Outside Monty’s Good Burger in Echo Park | Farley Elliott Tahini shakes, plant-based burgers, and late night hours Echo Park’s former Lot 1 Cafe has been swiftly transformed into a second location of Monty’s Good Burger, the hit vegan spot from co-founder Nic Adler and company. The powder blue corner restaurant right on Sunset, just […]
Consistently Inconsistent: On Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
DO WE NEED another biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who served nearly 30 years as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and nearly 20 years before that on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court? He has been the subject of numerous biographies since his death in 1935. We have not discovered new […]
Three competing plans unveiled for La Brea Tar Pits makeover
A rendering from Weiss and Manfredi’s proposal, one of three plans to dramatically reshape La Brea Tar Pits. | Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism What’s your favorite? Three dramatic design schemes for a mammoth-sized makeover of La Brea Tar Pits were made public Monday night—and museum officials are asking the public to pick their favorite. The competing architectural […]
I’m Denim Obsessed—These Are The Jeans I’m Wearing on Repeat This Season
Quality denim is easy to find these days, but finding a pair that actually fits your body? That’s another story. I’m obsessed with denim, but my journey to the perfect pair has been a long one. I’ve dealt with it all—waist gaps so large that even belts can’t fix them, fabric that makes it impossible for […]
Developer Downsizes Mixed-Use Project Surrounding Former Sunkist Headquarters
Smaller buildings with fewer apartments. Los Angeles-based developer IMT Residential has downsized a proposed mixed-use development which would flank the former headquarters of Sunkist at 14130 Riverside Drive in Sherman Oaks. Source: Urbanize LA – Steven Sharp
A Week In Charlottesville, VA, On A $54,704 Salary
Welcome toMoney Diaries , where we’re tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We’re asking millennials how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. This week a Social Worker working in Child Welfare who makes $54,704 per year and spends some […]