Steffie Nelson

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Rock With Me

"How many boulders can we possibly have to climb over?" I chuckled to my friend Julie, when she warned me that her boyfriend David's friend Ben had asked if I were "sporty" enough to handle the Malibu hike we were about to embark on. The answer? Too fucking many.  ......
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Schlockgirl

Gag me with a glove. The only reason I saw the "romantic" "comedy" Shopgirl, based on Steve Martin's novella of the same name, was because my friend and I got lost on the way to Pasadena and it was too late to see The Squid and the Whale. Now, I......
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In Da Club Belamar

My friend Anne was moving back to San Francisco from San Diego, and she wanted to spend one night in a swanky L.A. hotel by the beach. Only problem was, everything in Venice and Santa Monica was booked. I did a google search, and one of the options was the......

Ready for Takeoff

GenArt, highly respected indie incubator of new talent, isn’t above putting on a boozy Fashion Week bash, and the 8th annual Fresh Faces in Fashion fete at Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hangar was no exception. Cocktail servers roamed the room with trays of pink drinks made from a fruity liqueur......
Jerry Only of the Misfits at the Key Club; Credit: Nikki Darling

Antik Denim: Flesh for Fantasy

Tuesday Night's main event was such a producer's nightmare I almost* wanted to volunteer to help. Due to a major communication breakdown, the headsetted flacks had opened the doors to the masses before seating had been assigned. Thus, ambitious nobodies could assert their right to sit  front and center among......