Email Author Dani Katz

2008 Stories by Dani Katz

• How I Got Banned From the Nokia at the Elevate Film Festival

  published November 27, 2008

  Last month, the city’s most progressive and expansive tribes united downtown at the Nokia Theatre for the fifth annual... More >>

• Alter Eco's Eco-MacGyver, Peter Fonda and Anna Getty on the Green Carpet for Josh Tickell's Oil Doc FUEL

  published October 23, 2008

  I was post-yoga frizzy and damp as I dashed into the press line along the green carpet at the premiere of FUEL, Josh... More >>

• Best Supersexy Traction: Sportscience Institute

  published October 2, 2008

  Walking into Dr. Leroy Perry’s International Sportscience Institute’s ’80s-opulent... More >>

• Best Compassionate Yogi: Julian Walker

  published October 2, 2008

  In a town lousy with yoga (and so much of it lousy yoga), how does one pinpoint The Best? What does “Best Yoga”... More >>

• Best Bodywork

  published October 2, 2008

  In a town oozing with Rolfers, shiatsu masters, neuromuscular therapists and Thai massage hotties, you’d think that finding the best, or... More >>

• Best Place to Tie the Knot: Marvimon

  published October 2, 2008

  We’ve all been there: hot Scottish boyfriend needs a green card and you’ve always wanted a European passport; or, your waif-y... More >>

• Best Yogi for All: Bryan Kest's Santa Monica Power Yoga

  published October 2, 2008

  As the world spins off its axis and bounces recklessly beyond the confines of the Milky Way, Bryan Kest leads his... More >>

• Best Progressive Optimal-Health Tools

  published October 2, 2008

  It’s L.A. There’s a juice joint, an acupuncturist and a yoga studio on every corner. Everything’s organic, everyone’s... More >>

• Best Colon Liberator: Stephanie Kimura at Clear Way to Health Within

  published October 2, 2008

  I’ve never enjoyed the physiological logistics of the colon-hydrotherapy experience: the hard plastic tube holding strange space in my... More >>

• Best Body Trend: Flesh

  published October 2, 2008

  Nope, it’s not those mangled earlobes that have migrated from Black Rock City’s beloved Playa to the (almost) mainstream streets of... More >>

• Best Public Art: Pacific Nexus Gallery

  published October 2, 2008

  In a town teeming with super-rad public art spray-painted across buildings, stickered onto scaffolding, dangling from power lines and hacked... More >>

• Best Boutique (on the Super Ghetto Cheap): Fashion Bank

  published October 2, 2008

  You’ve got a date to hike Runyon, you hate your wardrobe and you’re broke. Don’t panic. The little shop next to Trader... More >>

• Best Cheap Indian Stuff: Govinda's

  published October 2, 2008

  Do you need to remove some obstacles, refresh your incense supply, deodorize your pits (without chemical additives), buy a beach cover-up and a... More >>

• Best Morning Jolts: Nature Mart Bulk Bin

  published October 2, 2008

  You care about the planet, so not only did you convert your diesel Benz station wagon to run on veggie oil, but you carpool. Your morning crew... More >>

• Best Way to Wile Away Your Smoggy, Sunny L.A. Day When You'd Really Rather Be in London: The Village Idiot

  published October 2, 2008

  And, why wouldn’t you rather be in London? Cute boys, great curry, high fashion, public transportation, sexy skies of gray and drizzle,... More >>

• Best Vegan Treats

  published October 2, 2008

  Best Vegan Muffin: Blueberry Muffin at Golden Bridge Nite Moon Café You have to sidestep the Golden... More >>

• Best Way to Clear Out Blocks, Knots and Lingering Mommy Issues: Carolyn Jacques at Cote d'Azur

  published October 2, 2008

  No one wants to face a dimensional shift with kinky shoulders and knotted chakras. How’s your Kundalini gonna rise? As every avatar... More >>

• Addicted to Ormus: Gold Fever at the Raw Spirit Festival

  published September 25, 2008

  Tim Martin, CEO of iZO Cleanze, a.k.a. juice cleanser to the stars, admonishes me as I load my hot-pink bass into the back... More >>

• "Fill her up": What a Girl Must Pay to Pump

  published August 28, 2008

  Summer-soaked and sticking to the cracked-leather seats of my trusty veggie-Benz, Gretl, I schlep north on the 5 to meet my... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Lust in L.A.: Hot, Sticky & Bothered

  published July 3, 2008

  It was the longest I’d gone without sex in more than a decade — six months. Having spent the past year trying not... More >>

• Dave Browne

  published May 15, 2008

  Those “Berds” you may  have seen dangling from power lines at various intersections throughout our otherwise... More >>

• James Mathers

  published May 15, 2008

  As subtle as a glitter-caked brick to the forehead and as sharp as a Samurai sword etched with butterflies, Mayan glyphs and... More >>

• At the Integraton With Vibrational Healer Don Estes and Friends

  published May 1, 2008

  I jacked my shoulder during Ashtanga practice, and my chiropractor was conveniently out of town. Clearly, the only logical... More >>

• Dirty Fruit

  published April 3, 2008

  I tear myself away from Rant, Chuck Palahniuk’s delightfully demented saga of a time-traveling troublemaker... More >>

• Lunar Eclipse, L.A.-Style

  published February 28, 2008

  Just before 6 o'clock on Wednesday the 20th, while coasting up Main Street toward Rawvolution, I glance skyward and notice a... More >>