Civilization begins with distillation
Two days before 55 of our founding fathers wrapped up the first Constitutional Convention, they… adjourned to a tavern for some rest, and according to the bill they drank 54…
Category Archives: LA
Just ducky
Meet the latest fan of the Los Angeles Public Library, Bookduck. She and her boyduck (that’s his name, from what I can tell) have decided that the shallow fountains in…
Tina Louise and James Ellroy
The green room, LA Times Festival of Books: Nobel prizewinner Eric Kandell wears a red bowtie; Tim Gunn is immaculate in a navy suit. Michael Connoly sits shyly in a…
More points for the LA Times Book Review
An editor who knows the difference between a Fender and a Strat. Rock.
Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?
Oh to have been in Pasadena this morning at the Rose Parade.
LA: still the noiriest
Today the LA Weekly reports that beloved, above-reproach labor leader Miguel Contreras, who dropped dead unexpectedly at the age of 52 last year, happened to do so at a South…
The new LAist
There was a short time when I knew I was leaving LAist and the former editor, Jason, had changed his mind about taking the reins. I wasn’t sure what would…
