We’re hurtling toward the holidays faster than a fat guy in a flying sled, so you’ve got to take some time to enjoy L.A. before the onslaught of airport layovers [ … ]
We’re Digging the Japanese-Style Sandwiches at Konbi in Echo Park
In true Japanese fashion, Akira Akuto and Nick Montgomery obsess over the tiny details at Konbi, their 10-seat Echo Park café inspired by Tokyo-style kissaten (coffee shops). Sandwiches include crisp [ … ]
The Autry Museum Is Investigating the Histories of Griffith Park—and It Needs Your Help
At the entrance to its newest exhibition, the Autry Museum of the American West asks, “What makes Griffith Park special to you?” It’s not a rhetorical question—they really want to [ … ]
A Santa Monica Tech Startup Has “Hacked” Meditation
You’re ascending through a vortex of psychedelic color. It’s not unlike the phantasmagoric climax of Speed Racer, come to think of it, or the trippy 2001 “Star Gate” sequence, or [ … ]
The Disgusting Food Museum Is Yucking People’s Yums
Escargot. Cow brains. Turtle soup. Rocky Mountain oysters. Depending where a person’s from and what culture they were raised in, these foods either sound delicious or supremely unappetizing. Then again, [ … ]
The 9 Best Places to Get a Cup of Café de Olla in L.A.
Café de olla, also known as traditional Mexican coffee, is made with ground coffee, cinnamon, and piloncillo (brown sugar). And if you’ve got a sweet tooth, you can also add a little [ … ]
L.A.’s Most Interesting and Unusual Streets
According to the Bureau of Street Services, there are over 6,500 centerline miles of streets in the City of Los Angeles; that’s a lot of pavement. You probably find yourself [ … ]
We Went for a Ride-Along on a Cannabis Tour Through L.A.
Tour buses are a ubiquitous presence in Los Angeles, from tinted-windowed vans navigating between celebs’ houses in the Hollywood Hills to the double-decker behemoths that shuttle Midwesterners up and down [ … ]
Some of California’s most stunning natural wonders are on the brink of oblivion
It is time to imagine a California bereft of its most wondrous natural assets, from the giant sequoia to the coast redwoods to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta — the [ … ]
L.A.’s convention center is too small, too old and too ugly. AEG has a plan to fix it, but there’s a catch
The Los Angeles Convention Center has long been derided as a money-losing white elephant. It’s too small, too old and its exhibition space too disjointed to attract big, high-value events. [ … ]