Email Author Gendy Alimurung

Awards

• 2012 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published June 16, 2011

  "Bad Lunch"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Parents, Be Very Nervous"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Coming (Back) to America"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Interview with a Corpse"

• 2012 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published April 12, 2012

  "The Death of Film"

• 2012 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Never Grow Up"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published March 11, 2010

  "The Fight of His Life"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "The Man Who Wants Another 'Life'"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 22, 2010

  "Maggots and Aliens and Clowns, Oh My"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2010

  "Giddyup"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published March 11, 2010

  "The Fight of His Life"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Man on Man"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 17, 2009

  "Man on Man"

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2008 Stories by Gendy Alimurung

• Among the Size-0 Crowd at Fashion Week

  published October 16, 2008

  View photographs from Fashion Week in this slideshow, by Ted... More >>

• Dot-Com Again? Behind the Scenes of L.A.'s "Twiistup" Networking Phenomenon

  published October 16, 2008

  To the uninitiated, it’s hard to tell that the Twiistup party at Santa... More >>

• Severed Arm Made of Chocolate

  published Oct 09, 2008

  So, recently this mysterious chocolate arm arrived in the mail. My cubicle-mates all coveted the arm. Some tried to steal it outright. Some gnawed off its fingers. One person claimed the thumb, whic... More >>

• Instant Cemetery Display, Hemoglobin Soap & Other Etsy Halloween Stuff

  published Oct 05, 2008

  It's October, the creepy month! Etsy, the Ebay equivalent for handmade stuff, has some fine selections for Halloween. Foremost among them, this "Instant Cemetery Display." The paper tombstones come in... More >>

• Best Museum Gift Shop: Huntington Library Bookstore & More

  published October 2, 2008

  The happeningest place at any museum, aside from the courtyard coffee cart, is the gift shop. The one at MOCA in New York is almost as... More >>

• Best Experts on the Great Outdoors: Adventure 16 Outdoor and Travel Outfitters

  published October 2, 2008

  Hardcore hikers and backpackers typically go to two places for expedition equipment: REI or Adventure 16. REI’s stuff... More >>

• Best Place to Dress Like Miss Universe: Tadashi

  published October 2, 2008

  Located in the South Coast Plaza shopping mall, just outside the upstairs corner of the fanciest Bloomingdale’s this... More >>

• Best Vet for Crazy Cat Ladies: Westside Hospital for Cats

  published October 2, 2008

  If cats were to design their own hospital, it would be the Westside Hospital for Cats. As the name implies, the... More >>

• Best Costco of Thrift Stores: Lincoln Heights St. Vincent de Paul

  published October 2, 2008

  Everyone has their own favorite neighborhood thrift store, the name and location of which they guard with the close-lipped fervor of Allied... More >>

• Urinary Tract Wallpaper

  published Oct 01, 2008

  This wallpaper was designed by California-based artist Shannon Wright. It depicts "exuberantly healthy human urinary tracts." I like how the blood vessels seem to be clutching each other and dancing t... More >>

• Best Roller-Coaster Rides

  published October 2, 2008

  Roller coasters, the only category where the “worst of” can reasonably be called the “best of,” are as unique as... More >>

• Best Tombs With a View: Cinespia at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

  published October 2, 2008

  The Cinespia film screenings at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, otherwise known as “I see movies with dead... More >>

• Best Dream Home: Museum of Jurassic Technology

  published October 2, 2008

  It’s a favorite of hipsters, artists, scholars, scientists and pretty much anyone with an interest in natural history, dimly lit rooms,... More >>

• Best Bar With a Backup Plan: Cameo Bar at the Viceroy

  published October 2, 2008

  Cameo Bar, inside the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica, is a swanky California seaside hotel’s take on a... More >>

• Paul Dateh: Hip-Hop Violinist Superhero by Night, Mild-Mannered Bookstore Clerk by Day

  published September 25, 2008

  He’s the sweet, classically trained, violin-toting Japanese boy you imagine thugs would be beating on in the parking... More >>

• Infinite Loss: David Foster Wallace and the Troublesome, Inescapable "I"

  published September 18, 2008

  The grim news has been out for several days now. David Foster Wallace, novelist, essayist, funny guy, hung himself this past... More >>

• L.A. Fashion Awards Not Happening This Year

  published Sep 16, 2008

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• Sarah Palin's Office Decor & Her Bearskin Rug

  published Sep 11, 2008

  This photo ran with a recent New York Times article on Palin and her "outsider charm." The image begs some questions about her interior decorating style. Are grizzly bears endangeredr No. At least,... More >>

• Feed Me! Carnivorous Plants and the Bloody-Fingered People Who Love Them

  published September 11, 2008

  One hot afternoon in Alhambra, the Los Angeles Carnivorous Plant Society’s monthly meeting comes to order and insects... More >>

• Absolutely Reagan Heaven: Westlake Village Inn

  published September 4, 2008

  The Westlake Village Inn does brisk business with the traveling corporate contingent and is the epitome of the modestly sized,... More >>

• Serena Brooke's Surf Stronger Fitness Video Gets to the Core

  published August 28, 2008

  In the universe defined by Roxy board shorts and Dakine flip-flops, surfers are the ultimate paradigm of fitness. They have... More >>

• Those Olympic Swimsuits, a.k.a. Drugs on a Hangerr

  published Aug 11, 2008

  Now that Michael Phelps finally crushed the 400-meter this past weekend, how about those Olympic swimsuitsr You know, those controversial Speedo LZR Racer bodysuits that look like a pair of Spanx pant... More >>

• Making Fiends: Amy Winfrey's Animated Vendetta

  published August 7, 2008

  The city of Clamburg is overrun with fiends. In the world of Amy Winfrey’s Web series Making... More >>

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  Monsters at 3 a.m.: From Stefan Bucher's Ink Puddles, a World of Exhilarating, Well-Heeled Creatures

  published August 7, 2008

  The last monster comes to life in the wee hours of the morning. Stefan Bucher squirts a dab of black ink onto paper. He hits... More >>

• The Chumby Diaries: A Partial-Attention Love-Hate Story

  published August 7, 2008

  Day 1“What the hell is it?” “It’s a Chumby.” “A what?” ... More >>