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Spring is on our doorstep, and the corresponding flower blooms in Los Angeles County (such as they are) are right around the corner. While places like the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve are likely to have a down year due to lack of winter rains, there are still spots in the greater L.A.-area where you can enjoy a …
Sure, it’s great to spend your weekends watching Marvel movies and DVRing Vanderpump Rules on the DL. But sometimes, you want to do something a little more refined. A little more elegant. Perhaps, you’d like to partake in an activity with a little… culture. If the last “art” exhibit you liked was a beauty influencer’s Instagram, it …
LA’s a brunch town. On any given Saturday and Sunday, most of the city’s best restaurants serve some form of eggy goodness, and there’s a whole second subset of restaurants that exist on brunch and brunch alone, which makes sense: there’s no better meal. Not dinner, not lunch, and certainly not linner; brunch has it all, topped …
The World Cup may be headed back to North America in 2026, and Los Angeles leaders are seeking to ensure the city plays a role in hosting the enormously popular soccer competition. On Monday, the city council’s Budget and Finance Committee took the first step in bringing competition to the city, asking city staffers to …
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Whether you’re trying to impress with that all-important first date or need a break from the predictability of Netflix-and-fall-asleep-on-the-couch-together, getting creative with date night isn’t always easy. So, to help you shake things up a bit, we’ve scoured the city to find date ideas that are actually great. And while we don’t exactly have seasons …
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You’ve got college friends/parents/strangers-you-met-on-the-sidewalk coming to visit LA, huh? Well, it’s your duty to show them a great time; but even more than that, show them what LA is really about. You’re their tour guide, so why take them to the predictable places they’d go without you? Instead, we whipped up this handy guide to help you …
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Since we all already live in LA, land of perpetual sunshine, perfect temps, and the country’s highest ratio of avocado toast offerings to residents, it can be easy to forget that people actually come here to go on vacation — and sometimes they’re people you know, like your parents, or your sister, or your parents’ …
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The diner has long been a symbolic sanctuary. The leather booths, the swivel chairs by the counter, the steaming mugs of coffee, the soft din of chatter; there’s something about the picture that gives us a feeling of being home. It goes without saying that the food is always plentiful and satisfying, and mighty restorative …
Los Angeles’s wealth of outdoors activities is no secret, and now that fall is here, it should be cool enough to enjoy being outside the house during the day. Hiking is a great, cheap way to enjoy the fresh air and fantastic weather, but for those more reluctant hikers—folks who need a little carrot to dangle in front …
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Being both woke and in need of escapism seems to be a recurring theme for 2017, making Halloween even more necessary than usual this year. As the holiday falls on a Tuesday this year, the weekend preceding is absolutely JAM-PACKED with spookily-themed offerings. And that doesn’t even account for all the great Halloween-ish events leading …
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