November 2010
Editor’s Letter—November 2010
This month, attitude is everything, from the deceiving laissez-faire of Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Pitt to the come-hither ways of London’s design cognoscenti.
Categories: Editor's Letter
Q + LA Zach Galifianakis
Though he entered an industry in which name recognition is paramount, this pentasyllabic-surnamed funnyman went with pride of heritage over the lure of fast-track celebrity.
Categories: Celebrities / Conversations / Film / Interviews / Q + LA
Tesla Takes Shape
Already avant-garde, the car company endeavors to be the EV player that values adventurous design as much as long-range, gas-free mobility.
Categories: Auto Didact / Automotive / Business / Cars / Design / Pictorials
Culture(d)—November 2010
This month, an eclectic sampling of the Los Angeles art scene, including a Michael Kohn retrospective, Raphael’s Madonna and Andy Warhol camos.
Categories: Art / Books / Culture / culture(d) / Design / L.A. History
Intrepid Traveler London Calling, Again
London’s design scene flourishes anew in endless hotels, restaurants, galleries and shops, from the toniest stretches of Mayfair to the recently fashionable Shoreditch.
Categories: Architecture / Art / Culture / Design / Intrepid Traveler / Photos / Pictorials / Travel
Singular Sensation
The new Leica M9 honors the mythic strengths of the Titans—in pristine form.
Categories: Art / Design / The Style List
The Style List—November 2010
This month, a retrospective on famed Hollywood photog Herb Ritts, as well as classic designs on everything from cameras to winter wear.
Categories: Fashion / The Style List
Smells Like the Season
Edgar Award–winning noir writer Denise Hamilton on the craving for scents brought on by L.A.’s holiday season. And it’s not all holly and mistletoe.
Categories: Uncommon Scents
A Novel Feast Dinner with
Mona Simpson
She’s as big a literary presence as L.A. has at the moment—but a homecooked meal with the author reveals nuances akin to her writing.
Categories: Feature Story / Food / Food + Wine / Interviews
The Shining
Four extraordinary women’s watches that elevate the craft of the timepiece into artful expression.
Categories: Accessories / Fashion / Feature Story / Gifts / Photos / Pictorials
Jersey Boy
On HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Michael Pitt is the consummate damaged soul, but his own wide-eyed ambition that fuels the persona.
Categories: Celebrities / Feature Story / Interviews / Photos / Pictorials / Television
Wedded in Wonderland
A farm-to-table reception strikes the perfect notes of abundance, beauty and life, even when the nuptials are in a gay bar turned antiques bazaar.
Categories: Art / Celebrities / Feature Story / Food / Food + Wine / Interior / Photos / Pictorials / Relationships / Weddings
Second Course
Forced to reinvent herself, high priestess of L.A. dining Nancy Silverton found there’s no success like proven success.
Categories: Feature Story / Food / Food + Wine
Cognac Cocktails
It's better late than never, as the venerable spirit makes is reinvigorated in cocktails by the Roger Room’s Damian Windsor.
Categories: Cocktails / Entertaining / Photos / Pictorials
WEB EXCLUSIVE Collective Good Taste
There are only two rules of cooking club: (1) You do not talk about cooking club, (2) and never leave without setting a date for the next cooking club.
Categories: Entertaining / Food / Food + Wine
