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    March 16, 2012

    New 'High End' Hollywood Walgreens at Sunset and Vine to Host Sushi Chefs, Makeup Artists

    We always kind of associated Walgreens with crummy carpets and leftover Halloween candy on super-sale. (No offense, Walgreens. If it makes you feel any better, Rite Aid's worse.) But not the new 23,500-square-foot Walgreens slated to replace the shuttered Borders at Sunset and Vine! Apparently una ... More >>

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    February 2, 2012

    Dastardly Deeds in Darts

    One angry man brings Southern California Darts Association to its knees

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Wanda Jackson on How Jack White Convinced Her to Do Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good"

    See also: Our review of Wanda Jackson and Best Coast - Club Nokia - Dec 31 2011 Wanda Jackson has been performing for nearly 60 years. One of rock n' roll's original bad girls -- who once stole Elvis Presley's heart -- she recognizes a good year when it comes around. "It's been a good ride, I'll te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Jared Meisler: Il Covo, Coach & Horses, etc.

    Guzzle & NoshCharcuterie platter (left), arrancini (right) at Il Covo (bottom).​When we last checked in with Jared Meisler (Roger Room, Bar Lubitsch) nearly a year ago, he and business partner Sean Macpherson were in the very early stages of revamping beloved Sunset Blvd. watering hole Coach & ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Mike Vitar, 'Sandlot' Star Turned Los Angeles Firefighter, Adored by Internet

    TumblrBenny done growed up.​It's hard to hate a man in uniform. Especially when he gets caught by news cameras casually saving a kitten from smoke inhalation, emerging from a car explosion unscathed, etc. Add a starring role in the cult childhood flick of a generation, and you've got Internet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Echo Park Lake Is About to Get Drained Into an Empty, Stinking Mud Flat

    The Eastsider via PicasaThe lake was last drained in 1984. Yes, it was awful.​For the new wave of borderline-eastside gentry who weren't around to see Echo Park Lake in a surly state of "stinking mud flat" in 1984 (or 1902, 1906, 1919, 1922, 1932 or 1946): We hate to be the bearers of bad ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Cola Up: Jellied Japanese Soda

    Guzzle & NoshCola Up: The soda that eats like Jell-O.​If light can be a particle and a wave, why can't cola be a liquid and a solid? Cola Up bridges the chasm between traditionalists who insist that soda should be sipped and hydrocolloidal optimists who believe anything can be slurped down in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Weird Science: Soda Detectives Ask "What's In Your Cola?"

    With new and ever fancier "gourmet" sodas hitting the market, consumers (presumably) want to know whether those gourmet drinks, advertised as being made with natural ingredients, actually contain natural flavoring. Now scientists think have a way to find out -- at least with cola.

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Coke's Freestyle Soda Machine Printers: One Step Closer to "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot."

    ​ Any of you guys try the new Coca Cola "Freestyle" machines yet? These are the super futuristic touchscreen soda machines that give you 100 flavors of Coke products that are made by a printer. Yes, a printer. I don't understand it. I had to read the description several times. Frankly, it scar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Chicken Charlie's Midas Touch: Turning Deep-Fried Oreos into Gold

    Photo credit: Aaron Stein-ChesterCharlie Boghosian​Before there was This Is Why You're Fat.com, there was Chicken Charlie. For almost a quarter decade now, 40 year-old "Chicken" Charlie Boghosian has spent 5 months of each year touring the California fair circuit with his custom-built trailers ... More >>

  • Music

    July 9, 2009

    Beautiful Loser, Tortured Killer

    How Two Veterans of the L.A. Punk Scene Wound Up on a Collision Course, Until Only One Was Left Standing

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Mexican Coke vs. Pepsi Retro, Part 2

    "What does it taste like to you?" ask the promo advertisements for the new soft drink Pepsi Retro on bus stations and billboards in Mexico City. Clearly, they're asking for it. We've dealt with this question before, suggesting that maybe Pepsi is hoping its new product can dig into the market so ... More >>

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    Back to the Garden

    The music and mythology of Laurel Canyon

  • Columns

    December 15, 2005

    Wrenda Hasbro’s Sweet Salvation

    The music and mythology of Laurel Canyon

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    Where the Jacarandas End

    Talks between the Teamsters and Coke go flat

  • News

    August 26, 2004

    Hirsch’s Hornet’s Nest

    Éminence grise of Hollywood lawyers provokes pain in parting

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Santa is a Wildman!

    Jeffrey Vallance in The Land of Hoarfrost

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Thank$ a Million

    Uncomfortable questions about the outpouring of disaster donations

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    Rat Patrol

    Uncomfortable questions about the outpouring of disaster donations

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