Email Author Sophia Kercher

2007 Stories by Sophia Kercher

• New Laws 2008: Arnold's Orderly Guide to Living

  published December 27, 2007

  THINK OF THE 740 NEW LAWS Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed for 2008 as a crooked and massive single pile, sitting on his desk. A... More >>

• De La Luna Designs' Art of the Patch

  published December 20, 2007

  Virginia Ayala is one of those women you look at. Not with one of those “Are you on TV?” stares, but with the subtle second glances... More >>

• Fabulous Fake Wine

  published November 22, 2007

  ONE OF THE OLDEST BAR TRICKS in the book involves filling an empty bottle of pricey vodka with a cheapo replacement. Now, wine... More >>

• a Movable Feist

  published November 15, 2007

  Feist, SpoonGibson Amphitheatre, November 12A few years back, among hundreds of urbanite Canucks, I stumbled upon Leslie Feist... More >>

• Brownout Is the New Black

  published October 11, 2007

  IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS FALL, brown is the new black. Or at least it will be if Lights Out San Francisco, calling for turning off all... More >>

• Best Place to Get Your Smooch On

  published October 4, 2007

  The inner-city serenity of Echo Park Lake — the quietness, the slowness, the shy lotus blooms — begs for disruption. And... More >>

• Best Pit Stop in Purgatory

  published October 4, 2007

  Silver Lake’s Cha Cha Lounge looks like a collision between Mexico’s Day of the Dead and disco fever — could this be... More >>

• Best Cocktail Dip

  published October 4, 2007

  While downtown burns, get even higher at the Standard Hotel’s Rooftop Bar — or cool off with a dip in the barside pool. You... More >>

• That's Wack

  published September 20, 2007

  IN CALIFORNIA, IT BECAME ILLEGAL this year to tie up your dog, whether in a public or private place, for more than three hours.... More >>

• Get Your Scratch On

  published August 9, 2007

  Located in downtown Cerritos, owned and operated by legendary DJ Icy Ice, Stacks the Vinyl Authority caters to hip-hop DJs and specializes in... More >>

• Jep’s Hit List

  published August 9, 2007

  Fil-Am hip-hop inebriates the night at these Hollywood hotspots, hand picked by club kid Jep Martinez of the Braveharts street team. These... More >>

• Where's the Duff?

  published July 12, 2007

  A 2-year-old girl, small and forlorn, stands on the side of a Kwik-E-Mart, the cartoon convenience store of Simpsons fame, in Burbank.... More >>