Featured image credit: Elizabeth K. Joseph Few companies have risen quickly in the esteem of patrons by offering a truly terrible experience. It’s not the only distinction that sets Terrible’s apart from other businesses. You may better recognize the brand as Terrible Herbst or the Terrible Herbst Convenience Store; a mainstay of Las Vegas life […]
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A Few of Our Favorite LA-Specific Valentine’s Day Date Ideas
Some of you are eagerly looking forward to it. Probably a bigger portion of you are dreading it. But, like it or not, Valentine’s Day 2025 is fast approaching. And in a city like LA, if you don’t have your reservations dialed in well in advance, you’re looking at a wild night, one way or […]
12 of the Most Romantic Restaurants in Las Vegas
Featured image credit: The Strat While there’s no better city for gambling than Las Vegas, it may be better to hedge your bets this Valentine’s Day with a lovely evening at a restaurant guaranteed to make hearts flutter. And if a few stomachs growl in the process, all the better. We’ve assembled 12 of the […]
Is Amboy, California Worth the Detour? Inside the Googie Ghost Town That Refused to Stay Dead
Featured image credit: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / “Amboy (California, USA) — 2012 — 4” / CC BY-SA 4.0 About 200 miles east of Los Angeles and 100 miles northeast of Palm Springs sits a remote Mojave Desert town that exists out of logic and reason. It was built near a dead volcano, along a highway (that died), with a gas station […]
31 Black History Month Events That Will Keep You Busy
In a city as diverse as Los Angeles, Black History Month is a special time, offering seemingly countless discussion panels, festivals, live performances, and more to honor Black culture. Putting together a completely comprehensive list of Black History Month events is an impossible task, but we’ve done our best to guide you in the right […]
How To Use Fire-Resistant Building Materials To Give Your Home A Fighting Chance In Wildfire Season
As our neighbors consider rebuilding their homes following the horrifying wildfires that tore through the region just a little over a week into the new year, more and more homeowners are taking careful consideration into what materials and practices build fire-resistant homes. Sadly, a fully fireproof home just isn’t feasible. Otherwise, we may not be […]
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 […]