Interview: Amanda Chantal Bacon of Moon Juice: A culinary approach to the juice phenomenon takes Venice, California by storm

Interview: Amanda Chantal Bacon of Moon Juice


Amanda Chantal Bacon’s little juice bar on Rose Avenue in Venice, California has turned into a thriving mecca for raw food. This summer will see Moon Juice expanding, with an opening in Silver Lake, and Bacon…

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Latte Art with Nicely Abel Alameda: Inside the world of latte art with one of the coffee community’s nicest baristas

Latte Art with Nicely Abel Alameda


A man who lives up to his nickname, Nicely Abel Alameda has dedicated himself to his career in coffee. So dedicated, in fact, that he sports coffee logo tattoos commemorating the three companies he has worked for. While working at Espresso Vivace in…

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Whitewash: The stark side of sunny LA in a book of contrasts

Whitewash

by Stephen Pulvirent Back in 2002, photographer Nicholas Alan Cope picked up his camera and moved across the country from Maryland to Los Angeles, the city he documents in his new book “Whitewash.” Cope’s LA is one of stark geometric architecture rendered in black and white, a far cry from…

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Interview: Bryant Ng of The Spice Table: How one chef is preserving the culture of street food in his restaurant and on a global scale

Interview: Bryant Ng of The Spice Table

In Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, the red brick building that houses The Spice Table has become known as the go-to spot for the soulful flavors of Southeast Asia. With a menu highlighting some of his favorite dishes inspired by travels to Singapore and Vietnam, Chef Bryant Ng has…

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Interview: Ethan Lipsitz of Apliiq: We talk fabric and more with the founder of the LA-based custom appliqué company

Interview: Ethan Lipsitz of Apliiq

By Vivianne Lapointe Ethan Lipsitz founded the Apliiq shop to satisfy his obsessive fabric hunting habit and to encourage creativity in the average shopper by allowing them to apply appliqués to garments. Inspired by popular shoe brands like Nike who offer a personalized experience by letting you customize their shoes,…

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Gin & Luck Rucksack: A new way to carry cocktail supplies and other on-the-go necessities

Gin & Luck Rucksack

With the launch of their canvas and leather backpack for carrying cocktail supplies on-the-go, David Kaplan and Alex Day of Proprietors LLC, along with creative director Alexander Kwong, introduce the world to their new lifestyle brand, Gin & Luck. Kaplan and Day have worked on cocktail bars from Death…

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Interview: Laura Austin : The curator discusses Everyone’s a Photographer, a group show of Lomography images

Interview: Laura Austin

by Vivianne Lapointe Photographer Laura Austin has many tricks up her sleeve. Based in San Clemente, California, she got her start as the online editor for Snowboarder Magazine, a gig that gave her the chance to travel and refine her craft in some of the most beautiful mountains in…

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Interview: Diane Gaeta: Explore a young Parisian’s life through beautifully illustrated images culled from Facebook

Interview: Diane Gaeta

by Vivianne Lapointe LA-based artist Diane Gaeta explores the complex themes of sexuality, self discovery and the life of a young Parisian girl through the manipulation of her image found on social networks in “Lolitas,” Gaeta’s two-day solo show at The America Martin Gallery. We had a chance to meet…

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Hello Kitty, Hello Art!: The cute cat and her pals immortalized in a comprehensive book and one-day art event

Hello Kitty, Hello Art!

Continuing to captivate the world with her kawaii cuteness, Hello Kitty is the focus of the new hardcover collectible book Hello Kitty, Hello Art!. The book features more than 200 full color pages of Hello Kitty and her Sanrio friends My Melody, Keroppi, Badtz-Maru, Little Twin Stars, Tuxedosam and…

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Agence de Voyage

British artist Tim Braden’s first solo show evokes the dreamy spirit of travel

Agence de Voyage

Tim Braden’s first solo show at Ambach and Rice gallery in LA is like a dreamy, nostalgic trip to somewhere that’s always sunny. Aptly named “Agence de Voyage” or “Travel Agency,” the British artist uses friends’ snapshots to create paintings as a sort of casual anthropological study. The locations…

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