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Plants

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    The Botanist: A New Oscar-Worthy Gin

    The Botanist has all the buzzwords of box office gin success. In addition to the typical gin aromatics (juniper berries, cassia bark, orange peel and such), it is distilled with "22 wild native Islay botanicals" (white clover, bog myrtle leaves, creeping thistle). They've been hand-picked by an "exp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    'Ever Green' at Monte Vista Projects: Holiday/Christmas Trees For Rent, Norse Seals and a Disco Ball

    Trees for rent​A free tree for the holidays... wha-what!?!? And it's art? One of those bad boys would normally set you back at least $50, for a small one. And then they die (well, really they're already dying the moment they're cut down for your yuletide pleasure -- it's kind of sick when you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Santa Ana Winds Usher in L.A. Fire Season

    The winds are upon us.​It may feel cooler and more wintery outside (OK, still in the upper 60s and 70s; sorry Denver), but don't be fooled: What has the potential to be SoCal's worst fire season ever is only just now settling in. We had a few scares back in the beginning of September -- inclu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Silver Lake Residents Protest Sycamores Marked for Takedown; DWP Says It Should Have Been More Discrete

    The sycamores are perched on the southwest edge of the picturesque Silver Lake Reservoir.​Is it really any wonder the L.A. Department of Water and Power is the 13th most-hated company in America? On top of greedy, unnecessary rate hikes and surprise thousand-dollar bills out of nowhere, DWP o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2011

    Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale

    The sycamores are perched on the southwest edge of the picturesque Silver Lake Reservoir.​Is it really any wonder the L.A. Department of Water and Power is the 13th most-hated company in America? On top of greedy, unnecessary rate hikes and surprise thousand-dollar bills out of nowhere, DWP o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Weird Science: Sugar Cane Cools Climate

    Jack Delano / Library of CongressSugar cane worker in the rich field, vicinity of Guanica, Puerto Rico (circa 1939).​We already know it's good for making rum. Now, it turns out that sugar cane may help slow the pace of climate change. Score another victory for science. Scientists from the Car ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2011

    Arcadia Highlands' Oak Protesters Face Trial

    As DA Cooley prosecutes four activists, a war to save SoCal old growth gets nasty

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Seed to Skillet: Learn Home Gardening Secrets at the Arboretum

    Amy Scattergood​ We have heard many times that you should never get high on your own supply, but what if that high comes from fresh jalapeños in your burrito, or a caprese salad with just-plucked tomatoes and basil? Jimmy Williams & Susan Heeger, authors of the home-gardening manual and cookb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Arcadia Oak Tree Carnage: Before & After (Pics), Or Environment Protection Fail

    Photos by Camron StoneThis was a sycamore.​ Remember those ancient oak trees in Arcadia? Chopped down by the Department of Public Works and the Board of Supervisors to make room for a sediment dump? Here's what the trees looked like before the bulldozers...and after. Environmental activist an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Weird Soda Review: Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Tonic

    This is the soda we imagine ourselves drinking at our Borscht Belt summer lodge, while we chuckle at Jackie Mason jokes and our gawky teenage daughter dances inappropriately with her sexy but ultimately honorable dance instructor. In case that subtext was too subtle, we're trying to point out that ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2010

    100 WAYS TO RECOVER FROM THE HOLIDAYS

    This is the soda we imagine ourselves drinking at our Borscht Belt summer lodge, while we chuckle at Jackie Mason jokes and our gawky teenage daughter dances inappropriately with her sexy but ultimately honorable dance instructor. In case that subtext was too subtle, we're trying to point out that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    A Recipe From the Chef: Craig Thornton's "Wolves in the Snow"

    Caleb ChenWolves in the Snow​ If you've been reading our Q&A with Wolvesden chef Craig Thornton (in two parts), you've probably noticed that he's not the sort of person to give us a recipe for, say, eggs Benedict -- that is, unless as some Pollock-esque re-imagining. So it shouldn't surprise y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Food, Wine and Bocce Ball: The Pasadena Wine Festival

    Pasadena Wine Festival​Despite its name, the second annual Pasadena Wine Festival isn't just about vino. The outdoor food fête at the 127-acre Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens promises visitors a banquet for the senses with a caravan of food trucks, live entertainment, and law ... More >>

  • News

    September 30, 2010

    Saving L.A. Foot by Foot

    Once-Disgusting Venice Grand Canal is a living wetland again

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Best Marmalade: E. Waldo Ward, When You Run Out Of That Homemade Summer Supply

    www.waldoward.com​Edwin Waldo Ward, Sr. was on a marmalade mission when he opened his namesake Sierra Madre canning and preserving company in 1917. The former New York-based luxury food salesman planted local Navel orange trees on his 30-acre property when he moved to California; he later impo ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 20, 2010

