On television and in the newspaper, she’s on the go

The host of the Learning Channel’s “While You Were Out” and singles columnist for the Jewish Journal rarely stays in.

This is paradise

I live in Koreatown and that’s like a two-minute drive to Larchmont Village. And Larchmont is just paradise. I start every Saturday there. First I go to Sam’s Bagel’s. I just love it. It’s so comforting--they know me, they know I want a plain bagel, cheese and tomato. I have that, my coffee and my newspaper.

Next I’ll go to the Larchmont Beauty Supply--it’s a cornucopia of creams, candles and conditioners. Where else can you spend $50 and come out and feel good all day? There’s also a great little boutique called Petticoats near there. They have great clothes, but they’re a little pricey. So when I find a dress I want, I visit it every week. I stalk it and wait for it to go on sale. Then I buy it.

Yoga and ...

Somewhere on the weekend there’s got to be some kind of workout. I like to go to Bikram Yoga in Silver Lake. They turn the heat up to 105 degrees. I like Bikram because it smells good -- some don’t. But you leave Bikram and you’re just euphoric. Oh, and I love to take a walk in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. There’s something about walking by Douglas Fairbanks. My grandparents are in there.

Pound of kittens

One of my favorite things is to go to the Los Angeles City Pound on 11th avenue near Crenshaw. I love animals, but because I travel I can’t really have another cat. So I go and I just pet their kittens. I even applied for their foster care program--you know, where you care for a sick kitten for a few weeks, but I got a rejection letter. I said, “Oh my gosh! I was rejected by the city pound!”

Hello, K-Town

Like I said, I live in Koreatown. It’s this great, undiscovered place. But I’m single-handedly trying to introduce everyone to Koreatown--I call it K-town. One of my favorite places there is BCD Tofu House off of Wilshire. It’s open 24 hours. I’m a vegetarian so I get tofu-sizzling hot tofu with vegetables. Their tofu is like eating silk.

War of the curls

Koreatown is the place for people who are at war with their curly hair. Korean women are obsessed with straightening their hair. I think it’s a cultural thing. I’m Jewish with big, curly hair, so I go to this Korean beauty shop, Kim Sun Young. They will straighten your hair within an inch of its life--they pull it , blow-dry it , flat-iron it--I don’t know what all for $20. Of course, no one speaks English--I fit right in.

Night times

I have a lot of time because I have no dates. I write a singles column for the Jewish Journal--it’s not like Cary’s column on “Sex and the City.” It’s a little more philosophical. My column’s filled with all of the pain and suffering that’s fit to print--I write about my own travails.

One thing I really like is the Other Network at Moomba on Friday nights. They show failed television pilots and it’s fun to be around all of these creative people, celebrity types, people with big names in the writing profession and it’s nice to know that everyone’s failed. A martini will cost you $10 but it’s worth it.

-- Carolyn Patricia Scott