California’s pandemic-punched wine industry adapts
The $114 billion California wine industry has been hit hard by the pandemic –– but it’s adapting well
Roll out the red carpet for Los Angeles’ new Academy Museum
The movie capital of the world is finally getting the museum it deserves. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is set to open in December 2020, packed with otherworldly cinema magic. The museum’s collection spans pre-cinema (flip books and lumigraphs) right up to an...
Marie France Van Damme: For the Love of Simplicity
How did a striking French-Canadian blonde become global chic royalty? C”est simple… she followed her heart and her dream. However, simplicity takes hard work. Decades of hard work and a perfectionist’s commitment to, well, perfection. Since launching her label in...
These Remarkable Funerary Urns are Riffs on Egyptian Pyramid Burial Chambers
Funerary objects have long held humanity’s fascination dating right back to Egyptian and Etruscan tombs. Death in these cultures was in fact alluring, often celebrated in a triumphal manner replete with death and magic rituals. Robert Kibler brings much of that beauty...
Slice of Life: A Refresher Course on Cucumbers
The humble cucumber is not only one of the world’s most international fruits, but also one of the oldest to be domesticated. In the beginning, this branch of the gourd family tree (Cucurbitaceae) grew wild on the Indian subcontinent. The University of Missouri,...
Outward Bound: Transforming Your Patio into a Paradise Found
Some people are eager to hit the road as the quarantine rules progressively ease, while others are intent on playing things safe. No matter what your outlook on the future of travel is in the long run, the summer of 2020 promises to be quiet and low key. For this...
Zhourat: Steeped in Tradition
Even before 2020, you’ve done all of the right things to stay healthy. Your pantry and fridge are packed with healthy foods. You exercise regularly, and you spend time outside to ensure you can soak in the benefits of sunlight and oxygen. In the realm of the “new...
Making Turkish Pita—The Ramadan Way
I’ve spent parts of Ramadan all over the Middle East including Lebanon, the Sultanate of Oman, and Syria. Without creating serious debate, one of the best places for anyone to be during the holy month of Ramadan is in Turkey. Here, the solidarity of the holiday...
Finding the Perfect (Funky) House
LA is a gentle line of homes without a city. You see some summers when a row of properties burn like a sacrifice above the desert. Moreover it's more really the slow sleepy whip of driven-by Starbucks in strip malls It's a petro haze. A low-rise watercolor forever...
CAMERA READY for the “ZOOM” ERA
Our exclusive “Face Time” with Academy Award-winning makeup artist Nicki Lederman delivers tips and tricks you’ll need to put your best face forward in today’s virtual conference room. Welcome to the new normal. Not long ago in the recent past, video conferencing was...
