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Urban Outfitters In Topanga Plaza Opens Tomorrow May 20th

According to signage posted on the door as well as sources at Westfield, Urban Outfitters in the Topanga Plaza mall will be opening its doors for business tomorrow.  If you’d like to apply for a job, the sign says to drop off an application tomorrow.

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Apple Store At Westfield Topanga To Open At 9am Saturday For iPad Launch

They’re already setting up the queue barriers at Westfield Topanga for the undoubtedly long line of people who will be showing up in the very early hours tomorrow to get a first look at, and perhaps even buy, Apple’s new iPad.  It is unclear, probably intentionally, just how many units will be at the store to actually purchase.  Apparently, when you pre-order them there is an option for in-store delivery, so some may be reserved for that.  There will also be two  iPad ‘events’ at the store besides the general hoopla at 9am.

From Apple’s site:

10am to 5pm  – iPad Tour

In this 30-minute presentation, we’ll take you on a short tour of the most amazing features of iPad. You’ll see why it’s the best way to experience the web, email, and photos. Discover how extraordinary your videos look on iPad, learn about the iBooks app — a great new way to buy and read books — and so much more. iPad experts will be available to answer all your questions. iPad tour begins every half-hour.

5pm to 6pm – Meet Your New iPad

You’re up and running on your new iPad and ready to go further. Bring your iPad to this hands-on workshop, and we’ll show you tips and tricks, like organizing and displaying your photos in a slideshow, navigating Safari with new features, and discovering new ways to see and touch your email like never before. Sign-up required.

As you can see in the very small print in my gallery below, only the Wi-Fi, and not the 3G version of the iPad, will be available tomorrow.

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Anthropologie Now Open In Westfield Topanga Mall

Well folk, it looks like Anthropologie at Westfield Topanga ended up being able to open sooner than previously anticipated!  They opened up today, so I dropped by and took a few pictures for your viewing pleasure.  The place definitely had a very Springy feel, as they were selling live plants and lots of pretty Spring dresses.  Enjoy.

This almost makes up for the closing of Pottery Barn earlier this year. The phone number of the new store is (818) -716-1162 and it is located on the first floor of the mall, just below the food court, in the old The Farm space.

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Rumor Mill Puts Anthropologie At Westfield Topanga Opening For Monday April 5, 2010

I swung by Topanga Plaza over the weekend and it looked like Anthropologie was pretty much ready to go.  People were inside setting up merchandise and finalizing the window displays.  A call over to the mall today puts the whisper open day for next Monday April 5th, but I was advised to call back later in the week for final confirmation as Anthropologie has not committed to a firm date just yet.

I was also told that Urban Outfitters has only just begun their construction, and as of right now they are looking at a mid-July open date.  Watch this space for more information!

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KTLA Footage From Yesterday’s “The Vampire Diaries” Cast Meet-and-Greet

KTLA video of fans at Topanga Plaza yesterday for the meet-and-greet of The Vampire Diaries cast members.

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Urban Outfitters Coming To Westfield Topanga, As Well As Others

While I was at Westfield Topanga today to check out “The Vampire Diaries” cast appearance at Hot Topic, I had the good fortune of meeting the mall’s marketing director Alexandra DeCicco.  She answered a few questions I had about new stores coming into the mall, and gave me the 411 on some others that I didn’t know about.

Urban Outfitters will be replacing Pottery Barn, which closed in January.  It is due to open in May.  Alexandra says they are hiring, and interested parties should check out UrbanOutfitters.com for details.

I’ve noticed many people coming to site looking for information about when Anthropologie will be open.  Alexandra informed me they are scheduled to open in April.

Chico’s, a womenswear company, will be moving to a new location just across from it’s current location.  They will be closed Monday for the move and reopen on Wednesday (Feb 17) in the new location.

Teavana should be opening in the next couple of months, and Alexandra says the very popular surf & skatewear retailer Tilly’s is also coming to Westfield Topanga at a date TBD.

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Huge Turnout For The Vampire Diaries Meet-and-Greet At Westfield Topanga

If you had trouble finding your tweenage daughter this afternoon, I have a pretty good idea where she was.  The cast from The Vampire Diaries on the CW network was making an appearance at Hot Topic in the Westfield Topanga mall, and I’m pretty sure every girl in Woodland Hills from the ages of 11 to 17 was there waiting in line for autographs.  There was also a big stage set up for a performance from A Fine Frenzy.  I’d also like to note, for those that care about such things, that “Plaza” has been dropped from name of the mall, and it is now officially simply “Westfield Topanga.”

It looked to me like everyone was pretty excited, and the people coming out of Hot Topic with autographs and such seemed very pleased.  I didn’t get to see any of the cast members myself, which is a bummer because I had hoped to get my copy of the recently released The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season DVD autographed.  What a bummer.  (Correction: As pointed out by Vampire-Diaries.net, there is not yet a DVD for The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season.  It is, however, available on VOD at Amazon.com.  I could have instead had Ian Somerhalder, who plays Boone on Lost, sign my Lost: The Complete First Season Blu-ray disc.  Again, still a bummer.)

I didn’t stick around for A Fine Frenzy’s performance, but hopefully it went well.  Here’s a few pictures of the crowd, line, stage, etc.

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