It’s that time again: our picks for the top interior design trends 2025. If the developing interior design trends of 2025 are teaching us anything, it’s that the global pandemic and a tense election year have done a number on our collective psyche. For a lot of people, the world isn’t the friendly place it […]
Seth Styles
Having spent over a decade in creative roles across a variety of industries, Seth brings with him vast experience in SEO practices, digital marketing, and all manner of professional writing with particular strength in blogging, content creation, and brand building. Gratitude, passion, and sincerity remain core tenets of his unwavering work ethic. The landscape of the industry changes daily, paralleling JohnHart’s efforts to {re}define real estate, but Seth works to maintain the company’s consistent message while offering both agents and clients a new echelon of service.
When not preserving the JohnHart essence in stirring copy, Seth puts his efforts into writing and illustrating an ongoing series entitled The Death of Romance. In addition, he adores spending quality time with his girlfriend and Romeo (his long-haired chihuahua mix), watching ‘70s and ‘80s horror movies, and reading (with a particular penchant for Victorian horror novels and authors Yukio Mishima and Bret Easton Ellis). He also occasionally records music as the vocalist and songwriter for his glam rock band, Peppermint Pumpkin.
Absorption Rate Analysis: December 2024 – Things Are Looking Up. Very Up.
A December surge toward the seller’s favor is a holiday tradition in its own right when it comes to our monthly absorption rate analysis. It’s just how the “off-season” works in real estate. A lower volume of homes hitting the market typically tips the scales in the sellers’ favor. In December 2022, only one of […]
The Balloon Museum Floats Its Way to LA… But Is It More Than a Bunch of Hot Air?
Featured image credit: The Balloon Museum Official Site It’s still unacceptable to jump into a ball pit as an adult. Or, as the Chuck E. Cheese manager put it, “I don’t get paid enough to deal with this.” Fortunately, you may have your chance to plunge into a vat of balloons… at least until March […]
And the Winners of the 2025 Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards Are…
Featured image credit: Palm Springs Film Festival The Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards are upon us. And though it’s likely too late for you to pull strings to get into this star-studded affair, we have the big winners compiled for the night right here. The awards ceremony takes place on Friday, January 3 at […]
The Top 10 Best Punk Bands to Come Out of Late ‘70s Los Angeles
Featured image credit: George Rose (for The Los Angeles Times) Ever since we wrote our Top 10 LA Glam Metal Bands list, we’ve been wanting to do something similar for the city’s innovative first wave of punk. Yes, the contradiction of a real estate brokerage reviewing punk bands isn’t lost on us. And we’d say […]
The Diorama Museum of Bhagavad-gita is One of the Best Museums in Los Angeles… if You’re Seeking Enlightenment
Featured image credit: ISKCON Los Angeles When it comes to world-class museums, we have an embarrassment of riches in the Greater Los Angeles area. But some of the best museums in Los Angeles are the obscured diamonds only talked about in the inner circles of LA’s bohemian underground. We’ve discussed some of them on the […]
Since 1958, the Capitol Records Building Christmas Tree Has Dazzled LA Every Year. Well, Except One.
Featured image credit: Amé Kali LA’s transition into a winter wonderland is subtle when compared to a lot of other U.S. cities. Maybe it’s all that year-round California sunshine. Sure, we have the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, falling on the first Sunday after Thanksgiving since 1928. Then there’s the more recent tradition of the Pershing […]
The Last Bookstore Provides a Reading Refuge for Its LA Community
Featured image credit: vagueonthehow “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” No, that’s not exactly right. “We were somewhere around LA on the edge of downtown when the drugs began to take hold.” Interesting, but no – still not it. “The man in black fled across the city, and the […]
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Revives “Lost” Nature Dioramas… and Adds Some New Ones
Featured image credit: Maarten Heerlien The next time you visit the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, keep in mind that some of those taxidermied animals behind the glass are over a century old. That’s right, the museum’s nature dioramas just turned a century old. And to commemorate the milestone, the museum re-opened a dormant […]
Christmas in Palm Springs Lost Some Magic When RoboLights Went Dark
Featured image credit: RoboLights Facebook Page Christmas in Palm Springs is a special time where time-honored tradition intersects with yuletide camp in a distinctly sweet seasonal cocktail you won’t find anywhere else. But for many longtime residents of the Coachella Valley, it’s not quite Christmas without Robolights. If you’re asking ‘What’s Robolights?”, there’s no way […]