Email Author Linda Immediato

2007 Stories by Linda Immediato

• Trash and Class

  published November 1, 2007

  What’s a VIP to do without a VIP tent? Gone was the traditional celebrity secure zone from this year’s Fashion Week at Smashbox... More >>

• Royal Welding

  published October 18, 2007

  The first time I hear about King Baby jewelry, it’s through my uncle, who has organized a family vacation with his kids in Las Vegas.... More >>

• Rags to Riches

  published October 18, 2007

  “Are you a smoker?”The suit-wearing doorman at the Peterson Automotive Museum wouldn’t allow us inside for the Gen Art... More >>

• Little Old Lady Power

  published October 18, 2007

  As I drive around what’s left of Venice’s Lincoln Place apartments, sunshine glistens over the massive 38-acre complex, burnishing... More >>

• Happy Trails

  published October 11, 2007

  It was high noon and the horses were saddled up and ready to go. The sun was blistering overhead. My horse was named Hidalgo, after the one... More >>

• No-Escape Best Looting On the Eve of Destruction

  published October 4, 2007

  If the world was gonna end, I wouldn’t stay in Los Angeles. I’d do what any gal in her almost-right mind would do: kidnap George... More >>

• Best Pet Love for Pound Pups

  published October 4, 2007

  I saved Billie, my new border collie mix, from death row. It was late on a Friday night, but there was no way I was leaving her behind. She had... More >>

• Hey, Smarty Pants

  published September 20, 2007

  On the outskirts of Silver Lake, on a desolate stretch of nothingness, sits Rudolpho’s Bar & Grill. From Riverside Drive, alongside... More >>

• All Hail the Cheese

  published September 20, 2007

  Iwas supposed to meet Kennedy somewhere colorful to talk about his latest release, Kennedy for President (Atlantic), someplace befitting... More >>

• Into the Slabs

  published September 20, 2007

  Vincent D’Onofrio’s creepy plastic nose is pretty much all I remember from the movie The Salton Sea, even more so than Val... More >>

• Exiles On Main Street

  published September 13, 2007

  The hookers downtown don’t look anything like they do in movies. No fishnets or pushup bras. They are in their 50s and 60s and look like... More >>

• Swathed

  published August 30, 2007

  Staring at the shelves at Bella Fabrics is like looking inside an ice cream shop’s freezer window. But instead of round buckets of tasty... More >>

• Snip, Snip

  published August 23, 2007

  Breaking up with your hair stylist can be hard to do. Think about all those hours he spent listening to you bitch about your boyfriend not... More >>

• Howdy Partner

  published August 16, 2007

  Can you form a meaningful relationship with your purse? Meet the Howdys — a collection of small vinyl bags to hold your iPod and cell... More >>

• Mama in Charge

  published August 16, 2007

  “Oh, yeah, they all come in,” Mama says dismissively, waving me toward a seat at the bar.We are scanning the gajillion... More >>

• The Thrill of the Hunt

  published August 2, 2007

  “What’s the prize?” asks my 11-year-old cousin, Nicole, her arms folded tight and her voice dripping with a healthy dose of... More >>

• Moon Men

  published August 2, 2007

  The sun melted into the rocks of the high desert, setting just as the Echo Park band the Moon Upstairs took the outdoor stage at Pappy and... More >>

• D'oh! Simpsons Limited-Edition Vans

  published July 26, 2007

  Bart Simpson is the most famous skate punk in all of cartoonland. I mean, can you think of an episode where Bart didn’t have his board?... More >>

• We'll Always Have Paris

  published July 26, 2007

  The bartender ain’t exactly Bogart. And the bombed-out French-village farmhouse ain’t Rick’s Café Americain in the... More >>

• Short Subjects

  published July 12, 2007

  Two huge trends in women’s fashion caught on this summer and are spreading to pandemic proportions: the trapeze dress and frocks with... More >>

• Wanderlust

  published July 12, 2007

  Maybe Hitch Couture owner Jeanne Landau has had a chronic case of the vagabond blues. For the first 15 minutes of our conversation she’s... More >>

• Night Out: We Can Be Heroes

  published July 5, 2007

  I’m looking for glory holes — well, former glory holes — in the dark women’s bathroom, formerly known as the “Slave Toilet,” of the Hy... More >>

• Meet Your Favorite New Band(s)

  published July 5, 2007

  The National, The Broken WestThe El Rey Theatre, June 26At about 20 minutes to stage time, the main floor of the El Rey resembled... More >>

• Beatle . . . Mania

  published July 5, 2007

  Beatles or Stones? Paul or John? Dogs or cats? These are the questions that divide us. When I was asked if I wanted to see Paul McCartney play... More >>

• Primp'n Hos

  published June 28, 2007

  {mosimage} In the span of three small blocks there are nearly a dozen similar storefronts, filled with slutty mannequins in fishnets and... More >>