Jennifer Swann

Phorage's oxtail pho; Credit: Besha Rodell

Vintage Wine + Market Now Open in Palms

Jennifer Swann
The Overland Market, a family-owned liquor store in Palms, was always the first stop Phorage diners made to pick up a six-pack of beer before ordering a giant bowl of Washugyu beef pho next door. The market's strip mall location was ideal, considering it was just one doorstop away from......

Busted for Off-Leash Dog, Man Ordered Not to Leave Southern California

Jennifer Swann
Chaparral-covered hillsides dotted with oaks surround both sides of a barbed-wire fence with signs reading: "U.S. boundary." John Gladwin, whose Australian cattle dog, Molly, runs freely through the idyllic Simi Hills on a Sunday afternoon, is careful not to cross this border into the federal territory called the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. If he's caught......
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6 L.A. Kickstarters That Wish They Were Potato Salad

Jennifer Swann
Do you love potato salad? Maybe you're one of more than 4,000 backers who collectively contributed more than $40,0000 in less than a week to Zack Danger Brown's now infamous potato salad Kickstarter, whose goal was initially set at $10. With ample publicity from nearly every corner of the mainstream media......
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The Un-Private Collection: Eric Fischl and Steve Martin

Jennifer Swann
Actor-comedian Steve Martin earned his reputation as "a wild and crazy guy" from his 1978 comedy routine and double-platinum album of the same name. Artist Eric Fischl, on the other hand, takes his "bad boy" moniker from his 2013 memoir, the title of which is an allusion to his 1981......
Joseph "Pepy" Gonzalez; Credit: Photo: Jenn Swann

Pepy's Galley, Beloved Mar Vista Coffee Shop, Set to Close

Jennifer Swann
Pepy's Galley, the circa-1960 diner attached to AMF Mar Vista Lanes, lately feels more like a funeral parlor than the friendly neighborhood joint its lifelong customers remember. That's because the nautical-themed coffee shop is facing eviction on June 30, when BowlmorAMF, the country's largest ten-pin bowling center operator, takes ownership......
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Comedy Is Dead

Jennifer Swann
The comedy group Women - which actually is made up of four men, Dave Ross, Allen Strickland Williams, Pat Bishop and Jake Weisman - makes sketch videos poking fun at death. In one, a murderous wife shares a joint with a coroner; in another, a guy answers the cellphone of......