By most accounts, Los Angeles is a pretty liberal city. We’re just not the most progressive city when it comes to nudity. Don’t want tan lines? Then you’ll need a private pool, a tanning salon membership, or a lot of boldness and luck. Because it’s been decades since there was a nude beach Los Angeles […]
Featured image credit: Kiloueka A few months back, we published a blog with recommendations of things to do on Catalina Island. Hunting wasn’t on our list. But it turns out that mule deer hunting may be in the island’s not-too-distant future. The Catalina Island Conservancy has been struggling with the island’s invasive mule deer population. […]
Featured image credit: Afpeach Los Angeles isn’t known for its castles… but we’ve got them. There’s the Wolf’s Lair, the Hollywoodland storybook castle of Bud Wolf. Not to be confused with the Hollywood Castle where you can rent yourself into the monarchy for a night. Then there’s Glendora’s Rubel Castle, possibly the closest analog to […]
Not to fan the flames of any stoner stereotypes, but munchies are a very real thing. And if State Representative Matt Haney (D) has his way, they might finally get curbed. He wants the state’s cannabis cafe locations to serve food prepared onsite. It doesn’t seem like a particularly controversial take. In fact, his Assembly […]
Featured image credit: Matsujima At first glance, most people would agree that LA has nothing on San Francisco’s hilly streets. In parts of San Francisco, the streets can feel a half-step removed from a roller coaster. While you may think you’re plunging down the steepest street in the world as you hurtle down Frisco’s 22nd […]
If you think that Palm Springs could do with a little more… strike that… A LOT more pink, you’re in luck. The prodigiously pink Trixie Motel opened its doors to guests on Thursday, September 1st. For some, it’s yet another boutique hotel to consider for the next weekend getaway. But to others, it’s an unabashed […]
Last September, we posted a blog deconstructing the meanings behind several Los Angeles neighborhoods, and you guys wanted more. Well, you don’t need to twist our arm to get us to discuss LA. But instead of looking at a new batch of neighborhoods, we wanted to take a closer look at the names of a […]
Photo credit: Abi Carter/Facebook To really see the twinkling stars in the night sky with clarity, you need to leave the bright lights of Palm Springs behind. It’s a truth with multiple perspectives for Abi Carter, who competes for the Idol spot on Sunday night against the other two finalists in a season of American […]
Cult leadership tends to be a male-dominated field. But in the 1920s, one woman turned that expectation on its head… not that that’s necessarily a point of pride. May Otis Blackburn and, as history remembers them, the Blackburn Cult believed in a post-apocalyptic future ruled by 11 queens. And this cult, run by Blackburn and […]
Featured image credit: Los Angeles This far into our Los Angeles Architecture 101 series, boundaries begin to blur a bit more. Sure, they were already blurring over the last few revival styles. And today’s focus, French Normandy (and the closely related Châteauesque) highlights another revival style, though one with a very distinguished look. However, it […]
