Entourage is back for the sixth season, and Vince and his boys do Los Angeles like no one else can. While not as concerned with flaunting their reservations (that's so New York), the LA backdrop plays an integral role in the show, proving that they frequent the newest and hottest joints that La La Land has to offer. Between business lunch bites, and late nights, here are the latest, if not greatest LA hot spots, approved by Vinny, E, Turtle, Drama and the rest of his entourage.

Season 6
● Millennium Biltmore (Downtown) - After the boys attend the premiere for Gatsby, they take their date to this ritzy, gloriously preserved hotel for the after-party.
● Sidebar (Beverly Hills) - Mrs. Ari takes Marlo Klein out to Wolfgang Puck's latest addition, and sidekick to steakhouse Cut in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
● Sofitel (Mid-City West) - Kerry Simon's Angeleno wing serves appropriate American food for Turtle's birthday at this trendy, tech-friendly hotel, creating the perfect backdrop for Turtle to announce that he's going back to school.

Tough times call for tough measures. Like toughing it out in Los Angeles five o’clock traffic going from the West Side to the East Side. For those of you who live somewhere else, this is a painfully dull, slow-moving slog wherein you lose an hour of your life trying to get 11 miles away. Why suffer? Well, we decided on a whim to try out recessionista happy hour at ultra beautiful retro bar The Edison. From 5 to 7 p.m., "Friday Soup Kitchen" offers a 35-cent cocktail and complimentary grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup (25 percent of the proceeds go to local food banks and charities).

Don't Sleep On It: When the new burlesque movement was at its peak, Velvet Hammer creator Michelle Carr reigned supreme. After a two-year stint in Berlin, Carr’s since put her titty tassels away (having just finished working on a Velvet Hammer retrospective book) and reemerged in the City of Angels. She’s about to make a mini-comeback of sorts as the opening act of a newish night called Telekinesis: The Magic Cabaret, a monthly event that runs next Tuesday and Wednesday evening at the Celebrity Theatre.

The native Angeleno and self-made nightlife poobah shares his thoughts on downtown business, celebrity joints, and his movement into the art world.

What do you do? Well, this is a question I ask of myself a lot lately. I used to describe myself as a bean counter because of my consulting business for bars. In the cash-happy, alcohol-lubricated business, I was the checks and balances guy. Now I've become more of a glad-hand -- a lot of meeting and greeting. People have been calling me a trendsetter, though I see myself as just having a healthy work ethic. If I have to sum myself up as one thing, it would be an ambassador of the service industry.

Besides your own Redwood Bar & Grill, where can you be found in the evenings? If I have to say one restaurant in Los Angeles, it would have to be Musso & Franks. Whether it's some hipster investor I'm trying impress, my relatives from out of state, or a nice dinner out with my wife, it is always in the top five.

Sure, you've been following the fun on our Mixology site, where BlackBook and Grey Goose recruited the best bartenders from New York and Los Angeles to whip up their signature drinks on camera, all while relating their own ideal New Year's experience. But perhaps you really just want to see those recipes demonstrated point by point, shake by shake? Then check out the collected bonus clips above, which describe and demonstrate each drinkmaking experience in exacting detail. On tap: Cielo, Campbell Apartment, Hudson Bar, and Larry Lawrence in New York; and Ecco, The Edison, and Saints N' Sinners in Los Angeles. Click the "MENU" button on the video player to access all seven clips. And don't forget to thank the skilled shooters at Two Penguins Productions for making all this holiday cheer possible in the first place. Chin-chin.

Over on the Mixology safari brought to you by BlackBook and Grey Goose, today's expedition once again concerns the best in New Year's Eve cocktails at the coolest pads in New York and Los Angeles. Monday's entry from the ranks of The Pros: Aidan at LA's The Edison decants a fine Mistress for your pleasure.