Email Author Heidi Dvorak

2010 Stories by Heidi Dvorak

• Ice Age Encounters

  published December 30, 2010

  Chances are your kids are off from school this week and bored out of their minds. Instead of shoving Ice Age into the DVD player for the... More >>

• Ronald Reagan Library New Year's Eve Celebration

  published December 30, 2010

  You don't have to be a Republican to enjoy this New Year's event, but it might help. Ring in 2011 in grand style at the Ronald Reagan Library... More >>

• Stuffed and Unstrung

  published December 30, 2010

  If you're a devoted reader of this column (isn't everybody?), last week, in this very section, you got the 411 on how to entertain out-of-town... More >>

• 100 WAYS TO RECOVER FROM THE HOLIDAYS

  published December 23, 2010

  Christmas might be over, but if you've still got out-of-town relatives camped out in your den, here's a great way to get them out of the house and... More >>

• LOVE IS A MANY VUNDERLEKH THING

  published December 16, 2010

  JDate? Feh. Synagogue mixer? Better you should gag on my mother's knaidlach. If you've been looking for a Nice Jewish Girl/Guy, you already... More >>

• VALLEY CHAI


  published October 28, 2010

  Before God invented the land of milk and honey -- namely the 310 -- those of the Hebraic persuasion congregated in many distant lands outside that... More >>

• HALLOWEENY HOOTENANNY, CELEBITY EDITION

  published October 28, 2010

  Hmmmmm. Who to dress up as this Halloween? Goodwill is practically sold out of Meg Whitman pantsuits, and Carly Fiorina masks will scare the... More >>

• DRAMA SCREAMS

  published October 28, 2010

  To hell with plastic surgery. Instead of looking younger, opt for the undead look with a zombie "make-under" from a cosmetic mortician at the... More >>

• STONER PICK OF THE WEEK

  published October 14, 2010

  They say the neon lights are bright ... in L.A. You heard right. Broadway ain't got nuthin' on this town when it comes to this gaseous element. So... More >>

• LITTLE MISS SUNDANCE

  published October 14, 2010

  The opening scene of the documentary film Waste Land looks like it's straight out of Wall-E — heaps upon heaps of garbage,... More >>

• THAT'S SKINKS, NOT SKANKS

  published September 30, 2010

  Finally, a convention to honor herpes. Yup, big ones, slimy ones, the horned variety and those with scales. The great thing about herpes is that... More >>

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  published September 23, 2010

  Book fairs abound in this city, so what sets the West Hollywood Book Fair apart from any other? As in all things WeHo, the city goes the extra... More >>

• LOYOLAN AND TRUE

  published September 9, 2010

  Every college campus turns out a surprising range of notables, and Loyola Marymount is no exception: Laker Andrew Bynum, attorneys Mark Geragos,... More >>

• BEST WURST OF TIMES

  published September 9, 2010

  CANCELLED!!! Funny quote from publicist: "It's such a fun event, I swear by the end of the day you'll love doing the chicken dance every hour, on... More >>

• Swimming Cool

  published August 19, 2010

  Instead of picking up a gawd-awful disease while you're inner-tubing with the riffraff at some questionable public pool, for the price of a... More >>

• Can You Write a Perfect Sentence?

  published August 19, 2010

  If you can't, so what? Take it from a seasoned editor and writer, these days knowing your past and present participles won't even buy you a latte... More >>

• Dodger Dogs

  published August 19, 2010

  Just picture it: It's a beautiful day at Dodger Stadium. You're with your significant other, both stuffing your faces at the All-You-Can-Eat Right... More >>

• ATONE AT HOME

  published August 12, 2010

  The High Holidays are approaching and you don't have the 200 bucks to shell out to your local shul for peanut-gallery seats with the junior rebbe.... More >>

• IS LIQUOR QUICKER?

  published August 12, 2010

  Your shrink is vacationing in Belize, spending the thousands he made while daydreaming, er, listening to you whine. How will you make it through... More >>

• FINALLY, KIDS WHO DON'T WANT TO BE MODELS

  published August 12, 2010

  Move over Francesco Scavullo, Patrick Demarchelier and Matthew Rolston: 10 contenders from around the country, who each hope to be the "next top... More >>

• DRUMMING UP DEAD BEATS

  published August 12, 2010

  Don't be expecting Doors drummer John Densmore to regale you with stories about who he and the Lizard King shtupped back in the '60s. Instead,... More >>

• Love That Dirty Water

  published August 5, 2010

  Some truth-tellin': Before you go brown-bagging it at The 17th Annual Long Beach Crawfish Festival to get your Louisiana fix, crawfish are... More >>

• FREE SHAKES!

  published July 29, 2010

  If you've ever taken a dance class in L.A., you're well aware of the scene: obnoxious, anorexic Broadway wannabes who muscle you out of the way so... More >>

• THERE'S A NEW FLEA IN TOWN

  published July 15, 2010

  "High-end flea-market" takes the cake as the most oxymoronic phrase this side of military intelligence, yet that's the gimmick behind the city's... More >>

• PUPPET LOVE

  published July 15, 2010

  Calling all "progressive" parents: Okay, so your 6-year-old's in a gifted-charter-magnet-enriched school studying Sanskrit and taking college-prep... More >>