Check out Whitney, Lauren, Audrina, and Heidi's favorite places in our exclusive guide to the hangouts of "The Hills." (Photo courtesy MTV Publicity.)
A feature revealing locations seen on MTV’s hit reality drama, “The Hills.”
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Since it hit the air in 2006, MTV’s glossy reality soap “The Hills” has taken Hollywood by storm. Don’t lie – you know you can’t get enough of this guilty pleasure half-hour drama-fest. Combining equal parts beautiful people and beautiful places, “The Hills” presents a chic, hot Hollywood that anyone would love to be a part of. Well, here’s your chance! Isn’t it about time you spent a week walking in Lauren’s Jimmy Choos?
Lauren lived at the Park La Brea Apartments at 6220 W Third Street with Heidi in the first and second seasons and Audrina in the third season. Now Lauren, Audrina, and Lo start their days at their brand-new home at 1627 N Orange Grove Avenue (it’s okay to cruise the street but don’t trespass on private property!) and Lauren is enrolled at the Los Angeles Campus of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising on South Grand Avenue, where she has some classes with Spencer’s sister Stephanie. (Heidi attended FIDM briefly in the beginning of the first season before dropping out.) Heidi and Spencer live at La Fontaine Apartments on N Curson.
Lauren and Whitney worked hard for “Teen Vogue” during the first three seasons – Lauren fixed a candle and decorated an umbrella, among other tasks, at the Ashley Paige Store at 643 N La Cienega Blvd; Lauren and Whitney attended a tasting at the Patina Restaurant at the Disney Concert Hall, 141 S Grand Avenue; did a photo shoot with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at the Santa Monica Airport; did model castings at Smashbox Studios (8538 Warner Drive in Culver City); worked at “Teen Vogue” Young Hollywood parties at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and the Vibiana Church on S Main Street. Heidi (sort of?) works as well, logging hours at Bolthouse Productions on Beverly Boulevard and at the club Area on N La Cienega. In the first season Audrina works at Quixote Studios on N Poinsettia Place and in the third season Audrina and Chiara spent some time with Sean Kingston at El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard as part of their job at Epic Records in Santa Monica.
All work and no play is no fun! But there’s always time to go shopping, right? Lauren, Heidi, Jason, and Jordan went to The Grove in “Somebody Always Has to Cry.” Lauren and Lo checked out the Diane Merrick Clothing Salon on Beverly Boulevard in “What Goes Around…” and Lauren and Jordan shop for Jason’s Christmas present at XIV Karats Ltd at 314 South Beverly Drive.
Sometimes it’s nice to just relax. In “Rolling With The Enemy,” Lauren, Lo, Audrina, and Brody hang out with friends at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, a famed Hollywood location full of legends, tales of Old Hollywood movie stars, and ghost stories. For New Year’s Eve in the first season, Lauren and Heidi get their hair done at the Warren Tricomi Salon at 8327 Melrose Avenue. In “Meet The Parents,” Brody hosts a barbecue at the Polaroid Beach House on Billionaire’s Beach, Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu that Lauren, Lo, Audrina, Frankie and Justin Bobby attend.
Girls night out is supposed to be fun, and they usually are – unless you run into your sworn frenemy. Lauren and Heidi have had confrontations at the 2007 Declare Yourself event, which was held at the Beverly Hills Post Office on Santa Monica Boulevard, as well as at Les Deux at Frankie’s birthday party in “You Know What You Did.” Jen Bunney confronted Heidi about the sex tape rumors at Cheebo, 7533 West Sunset Boulevard. While out at Ketchup (8590 Sunset Boulevard) in “They Meet Again,” Lauren and Jason ran into Heidi and Spencer, which made for an awkward situation. Lauren and Jen had an uneasy reunion in “What Goes Around…” at Lulu’s Café, 7149 Beverly Boulevard.
Feeling up for a date night? Lauren and Jason hit up the Arclight Cinema at 6360 West Sunset Boulevard, Pano e Vino at 8265 Beverly Boulevard and Café Midi at 148 S La Brea Avenue in “Lauren and Jason, Take Two.” (Lauren met Jason strictly as friends at the Chapman Coffee House on N Glassell Street in Orange after he got out of rehab in “Second Chances.”) Audrina met up with Justin Bobby at Charcoal (6372 Sunset Boulevard) for drinks in “Truth and Time Tells All” and went out with a male model to El Coyote Spanish Café (7312 Beverly Boulevard) in “Jason’s Birthday.” In “An Unexpected Call”, Brian takes Audrina to Gyu-Kaku, at 10925 W Pico Boulevard. Audrina and Lauren go on a double date with Jarrett and Derek to Lola’s at 945 N Fairfax Avenue in “Second Chances.” Spencer takes Audrina to Pinkberry at 868 Huntley Drive in a bid to make Heidi jealous (and Lauren and Lo go here to chat in “Big Girls Don’t Cry”). Audrina and Justin Bobby go to Toi, 7505 ½ Sunset Boulevard, in “Rolling With The Enemy” and to the Venice Café on Ocean Front Walk in Venice Beach in “What Goes Around…” For their first date, Brody takes Lauren to the Social Hollywood at 6525 Sunset Boulevard. Male model Gavin takes Lauren to Sushi Dan at 8000 West Sunset #A202.
