101 Wilshire BlvdSanta Monica, CA 90401 Pull up a seat at “The Last Indulgence of 2018,” a dinner party prepared by Jason Prendergast. There will be champagne, seasonal cocktails, a caviar station, a charcuterie and cheese station, and a multi-course dinner. The early seating is priced at $125 per person, while the late seating goes […]
Blog: The 40 Best Things Fashionista Editors Bought This Year
Street style at Copenhagen Fashion Week. Photo: Imaxtree It’s been a long 12 months, and before we kick 2018 to the curb, we’re looking back at all of the most memorable, game-changing fashion and beauty things that went down. Follow along with us as we look back at the year in review. As a team […]
Blog: New Developer Selected for San Pedro Courthouse Property
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement with Genton Cockrum Partners for the potential redevelopment of the San Pedro Courthouse. The West Hollywood-based developer’s proposal for the 1.8-acre site at 505. S Centre Street calls for a mix of market-rate and affordable housing, open space, and […]
Blog: Farmers Market Watch: Thumbelina Carrots
Just in time for the holiday roasting season, sweet little Thumbelina carrots are popping up at farmers markets across L.A. County. Unlike their long slim cousins, this variety is a stubby little globe the size of a baby new potato and is sweet with herbaceous undertones. Source: L.A. Weekly – Restaurants
Blog: 17 old photos of LA’s grandest department stores decked out for Christmas
The year is 2018 and shopping malls sit empty, while once-mighty retailers like Sears shutter stores with reckless abandon. But it wasn’t always this way. Long before Amazon Prime, residents of Los Angeles—and the United States at large—spent countless tired hours during the holiday season pushing through crowded department stores searching for gifts and the […]
Blog: Poet to Poet Practice: A Conversation with Erica Jong
DECEMBER 19, 2018 FOR ERICA JONG AND ME, poetry has always been our first and probably most sustaining love. But what we never knew, years before we knew one another, was that sharing our poetry would be our bridge to a deep and lasting friendship. I read and loved Erica’s work when I was in […]