For a moment, I fell under the spell of Bryan Johnson. Bathed in early-morning sunlight, the 46-year-old L.A.-based tech centimillionaire and longevity celebrity didn’t look much younger than his age, …
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I had been married for six weeks the night I met Anthony. Tall, olive-skinned with electric green eyes, he was so handsome my cheeks were flushed when I walked through …
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The most romantic restaurants in L.A. for a special occasion
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesJon Yao’s cooking begins with nostalgia — for the Taiwanese American food made by his mother and grandmother, for his coming of age in the San Gabriel Valley. As the …
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When NASCAR reached out to Ozzie Juarez, artist and founder of Tlaloc Studios, to make a trophy for the NASCAR Mexico Series race, inaugurating at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum this …
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Fall in love with animation at Disneyland’s Pixar Place Hotel
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThey say you shouldn’t sleep where you work, but Pixar chief Pete Docter means it at as a compliment when he says that Disneyland’s reimagined Paradise Pier Hotel — now …
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Welcome to the Los Angeles Times News Quiz. I’m Adam Tschorn, senior features writer, former game show question-and-answer man and your weekly quizmaster. Each Friday, I’ll serve up 10 handcrafted, …
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New restaurants and pop-ups to try in Los Angeles this February
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMaybe it’s the holiday haze, but in many ways, it feels like the new year gets its proper start in February. This is also true if you follow the lunar …
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Welcome to February, and, sad to say, what will likely be the last issue of the L.A. Times Plants newsletter — more about that in a moment. Just know that …
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What Chinese astrology says about 2024’s Year of the Dragon
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMy dad was born in 1952, the Year of the Dragon. He’s an immigrant from Taiwan who came to the U.S. for graduate school at San Jose State University, and …
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Here are the ‘most Asian’ Costco stores in Los Angeles and Orange County
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLunar New Year is coming, and at our local Costco stores here in Southern California that means pineapple cakes, mochi, glutinous rice cakes, red and gold willow arrangements and a …