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Wexler’s Deli Aims for LA’s Top Pastrami
Chef Micah Wexler, former owner and Chef of Mezze, is setting out to make the best pastrami sandwich LA diners have ever experienced with Wexler’s Deli, a traditional deli at Grand Central Market where meats and fish are smoked and cured in house and everything is sliced by hand.
Tips For Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution
You bought that gym membership, or used the gym membership you’ve had more than twice this year and you’ve gotten into a groove. The gyms are crowded and you’ve managed to get there three days a week, sometimes two or maybe just one, but you’re going.
Move-in Ready Homes in LA
Last year when Elton John sold his pair of West Hollywood condominiums, the buyer got more than the space once occupied by the music legend. They also got all of the singer’s designer furnishings, tableware, as well as some truly flamboyant knickknacks. He even left his snakeskin covered bed frame. It seems move-in ready homes…
Jazz Singer Cecile McLorin Salvant Brings Classic Style to Sunset
Twenty-four year old jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant is passionate about the early days of jazz—not just the standards she so skillfully reinterprets, but also the playful spirit of early jazz. When she sings, she twists her mouth and contorts her voice, tweaking her diction and intonation.
LA’s Best Fireside Dining
Sometimes it’s hard not to be homebody during LA’s cooler months—even if we’re not hitting the subzero temperatures most of the U.S. experiences during winter. Fortunately, several LA restaurants offer fireside dining in a warm and cozy environment indoors and outdoors.
Angelenos Rally for Parking Reform With Benefit Concert
It’s well known that parking LA is a nightmare. However, there’s a movement brewing to reform the parking system. Local activist and folk hero Jay Beeber is the man who persuaded the City Police Commission to cease LA’s program of red light cameras. He presented research, based on thousands of hours of personal work, demonstrating…
LA’s Best Speakeasy Bars
Los Angeles is home to a rising number of 1920s inspired, speakeasy-style cocktail bars and lounges that serve up great drinks in a vintage atmosphere.
LACMA Blends Sports, Art With ‘Fútbol: The Beautiful Game’
A striking quote from Albert Camus adorns the wall of the new Fútbol: The Beautiful Game exhibit at the LACMA. “After many years in which the world has afforded me many experiences, what I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football.” Anyone who thinks soccer is a shallow subject for an art exhibit, think again.
Affordable Valentine’s Day Dinner Options in LA
A romantic Valentine’s Day dinner doesn’t need to break the bank. With these affordable Valentine’s Day dinners at under $75 a person, love birds can connect over a delicious meal without an unsavory surprise when the check arrives.
