La dolce vita
CAMILLA SCASSELLATI SFORZOLINI • Made IT Podcast & FGS Global
WORK • Thursday Routine
CAMILLA SCASSELLATI SFORZOLINI • co-founder & host, Made IT Podcast • managing director, FGS Global
Neighborhood you live in: Beachwood Canyon
It’s Thursday morning. What’s the scene at your workplace?
I have two lives. I’m am an (Italian) podcast host by night and a corporate communications advisor by day. My day starts early so I can catch up on all my emails, work on my podcast tasks, interview an Italy-based entrepreneur at 730a PT, and then zip to work in Century City.
What’s on the agenda for today?
We're about to launch a new season of our podcast Made IT, where we interview Italian entrepreneurs, so I'm making sure we have some pre-produced episodes ready to go, and thinking ahead to new ones we need to record. My client work for FGS Global is mostly confidential, but I'm lucky to work on interesting, front-page deals and corporate crises that keep me super engaged.
Any restaurant plans today, tonight, this weekend?
I have friends visiting from London, so I’ve got a packed agenda of showing them my favorite spots. We're going for dinner at Damian, brunch at All Time (I have their salmon bowl every weekend), sushi at Jinpachi, and maybe a drink at The Tower Bar for a full LA experience.
Any weekend getaways?
May not be original but Santa Barbara recently took me by surprise. We indulged in delicious meals — cod wrapped in banana leaves and crispy rice salad at Sama Sama, bold Indian flavors at Bibi Ji 2.0, an indulgent seafood lunch at Clark's Oyster Bar in Montecito, and sun-soaked huevos rancheros at Café Paloma. Oh, and the croissants at Helena Avenue Bakery! A treasure hunt at The Blue Door turned up vintage gems for the home. I just scratched the surface — I’ll definitely be back.
How about a little leisure or culture?
I live close to the Hollywood Bowl and just love going to see concerts there. My favorite museum in LA is the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. It doesn't get enough mentions. Otherwise, I'm an architecture and design lover, and enjoy going to see some of the iconic LA homes... but I still need to make it to the Stahl House!
What was your last great vacation?
We went to Japan on our honeymoon. Our trip highlights: dinner at Sowado in Tokyo, the Nezu Museum in Tokyo and shopping in Aoyama; staying at the Hoshinoya Fuji hotel and summiting Mount Fuji; sushi omakase of Fukagawa in Kyoto and shopping for ceramics at TOSAI; visiting the art foundations on Naoshima and Teshima islands; and staying at Amanemu.