Not too long after Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened at Disneyland in 2019, the land brought me to tears. It was a summer weekend evening, and I was strolling the …
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Asian American and Pacific Islander-owned restaurants to support in L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLos Angeles is a city rich with regional specificity when considering the cuisines of Asia. When someone asks for a restaurant recommendation for “Korean food” or “dumplings” or “Thai,” I …
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He builds glass like they did 120 years ago. Here’s why it matters now
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesJust north of Los Angeles, Evan Chambers’ glassblowing studio springs out from a small warehouse district like a scene from “Alice in Wonderland.” In this series, we highlight independent makers …
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ATVs are due to return soon to the controversial Oceano Dunes
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe sands of Oceano Dunes — the only state park where visitors are usually allowed to drive on the beach — are unusually quiet right now. Too quiet, many locals …
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Performance Art Museum and artists recreate High Performance covers
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn 1978, after eating LSD-laced garlic butter toast and while crouched under a piano during a performance, artists Linda Frye Burnham and Richard Newton decided to start a magazine. Called …
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Find your next great read and new friends at the Yacht Girls Book Club
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIt’s 11:30 a.m. on a beautiful and unseasonably warm day in Marina del Rey, half an hour before the starting time for the Yacht Girls Book Club meeting, but several …
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10 things to do in the chill coastal neighbor to celebrity hot spot Santa Barbara
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhen my husband and I bought our home, my dad recommended that I avoid sharing the name of our new city. “Don’t tell people you’re in Goleta,” he said with …
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AI cookbook slop and the page these real cookbook authors want you to turn to first
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhat real cookbook authors say about AI copycats. Plus, how Noma LA tested food editor Daniel Hernandez’s fine dining assumptions, a new rotisserie chicken to obsess over, where to find …
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Inside the elaborate, competitive L.A. book club taking immersion to the extreme
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThey call themselves the Booked Babes. Tonight, the women are gathered in Anna Sokol’s kitchen, surrounding an oven-roasted duck stuffed with apples. The dish is a Ukrainian delicacy from Sokol’s …
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There was a time in my life when I wanted to be in love more than anything, although I wouldn’t have admitted it. My mom died on my 16th birthday, …