Speaking of dates, why not make a date with the devil, er, Spencer and Heidi? They ate at Breadbar (8718 W Third Street) in “For Better Or Worse,” and they can always be found at Don Antonio’s Mexican eatery at 11755 W Pico Boulevard. (Actually, Spencer has taken both Heidi and Audrina there!) Spencer and Heidi eat at Le Pain Quotidian at 8607 Melrose Avenue in “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” Also in “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Spencer and Brody bought Heidi’s engagement ring at Ice Accessories in Brentwood Gardens at 11677 San Vicente Boulevard, and then Spencer proposed to Heidi at the Bacara Resort & Spa on Hollister Avenue in Santa Barbara. And who could forget a nervous Heidi buying a pregnancy test at Marvin’s Pharmacy at 8933 Santa Monica Boulevard in the second season premiere?
For a pre-party bite and beverage, check out a few of the girls’ favorite eateries – Lauren loves the pumpkin ravioli at Bella at 1708 N Las Palmas Avenue (she, Audrina, Heidi, Jordan, Brian, and Jason went there in “Jason’s Birthday” and she met Audrina and Justin Bobby there for drinks in “Truth and Time Tells All”). Lauren, Lo, and Audrina went to The Boulevard Lounge at 1114 N Crescent Heights Boulevard in “Meet the Parents,” and Lauren, Whitney, and Audrina took The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus to The Dime at 442 N Fairfax Avenue in “For Better or Worse.” The whole first season gang hit up Geisha House on Hollywood Boulevard in “New City, New Drama” and Blowfish Sushi (9229 West Sunset Boulevard) for “Jason’s Birthday.” On Heidi’s 21st birthday she and Kimberly eat lunch at Food Court LA, 8334 W Third Street. In “A Change of Plans,” Jordan convinces Heidi to drop out of school while they eat at Café Tartine (7385 Beverly Boulevard). Heidi gets breakfast at Doughboys Bakery (8136 W Third Street) with Lauren in “Somebody Always Has To Cry” and with Jen in “Rolling With The Enemy.” After working out at the Equinox Gym (8590 Sunset Boulevard), Lauren and Audrina hit up Elixir Tonics & Teas at 8612 Melrose Avenue in “Second Chances.” In “Boyfriends and Work Don’t Mix,” Lauren, Heidi, and Audrina go to the Sofi Greek Restaurant and Garden at 8030 ¾ W Third Street.
When the sun goes down, it’s time to hit the clubs. For the favorites of “The Hills” stars, check out the following: LAX at 1714 Las Palmas Avenue, which is where the cast hangs out a lot in the first season; Lobby (9077 Santa Monica Boulevard), where Lauren, Jason, Heidi, and Jordan went for New Year’s Eve in the first season; ONE Sunset at 8730 Sunset Boulevard, where Audrina and Justin Bobby went and hung out with The Ruse; the Viper Room, 8852 Sunset Boulevard, where Audrina and Justin Bobby saw The Ruse play. Most of the action in the second and third seasons is at Les Deux, 1638 N Las Palmas Avenue, including Jen’s infamous 21st birthday party, after which she hooked up with Brody.
If you’re staying in Los Angeles, why not try the Magic Castle Hotel at 7025 Franklin Avenue, which is where Lauren and Whitney did a fitting with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus in “For Better or Worse.” And of course all of the drama of “The Hills” couldn’t be contained in one city, even if it’s as big as Los Angeles! If you’re itching to travel “Hills”-style, fly in and out of LAX Airport like the cast does. Lauren and Whitney sometimes go to New York City for work; Lauren has pulled a shift at the Marc Jacobs Design Studio at 72 Spring Street, while Whitney had a meeting at Teen Vogue Headquarters at 4 Times Square. The girls stayed at the W Hotel New York on Lexington Avenue. Perhaps the most fun destination the cast has gone is Las Vegas! When the gang hits up LV for Brody’s birthday in the third season, they stay at The Palms hotel on West Flamingo Road and party at PURE Nightclub on Las Vegas Boulevard.
Now there are plenty of places to go to live out your “Hills” fantasy, whether you’re sweet and sophisticated like Lauren, a wise working girl like Whitney, a hot hipster like Audrina or a whimsical villainess like Heidi. Grab this guide, grab a map, and get going… it’s up to you now, the rest is still unwritten.
- Story and Photos by Christina LeBlanc, Executive Editor
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