July 2010
Editor’s Letter—July 2010
This month, because we're enamored with folks who make a difference, we go deep with L.A. tastemakers, Mad Men alpha-babe Christina Hendricks and two gay-ballroom contenders.
Categories: Editor's Letter
Burning Man
John Long will do anything to get your kids hooked on what he’s peddling at L.A.’s Museum of Natural History—the joys of discovery, the glories of science and the wonders of life itself.
Categories: City Landmarks / First Look / L.A. History
50: Cigar Bands
Walk down memory lane with these vibrant, evocative relics of pre-Castro Cuba, from the personal collection of Angelenos who traveled there.
Categories: 50
Video Cigar Art
From The Fabulous Story of the Cuban Cigar (1999) by Oliver Zameczowski. Buy it at...
Categories: Video
VW in the Driver’s Seat
Volkswagen design maestro Walter de’Silva bucks the car-industry cult to design vehicles that suit the unique tastes of regional markets.
Categories: Automotive / Design / Photos / Pictorials / Road Runner
Power to the People
With innovative minds like Sungevity’s Danny Kennedy, L.A. can lower its use of fossil fuels while hitting the goal of a million solar roofs.
Categories: Business / Living Green / Shades of Green / Tech / Technology / Trends
The Style List—July 2010
From Rollerball-inspired kicks and pearls for a nw generation to felt-and-chain dresses, this month's look at style runs the gamut from classic to contemporary.
Categories: Fashion / The Style List
Culture(d)—July 2010
A sneak peek at LACMA’s inspired and surprisingly hard won collection of European fashions from the past two centuries.
Categories: Accessories / culture(d) / Fashion / Photos / Pictorials
The Mayor of Melrose
Sophistication and sensitivity aren’t traits generally associated with developers, but Ben Soleimani proves the exception.
Categories: Business / Design / You Must Meet
Let’s Get Ready to Rumba!
Unlike other sports, same-sex dancing is unique to the Gay Games and Steve Valentine and Robert Tristan are serious contenders.
Categories: Dance / Feature Story
Video Gay Ballroom Dancing
Meet WeHo’s boys of ballroom, Steve Valentine & Robert Tristan >
Past Perfect Christina Hendricks
Fired-copper hair, vanilla-malt skin, five feet eight inches of packed va-va-voom—Mad Men’s alpha babe talks Hollywood, Tom Waits worship and becoming a living doll.
Categories: Celebrities / Conversations / Feature Story / Photos / Pictorials / Television
Tastemakers Jeffrey Deitch
After 30 years as a curator and gallerist, Deitch signs on at MOCA to continue his constantly evolving dialogue about art, life and the cultural landscape.
Categories: Art / Design / Feature Story
Tastemakers Frederick + Laurie Samitaur-Smith
Can real-estate development be a path to progressive social action? Frederick and Laurie Samitaur-Smith believe so and are proving it in Culver City.
Categories: Architecture / City Landmarks / Design / Feature Story
Tastemakers Jonathan Gold
Jonathan Gold is America’s top food critic, compassionately exploring L.A.’s global fare, treating taco trucks with the same reverence as a Michelin-rated restaurant.
Categories: Feature Story / Food / Food + Wine
Tastemakers Sonia Eram
Sonia Eram never advertises her Bev Hills store, Mameg, and still she has become L.A.’s most highly educated, under-the-radar fashion arbiter.
Categories: Design / Fashion / Feature Story
A New Leaf
For photographer Emily Shur, the eerie wonder of cell phone towers have become the new classic landscape.
Categories: City Landmarks / Design / Feature Story / Living Green / Photos / Pictorials / Technology
Sorriso Cocktail
Francesco Lafranconi melds gin, vodka, sweet sherry and maraschino liqueur to create a cocktail that is both complex and perfectly balanced.
Categories: By the Glass / Cocktails / Drinks / Entertaining
My Sister, Myself
Lonely Hearts Book Club tackles the highs and very decided lows of the female sibling relationship.
Categories: Books / Lonely Hearts Book Club
