I’m going to introduce you to your new favorite chocolate chip cookie. It’s a sizable bronze round with big boulders of semisweet chocolate buried into the surface. The center is …
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Check out Midcentury Modern homes during Palm Springs’ Modernism Week
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn a breathtaking introduction to Palm Springs architect Albert Frey, the Palm Springs Art Museum offers self-guided tours of Frey House ll, Frey’s residence perched atop a hillside at the …
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Matū, the Beverly Hills steakhouse themed around Wagyu beef, had been open nearly a year and a half in November 2022 when the restaurant began lunch service essentially serving one …
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The calendar says winter, but the struggle to find spaces at summer campsites has already begun — especially at California state park system’s most popular campgrounds, where most booking begins …
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As a kid born and raised in Southern California, the idea of autumn leaves and winter snow were novelties. Though just a three-hour drive from my family’s town, the wooded …
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How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Richard Marx
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesRichard Marx keeps circling back to one word during our interview: elegance. The descriptor works for the artist’s latest album, “After Hours,” a collection of originals and standards that sees …
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I’m a writer. How could I misread my bibliophile girlfriend so badly?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhen I ask my girlfriend about the book she’s reading, it’s a given I’ll spend the next couple of minutes in utter confusion. Yesterday Ami responded to my query by …
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Growing up, Daniel Connell loved bicycling on streets near his home in Cheviot Hills. In college, he began camping. But it wasn’t until he combined the two that his adventures …
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Yosemite ditches reservations for ‘firefall.’ Here’s what to know
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesYosemite’s firefall — the winter convergence of sunbeams and falling water that has drawn growing crowds to the national park’s Horsetail Falls — will be different this year. At least …
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Several hiking trails near L.A. reopen a year after the Eaton fire
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesI screamed in glee on Monday when I spotted the smooth rock that forms a natural waterslide just off the Dawn Mine Trail north of Altadena. Water rushed into a …