs original man-about-town, Sinatra lived in Southern California for more than half a century, including Beverly Hills, as seen here in November 1969.

Frank Sinatra was a guy who worked hard but played hard, says filmmaker/Sinatra devotee Brett Ratner. CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Waving goodbye to New York at Grand Central Station before leaving for Hollywood; with son Frank Jr., daughter Tina, wife Nancy, and daughter Nancy at home in LA in 1949; with his dog Ringo in the yard of his Palm Springs home; sporting his hometown allegiance in 1977; at another of his homes, Capitol Records, during a recording session in LA, circa 1954. CENTER: Partying with second wife Ava Gardner in 1951, the year they married.

Although the Grammy Awards launched in 1959, fol-

lowing Frank Sinatras peak recording periods, he

still garnered 13 trophies, more than 30 nominations,

and Hall of Fame and Legend awards from the Record-

ing Academy during the remainder of his career. This

month, The Grammy Museum celebrates the singers

centennial with the opening of Sinatra: An American

Icon, an epic but intimately detailed exhibit surround-

ing the life and career of the music legend.

To have the opportunity to tell Sinatras story and

show the impact that hes had on American culture is

not only a great responsibility, its also an honor, says

Bob Santelli, the museums executive director, who

teamed up with the Sinatra family to delve deep into

the entertainers extensive personal archive for never-

before-seen artifacts. This will be as much a walk down

memory lane for some people as it will be an eye-open-

ing, ear-opening experience for people who dont real-

ize that Frank Sinatra arguably was the greatest voice of

the 20th century.

Among the treasure trove: performance tuxedos and

trademark fedoras, personal photographs, mementos,

rare lm footage and radio clips, even the ukulele the

young Sinatra used to serenade his rst wife, as well as

elaborate re-creations of landmark locales like Capitol

Recordss Studio B and personal retreats like his Palm

Springs painting studio. Dad had that mentality to keep

everything and to take pretty good care of it, marvels

Tina Sinatra at the volume of her fathers collection.

Everything he kept mattered to him.

I really felt like its a chance to see a personal side of

him that no one ever gets to see, says the stars grand-

daughter (and Nancy Sinatras daughter) A.J. Lambert.

The exhibit is just the start of the celebrations in

the countdown to the Chairmans actual 100th birth-

day, on December 12. The luxe Riviera Palm Springs

in particulara longtime favorite performance spot

of the singershas a slew of tributes planned: a Rat

Pack look-alike-themed Halloween party, a Novem-

ber menu of Sinatra favorites from the family cook-

book, and a Jack Daniels bar crawl followed by a gala

bash with Sinatra family members over his birthday

weekend. Its enough ring-a-dingin to have tested

the high-livin endurance of the indefatigable maestro

himself. October 21February 15, 2016, at The Grammy

Museum, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., LA, 213-765-6800;

grammymuseum.org

RING-A-DING

FLINGSTHE GRAMMY MUSEUM LEADS A

SEASON-LONG SOCAL CELEBRATION OF

THE MASTER OF THE AMERICAN SONG.

We stocked Tootsie Rolls, Camel cigarettes, and Jack Daniels for Frank when he returned to Capitol Records to record his Duets album in the 90s, recalls legendary sound engineer Al Schmitt. Here, the singer does his thing at Capitol in October 1962. INSET, FROM TOP: One of Sinatras performance tuxedos and trademark fedoras, both on display beginning this month at The Grammy Museum.

THE HANGOUTS

Many legendary LA eateries and watering holes favored by

Sinatra have faded into Hollywood legendRomanof s,

Chasens, the Villa Capri, Puccini (his co-venture with Rat

Pack pal Peter Lawford)but several joints still bask in the

re ected glory of his favor.

After befriending Hollywood bartender/fellow Sicilian

Dominick Mazzi, Young Blue Eyes was an original nancier

of Dominicks (8715 Beverly Blvd., West Hollywood, 310-

652-2335; dominicksrestaurant.com) when it opened in

1948, often dashing across the alley with pal Dean Martin

to a piano bar for a song between cocktails. A brass bar

from that era remains in the still-celeby hot spot that, says

general manager Jessica Schmidt, Sinatra would rub for

good luck before he would go [next door] to croon.

Sinatra also backed former Villa Capri waiter Jimmy

Ullos La Dolce Vita (9785 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills,

310-278-1845; ladolcevitabeverlyhills.com) when it opened

in 1966. Today a prized booth sports a plaque in Franks

honor (and is often occupied by Sinatra family members),

but current owner Alessandro Uzielli reveals that the

Chairman preferred a seemingly less-desirable spot in the

bar area with a perfect view of the front door and the

oor, so he could sit with his back against the wall and see

the place.

Star-studded Matteos Restaurant (2321 Westwood

Blvd., LA, 310-475-4521; matteosla.com) ranked high with

Sinatra (Hoboken-born owner Matty Jordan was delivered

by the singers mother, a midwife). Its where he ate

authentic gavadeel and slipped sambuca into his half- lled

espresso cup. Shortly before Sammy Davis Jr. died of throat

cancer (in 1990), Sinatra, Martin, and Davis would arrive

at closing time for a late-night dine-and-drink session. I

was probably one of the last guys to wait on all three of

them together, says former matre d Larry Cullen, who

surreptitiously swapped out Daviss iced teas whenever

Sinatra spiked them with Jack Daniels.

