Adam Gropman

As one of the evening's guests joins her on the dais, Dawn Brodey jokes to the audience, “God, I just got 35 percent better looking, didn't I? I'm certainly the cutest bitch on the couch.” Brodey's use of the B-word isn't just for shock, she means it literally. A feisty......

“I would make a great dad,” declares comedian Jeff Wattenhofer, standing on the floor of a spacious room attached to Hosteling International's surprisingly luxurious Santa Monica facility, situated just behind the Third Street Promenade. “I would be amazing — look at how I'm dressed! These are the coolest jeans I......

It's a Saturday night at Tao Comedy Studio, and Nina Manni is onstage nailing a bit about male insecurity. "Do you guys know what the worst thing you can do to a man is?" she asks rhetorically. "Emasculate him — make him less of a man, weaken him, take away......

Frisbee golf is a real thing, combining the precision, hand-eye coordination and extremely low aerobic workload of golf with the mellow, playful vibe associated with tossing a Frisbee. At each "hole" of the course, a player sails the Frisbee from the designated mark to a raised metal basket, which is......

This tucked-away equestrian enclave in southern Burbank, between Riverside Drive and the L.A. River, boasts weathered stables, the refreshing scent of soil and straw and a backdrop of dramatic mountains. It's a slice of pastoral America — which is one of the reasons that Good Pony is the perfect place......

Walking into Robin's Hobby in Glendale — having narrowed your eyes upon arrival at the humble structure set back from Glenoaks, which resembles a lawnmower repair shop or ancient catering headquarters — you instantly know this place is the authentic, real-deal remote-control hobby shop. The store pulses with unassuming techie-nerd atmosphere. Tiny packets of......

Skateboarding is a confounding puzzle for those of us who lack that elusive, seemingly magical sense of balance and coordination. For those who take to boarding with the ease of a duck in water, the sport must be very freeing. But even a non-natural skater knows that if you wanna......

Imagine a great, comfortable well-appointed cigar lounge. Now imagine it bigger, more plush and even loungier — if that's a word. Fat Stogies Cigar Lounge in Encino is a colossal emporium of good smokes, casual chatter and decadent seating, a civilized clubhouse for (mostly) men who value an upscale, home-away-from-home vibe as much......