    Freddie Roach: Maker of Champions

    www.waldoward.com​Edwin Waldo Ward, Sr. was on a marmalade mission when he opened his namesake Sierra Madre canning and preserving company in 1917. The former New York-based luxury food salesman planted local Navel orange trees on his 30-acre property when he moved to California; he later impo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    ALL THIS AND GORE!

    www.waldoward.com​Edwin Waldo Ward, Sr. was on a marmalade mission when he opened his namesake Sierra Madre canning and preserving company in 1917. The former New York-based luxury food salesman planted local Navel orange trees on his 30-acre property when he moved to California; he later impo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2010

    THAT'S THE POIGNANT

    www.waldoward.com​Edwin Waldo Ward, Sr. was on a marmalade mission when he opened his namesake Sierra Madre canning and preserving company in 1917. The former New York-based luxury food salesman planted local Navel orange trees on his 30-acre property when he moved to California; he later impo ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 5, 2009

    Philippe Is Not Your Daddy's Chinese

    It's Diddy's

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Is Home Shuling Next? L.A.'s Jewish day schools are facing big problems as the economy continues to teeter. L.A. TimesPrick Up Your Ears City officials are accusing mercenary dog rescuers of "cherry picking" their pound purchases based on later, lucrative resale value. L.A. Daily News Arboretum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Fish Tank Meets Zen Rock Garden Meets Bonsai: Takashi Amano's Nature Aquarium

    How do you feel about Wabi Sabi? You know, that Zen Buddhist concept/aesthetic of accepting the impermanence and transience of all things. These nature aquariums by Japanese aquarist Takashi Amano are based on that idea. Think of bonsai, but underwater and with fish. That's what a nature aquarium is ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2008

    Growing Concerns

    How do you feel about Wabi Sabi? You know, that Zen Buddhist concept/aesthetic of accepting the impermanence and transience of all things. These nature aquariums by Japanese aquarist Takashi Amano are based on that idea. Think of bonsai, but underwater and with fish. That's what a nature aquarium is ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    April 17, 2008

    Lothar Schmitz, Lauren Bon

    How do you feel about Wabi Sabi? You know, that Zen Buddhist concept/aesthetic of accepting the impermanence and transience of all things. These nature aquariums by Japanese aquarist Takashi Amano are based on that idea. Think of bonsai, but underwater and with fish. That's what a nature aquarium is ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Living Like Ed

    How do you feel about Wabi Sabi? You know, that Zen Buddhist concept/aesthetic of accepting the impermanence and transience of all things. These nature aquariums by Japanese aquarist Takashi Amano are based on that idea. Think of bonsai, but underwater and with fish. That's what a nature aquarium is ... More >>

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Best Lookout Point

    Mulholland Trail

  • News

    July 26, 2007

    Griffith Park $50 Million, Catalina Zero

    Denuded by fire, the island’s long-suffering and unique ecosystem could be reborn — for a price

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    Cut the Mustard

    What to do with Griffith, the most misunderstood park in the land?

  • LA Life

    May 10, 2007

    Sunil Dutta

    The renaissance cop

  • News

    March 29, 2007

    The Bird Lady Vs. The Tree Outlaw

    An environmental unlove story

  • Music

    January 18, 2007

    Dragstrip 66 Anniversary

    An environmental unlove story

  • News

    September 21, 2006

    Native Interests

    An environmental unlove story

  • News

    July 20, 2006

    Fuel to the Fire

    A smoldering argument over the causes of the Sawtooth fire. Did the wildflowers do it?

  • Stage

    July 7, 2005

    Good Charlotte

    Jefferson Mays on his ever-evolving one-man show

  • News

    February 3, 2005

    Gen-X On Ice

    Jefferson Mays on his ever-evolving one-man show

  • LA Life

    July 29, 2004

    The Gospel of Compost

    Jefferson Mays on his ever-evolving one-man show

  • LA Life

    November 20, 2003

    Expert Advice: Flower Power

    Jefferson Mays on his ever-evolving one-man show

  • LA Life

    November 20, 2003

    Five Things That Make L.A. Party Style Unique

    Event planners Bryan Rabin and David Rodgers of Rabin Rodgers Inc.

  • Columns

    July 24, 2003

    TU-2 Mao Wow

    Event planners Bryan Rabin and David Rodgers of Rabin Rodgers Inc.

  • LA Life

    December 5, 2002

    Hi Hi, Birdies

    Event planners Bryan Rabin and David Rodgers of Rabin Rodgers Inc.

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    Birds of Delay

    Helldorado film shoot must wait at Hansen Dam

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    It’s Not Easy Being Green

    Some brilliant — and bungled — attempts to save the urban forest

  • Music

    March 25, 1999

    Night Trippers

    The sleep of reason produces the Olivia Tremor Control

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