THE THREADS

Ever meticulous about his wardrobe, Sinatra was an early

Rodeo Drive habitu, favoring the styles of Giorgio, Sulka,

and Dunhill, as well as those signature Cavanaugh snap-

brims and the sleek formalwear of Sy Devore, now

in Studio City (12930 Ventura Blvd., 818-783-2700;

sydevore.com). At elegant menswear shop Carroll & Co.

(425 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-273-9060; carrollandco

.com), he snapped up evening clothes, made-to-measure

suits, and anything in orange, his favorite color, recalls

proprietor John Carroll, whose father, Dick, kept Sinatras

music handy to play over the sound system when Sinatra

would come in: Hed sing along while shopping.

Zealously protective of its customers privacy, the shop

once bent the rules when an Italian company couldnt ful ll

a custom-order of natty leather jackets, faxing a note on

a Tuesday: We would appreciate you doing this as a favor.

These jackets are for Frank Sinatra. On Friday morning the

jackets arrived, says Carroll. They must have literally made

them the same day and shipped them the next day.

THE RIDES

Sinatra wasnt a car guyhe just knew what he wanted,

recalls famed Barris Kustoms George Barris, who tricked-

out a zebra-stripe-paneled Mustang for the singer to drive

in the 1965 lm Marriage on the Rocks, along with various

personal vehicles. At rst he resisted Sinatras request for

blacked-out windows, fearing visibility issues. But if Frank

Sinatra says, Black out all the windows, you do it! The next

morning he stops [in] at the shop and says, George, you

were right. I couldnt see a f--kin thing last night.

THE PADS

Sinatra was a shrewd operator when Hilton & Hylands late

partner Juan Alvarez presented what became the singers

nal home in Beverly Hills. After Sinatra and wife Barbara

excitedly proclaimed it their perfect dream house while

touring it with the houseman, the Realtors reminded them

that their enthusiasm would make it hard to negotiate the

price down. Frank said, You leave it to me, recalls agent

Jef Hyland. He comes back out ve minutes later and

says, I just told the houseman everything thats wrong

with this house. Were going to get it at a great price,

watch. And we did.

Alas, most of Sinatras LA-area homes have been

demolished in recent years. Faring better, however, are his

showplace residences in the desert. His reclusive 70s-era

Palm Springs bachelor pad ve acres, complete with a

Sinatra-designed kitchen and helipadis currently on the

market for $3.95 million. It was basically a hideawayhe

kept it in between marriages, says Realtor Frank

Jackworth. There used to be a lot of parties up there.

But the jewel in the crown is Twin Palms, a mid-cen-

tury-modern masterpiece custom-built for Sinatra, where

he lived with wife Ava Gardner during their tempestuous

union (19511957). Owned now by Sinatra enthusiasts and

kept in pristine, era-speci c condition, it serves as a rental

destination for Sinatra-philes, design buf s, vacationing

celebrities, corporate retreats, and weddings. Its got gor-

geous mountain views and is really relaxing, says Reagan

Richter of the management company Beau Monde Villas.

You can come and live just like Frank did.

THE GASOLINE

When Sinatra proclaimed Jack Daniels his intoxicant of

choice on stage at various concerts in 1955, the Tennessee

whiskey label was suddenly put on the map. For decades

to follow, Jack Daniels could not make enough whiskey to

keep up with the demand, says Master Distiller Jef Arnett,

who credits the brands late salesman Angelo Lucchesi

with cultivating a close friendship with the singer.

Still valuing their champions vocal loyalty, the brand

launched a special Sinatra Select whiskey in 2013; for the

centennial, its releasing Sinatra Century, a limited-edition,

wooden-cased, 100-proof big character whiskey. (An

accompanying tie bar-shaped USB device features an

unedited live performance from the Sands to emphasize

the timeless potency of any Frank/Jack blend.) The Sinatra

ef ect is as real today as it was in 1955, toasts Arnett.

SINATRA SAVOIR FLAIR, THEN AND NOWDuring his hey-hey heyday, LA was abuzz at the prospect of eating where Frank ate! Wearing what Frank wore! Living life like Frank did! Today, nothings changed: His stylish allure is as hip and well intoxicating as ever.

The King of Kool: Sinatras inimitable style lives on... and on. CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW: Twin Palms, the singers beloved desert escape, is today a place of holy reverence for Sinatra-philes; Sinatra Select from Jack Daniels; the custom, zebra-striped Mustang specially created for Sinatras role in Marriage on the Rocks 50 years ago; a classic look from legendary mens atelier Carroll & Co., which helped the superstar cultivate his iconic style; the Frank Sinatra booth at La Dolce Vita, in Beverly Hills, where the Sinatra clan still holes up for family celebrations.

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