Liz Ohanesian

Tim and Megan Cottage pose in front of Tim's Scion for Wasteland World Car Show.; Credit: Liz Ohanesian

Mad Max–Style Rides Reigned at This Post-Apocalyptic Car Show

Liz Ohanesian
This is not your typical car show. Instead of boasting slick and shiny paint jobs, the vehicles clustered together at Alpine Village came in dusty, matted hues mottled with rust splotches. Weighted down by spare tires and supplies and marked by details that more closely resemble graffiti than custom car......
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What the Trainspotting Soundtrack Taught Me About DJing

Liz Ohanesian
I fire up Netflix and rewatch an opening scene that I have long since committed to memory: The spirited beat of "Lust for Life" replaces the rhythm of feet pounding sidewalk as Renton and his friends race through city streets. Our antihero stumbles over the hood of a car and......
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Riding the Metro Green Line, the "Line of Almosts"

Liz Ohanesian
It's afternoon on a weekday and I'm standing on a Green Line platform at the Rose Parks Station. It's windy and it's hard to hear anything more than the roar of the 105 as freeway traffic slows and speeds up again. The crowd swells as we wait for a train......
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Happier Camper Builds Vintage-Inspired Trailers in Frogtown

Liz Ohanesian
At the Frogtown headquarters of Happier Camper, Derek Michael and his team have been working on the HC1. This is no ordinary trailer. It’s a patent-pending, modular homage to the fiberglass appendages of the mid–20th century. It has retro flare but serves modern purposes; you can hook it up to......
Sona Movsesian has become a celeb in her own right as Conan O’Brien’s assistant.; Credit: Photo by Danny Liao

How Conan’s Assistant Became TV’s Unofficial Armenian Ambassador

Liz Ohanesian
Sona Movsesian applied to be a production assistant on Conan O’Brien’s late-night talk show — and ended up becoming his assistant. The San Gabriel Valley native has been a part of the famed comedian’s team beginning with his West Coast stint on NBC, through the live tour that followed his well-documented......
Tito Bonito thought he would wind up in L.A. to become an actor

Tito Bonito Is Putting the “Boy” in “Boylesque”

Liz Ohanesian
Tito Bonito, “the Cuban Missile Crisis of Burlesque” as his mother dubbed him, propels himself across the dance floor of a former speakeasy in a pair of light-up sneakers. With his chiseled face and dark hair, he’s got the audience in the palm of his hand. A middle-aged guy who’d......