Monika Chiang Anniversary Party; ban.do Styling Night

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ROBERTSON BLVD—The Monika Chiang boutique on Robertson is celebrating its one-year anniversary tomorrow with a big shopping party. The event, which runs from 6:30 to 8:30pm, will be hosted by Monika herself. Drop in for treats, prosecco and 20% off purchases. The RSVP is above. [Racked Inbox]

THE GROVE—Starting tomorrow night, the ladies behind ban.do will be hosting "styling nights" at their recently-installed Grove pop cart. Jen, Kelly and Tara will be at the cart from 6 to 8pm Wednesdays to provide styling tips and scarf-tying advice. [Racked Inbox]

SOCAL—Presidential candidate Mitt Romney was spotted today shopping at Costco in SoCal. TMZ reports that Romney went home with "paper plates, dixie cups, wrapping paper, V8 juice drinks, pretzel snacks, Bisquick and bottled water" as well as a toy car. [TMZ]