Email Author Lina Lecaro

2006 Stories by Lina Lecaro

• New Year’s Evenings

  published December 28, 2006

  Giant Maximus in downtown L.A.The Giant peeps always go big, and this year it’s a tented big-top-style bash... More >>

• Art Tarts and Label Whores Unite

  published November 23, 2006

  Cold cliques of black-swathed art snobs sipping wine and expounding esoteric about the hidden meaning of a $10,000 paint-splattered canvas in a... More >>

• Dirty Sanchez

  published October 26, 2006

  WHO: Dragalicious diva Jackie Beat, club-king/’stache-stud Mario Diaz and DJ/keyboardist Barbeau.WHAT: According to... More >>

• Fashion Flashing

  published October 19, 2006

  Fashion Week got off to a randy start at Saturday’s Dressed to Kilt charity event and fashion show, filling Smashbox’s main tent... More >>

• Lovely Lady Lumps

  published October 12, 2006

  When you find out you’re pregnant, you have so many worries. Will your baby be okay after that insane tequila binge you went on before ya... More >>

• Best Shop to Get Bratty In

  published October 5, 2006

  Best Shop to Get Bratty InHidden away in a Santa Monica side street across the road from an old graveyard stands a treasure-trove... More >>

• Best Place for Pre-Baby Bliss

  published October 5, 2006

  Best Place?for Pre-baby Bliss“Give your baby a wonderful little ride,” a soft, jovial voice says to me and a roomful... More >>

• Best Place to Get Nailed (Safely)

  published October 5, 2006

  Best Place to Get Nailed (Safely)Fungus is not fun, especially for those who take pride in their hands and feet. And yet... More >>

• Best Converted Strip Club

  published October 5, 2006

  Best Converted Strip ClubTwenty years ago, Sam Lanni’s Huntington Beach club Safari Sam’s was a mecca for punk rock,... More >>

• Underground Booze

  published October 5, 2006

  These days, it seems the hotter a new bar is, the harder it can be to find. Low-key exteriors and lack of signage help keep undesirables... More >>

• Street Drum Corps

  published September 28, 2006

  Who: Brothers Bobby (above, center) and Adam Alt (right) and pal Frank Zummo.Where: Bar Sinister at Boardner’s, 1652... More >>

• Losing Hamburglar

  published September 28, 2006

  I collect stuff with lips (it’s a Warhol/Rolling Stones thing) and lions (I’m a Leo). I’ve also got a hefty load of... More >>

• She's Got It

  published September 7, 2006

  She's Got ItRock scribe/groupie queen Pamela Des Barres celebrated her birthday and the completion of her latest tome, Let’... More >>

• Nightranger

  published August 31, 2006

  Mean Streets?Though we understood why many decided to boycott this year’s Sunset Junction street fair (the $15... More >>

• The Holograms

  published August 31, 2006

  WHO: (above, from left) Yumi Adachi, drums; Sisely Treasure (formerly of the Cooler Kids), vocals; Samantha Franklin, bass; Jennifer... More >>

• Sweatin' Safari

  published August 24, 2006

  Picked From the VineDespite Avalon’s occasional rock shows, the stretch of Vine between Hollywood and Franklin has... More >>

• Boom-Boom

  published August 17, 2006

  Boom-BoomWriter/performer Pleasant Gehman has been documenting L.A.’s underbelly for longer than we can remember... More >>

• Sexy Secrets

  published August 10, 2006

  SEXY SECRETSThe Roosevelt Hotel’s Tropicana Club ain’t quite the impenetrable fortress of famousness it used to be,... More >>

• Hot for Teacher

  published August 3, 2006

  Hot for TeacherThe Paul Green School of Rock, made famous in both the Jack Black flick and the doc Rock... More >>

• Moca Brings the Noise!

  published August 3, 2006

  Booze, loud music, shaggy heads bopping in unison, and . . . contemporary-art history lesson? It’s all being mashed together... More >>

• Grind & Bare It

  published July 27, 2006

  GRIND & BARE ITKid Rock and Pamela Anderson getting hitched? Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra getting... More >>

• Hot and Bothered

  published July 20, 2006

  Hot and BotheredPunk-rock summer camp, a.k.a. The Warped Tour, came to our backyard this year — Dodger Stadium, to... More >>

• Giant Village's Summer in the City

  published July 20, 2006

  Rain may have kept thousands of revelers from dancin’ in the streets of downtown on New Year’s Eve, but a summer night should be... More >>

• Waste Not, Crunch Not

  published July 20, 2006

  It’s not just Birkenstock-wearing, granola-crunching hippies who want to do something about the environment, and Eric Ritz is out to... More >>

• Rock Out

  published July 13, 2006

  ROCK OUTRemember when Thursday nights used to be totally bangin’ at The 3 Clubs? Well, looks like Hollywood’s OG... More >>