Monthly Archives: September 2008

Eat My Words: Mr. Sean Bonner’s Neighborhood

Having just moved to a new neighborhood, I’ve been frantically trying to nail down my local services—coffeeshop, farmers market, and most importantly, gelateria—by culling recommendations from my neighbors, longtime residents, and my best friend, Internet. But it wasn’t always so … Continue reading

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Born in East LA?

As many of you out there are already well aware, my friend Haily and I throw a monthly-ish event here in LA called de LaB, or design east of La Brea (and if you haven’t signed up yet for our … Continue reading

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Birds of Hollywood

I don’t know about you, but this is what I wake up to every morning. It starts at 7am in a nearby eucalyptus tree, swells to a fever pitch an hour later and then fades to a random chirp by … Continue reading

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Colfax Googie

East Colfax is a little slice of Southern California in the heart of Denver. Funky signage and 1960′s architecture grace this gently-gentrifying stretch of businesses offering a heady mix of liquor, loans and lounges. While visiting my sister on an … Continue reading

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Christoph Niemann’s Chinese lessons

Sometime between seeing 2008 drummers pummeling 2008 drums and envisioning 2008 pairs of soiled Depends, I realized that all the apprehension of a “Chinese Olympics” had made me forget that they were taking place in the mythical land of China. … Continue reading

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