Liz Ohanesian

Suzy Lentchner at Bricks LA.; Credit: Liz Ohanesian

Legos Helped One Woman Reconstruct Her Family Memories

Liz Ohanesian
Suzy Lentchner didn't play with Legos during childhood. It wasn't until she was an adult with kids that the colorful bricks became a point of fascination. On Sunday, May 17, roughly 30 years after the Ontario resident bought her eldest son his first pack of the toys, Lentchner sits behind......
Mrs. Kasha Davis (a vet of RuPaul's Drag Race

What's It Like to Be a Drag Queen While Raising a Kid?

Liz Ohanesian
At RuPaul's DragCon, the first convention dedicated to RuPaul's Drag Race, the exhibit hall sparkled with glitter make-up and rhinestone-encrusted clothing. Fans of Logo's hit reality competition show swarmed overwhelmingly dressed for the occasion, some in full drag, others in fashionable attire better suited for a night at a club......
Silent Servant; Credit: Courtesy of Juan Mendez/Silent Servant

Who Does Silent Servant Think He Is?

Liz Ohanesian
Juan Mendez, better known to DJ aficionados as Silent Servant, darts across the living room area of his downtown loft and rummages through a stack of records for something he had pulled not too long ago. "I have a bunch of really young friends," he says as he reaches for......
Galatea's Momento Pearl holds voice messages.; Credit: Courtesy of Galatea

A Necklace That Stores Your Treasured…Voice Messages?

Liz Ohanesian
Chi Huynh decided to test out his latest invention on his niece. The jeweler, who helms San Dimas-based company Galatea, had been working on a pearl that uses near field communication (NFC) technology to hold voice messages inside jewelry. Without his niece's knowledge, he recorded the vows at her wedding......