Month: November 2019

You won’t find one of artist Nayland Blake’s sassy rabbits, which have been a common feature of the artist’s work, in the vast collection of Altadena’s cheerful Bunny Museum. In drawings, sculptures and videos, Blake’s rabbits tend to exude a mordant humor of layered depth. The playful title of a welcome retrospective at the Institute…

It’s called “juice jacking,” which may sound as innocuous as a toddler ripping the sippy cup out of a playmate’s hands, but this is very much a grownup problem, unless your kid is already using a cellphone. Juice jacking is the devious practice by which bad guys hijack a public USB charging port and use…

Just when the bedraggled traveler is about to die of thirst, a desert oasis appears, complete with greenery and all you can drink. Those movie scenes may be the stuff of imagination, but the oases are real. Here are five places where you can seek some shade in the Southern California desert. Joshua Tree National…

In re: Catharine Hamm’s “The Toll of Back-Seat Drivers,” On the Spot, Nov. 24: I do not tolerate back-seat drivers — they either shut up or get out. My wife is my co-pilot and, if needed, speaks up, but we rarely speak to each other while I or she is driving, even on longer trips.…

1/8 Called the Ledge House, the Bel-Air contemporary unfolds on a roughly 1-acre hillside as a series of ledges.  (Jim Bartsch) 2/8 The 11,000-square-foot home is listed for $32.5 million.  (Jim Bartsch) 3/8 The home features open-concept space on the main floor, lower-level spa amenities and a screening room.   (Jim Bartsch) 4/8 The home…

1/10 Suzanne Todd in her Pacific Palisades home.  (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) 2/10 The family room/living room is Todd’s favorite. It’s a comfortable place for friends and family to gather.  (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) 3/10 The home is 4,480 square feet.  (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) 4/10…

Maybe it was the turkey, or the pie, or that Hot Property turned 35, but this week’s collection brings on the nostalgia big time. We launch with two for-sale properties connected to longtime fan favorites: a Lakers legend and a comic genius. Our Home of the Week is a 1922 Silver Lake residence rebuilt as…

1/14 Abel Tesfaye, the singer-songwriter known by the stage name the Weeknd, paid $21 million for a full-floor penthouse at the Beverly West tower in Westwood.  (Jim Bartsch) 2/14 Each of the Beverly West penthouses was designed for a specific personality; Tesfaye’s residence is called the “Mogul.”  (Jim Bartsch) 3/14 The 8,215-square-foot unit boasts walls…

The design-centric boutique hotel? That’s Ian Schrager’s doing. Given Schrager’s professional origins launching Manhattan’s legendary Studio 54, it makes sense that the brand new West Hollywood Edition hotel and residences continue this cultural legacy in some key respects while offering an evolved, grown-up experience in others. “I get an instinctive feel for a place,” Schrager…

Cynthia Bello says she had no idea skipping breakfast would make her feel so fantastic. The 40-year-old Los Angeles Police Department detective and mother of two from Placentia started intermittent fasting in March to lose weight after becoming a self-professed “junk food vegan.” “I was not happy with what I saw in the mirror,” she…