It's 3 p.m. on a Sunday, and on the back patio at Axe in Venice, wooden folding chairs and communal benches have been arranged in a semicircle opposite one cushioned chair, positioned front and center, where (the restaurant's chalkboard promises) Dr. Vandana Shiva, environmental activist, seed saver ... More >>
Bi-Rite CreameryNancy Silverton as a pumpkin.Nancy Silverton has been carved into a pumpkin and not as part sort of horrific Saw sequel but as an artistic homage sure to last throughout the ages -- or at least until the pumpkin rots. The hipster geniuses at San Francisco's Bi-Rite Creamery cr ... More >>
Also, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Whiz Kids and Winter's Bone
The summer solstice may officially mark the first day of summer, but Squid Ink prefers to go by the Memorial Day mantra. Translation: it is now unofficially time to pull out the recently released Mr. Boston Summer Cocktails book. Just what we need, one more strawberry daiquiri cocktail book ... More >>
(All photos by Shannon Cottrell. Click images for entire Muppet (of Burlesque) slideshow.) It's official; last night I saw my last burlesque show. Why the last? Well, because after enjoying a front row seat for a Muppets-themed striptease, nothing else compares. I'm talking an hour and a half of fe ... More >>
Bernini at the Getty, Sterling Ruby at MOCA Pacific Design Center
Mozza lays down the dough
Best windows to soothe your inner Holly Golightly
And the idols of today
The power crisis and its global warning
Why Napster, extraterrestrials, Southern hillbillies and Dick Clark mean more to the future of music than copyright and the Recording Industry Association of America
And a lament for the old
1000 Dessous: A History of Lingerie
Orlan goes to the desert
