Dani Katz

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Who needs booze when there's Maca in the house?

Dani Katz
Silverlake's own ever-revolving ashtanga yoga studio celebrated its one-year anniversary as Ashtanga Yoga Los Angeles (AYLA) Friday night. The usually muggy and sweat-soaked shala was transformed into a rollicking party train all dolled up and disco-ed out with fresh flowers, Indian fare, and the usual Mysore crew, barefoot and semi-recognizable......
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Berd On a Wire

Dani Katz
Browne stands in the middle of the intersection at Broadway and César Chávez, directly under the ornate golden dragons that guard the entrance to Chinatown. The normally bustling corner is quiet and empty, as is most of Los Angeles at two o’clock on a Monday morning. Browne wears a bandanna......
(Illustration by Dani Katz)

Raw Hides

Dani Katz
Last Saturday night, a sexed-up, belly-baring, Burning Man–esque duo currently looking for a home (read: TV network), held a fund-raiser in Mount Washington for their “sketch comedy meets un-cooking” show Sexy Bitches Like It Raw. I was lured in by the promise of “mass amounts of food,” live music, auctions......

Halloweekend

Dani Katz
Wednesday I got a desperate phone call from my friend Michael, who had no idea what to wear for Halloween. He didn’t give me much to work with — just the beard on his face and a hot, young girlfriend. “Charles Manson and Sharon Tate?” I offered. “Kristen has no......
(Illustration by Ronald Kurniawan)

Walk the Plank

Dani Katz
The Pacific ocean, that mercurial body of water nipping at the left coast, is filthy and freezing and dark and ominous and unforgiving. Oh yeah, and it smells bad too. A dip of the toe is immersion therapy for your every dark, deep fear rolled into one giant mass of......
(Illustration by Ronald Kurniawan)

Best Place to Pine for the Ol’ Dirty Hollywood

Dani Katz
{mosimage}I downed two organic tangerine margaritas at the Hungry Cat while waiting for the bill. Afterward, I needed a stretch. As I meandered through the courtyard, I took in the latest incarnation of the once-notorious corner of Sunset and Vine. The property was recently transformed by the Meléndrez design firm......
(Illustration by Ronald Kurniawan)

Getting Crotchety

Dani Katz
You’ve seen them. Everywhere. Close-ups of terry-clad crotches, jersey-draped puffies and parted pink lips. These are the images American Apparel ad campaigns are made of — an amalgamated sampling of T-shirt magnate Dov Charney’s kinky foreplay blown up larger than life and ejaculated all over our city as part of......
(Illustration by Ronald Kurniawan)

Best Chinatown Crap

Dani Katz
{mosimage}If you’re an artist in Los Angeles, you’re likely to frequent Graphaids, Blick, Ultrecht, Nova Color and a host of other proper art stores for your proper art supplies. I, however, get a perverse thrill from buying mine on the cheap in Chinatown. I usually head out on the weekend......
(Illustration by Ronald Kurniawan)

Waxing Poetic

Dani Katz
You know the drill, you’re spread-eagle and in as vulnerable a position as you’re ever likely to be, and the pudgy Russian aesthetician with the hairy mole and the skin tags goes about ripping the follicles from your most tender area with careless aggression, attacking your genitals with disdain and......

Black Cats, Soccermoms and Bisquits

Dani Katz
Frazzled and late, I rolled into the Black Cat Gallery on Saturday night for its much-touted “Black Cat Festival.” Budding starlet Jowharah Jones (guest appearances on Veronica Mars, CSI: NY and Without a Trace!) greeted me out front with a gigantic smile and a new beau on her arm. My......