Cocoanut GroveJim McHugh is famous for the artist portraits, celebrity lifestyles and fine art he photographs. His images of Samuel L. Jackson, Clint Eastwood and Sir Anthony Hopkins, his unique environmental portraits for Architectural Digest covers, his comprehensive photographic survey of the Los Angeles art world, have garnered him numerous accolades and prizes. As one [...]

L.A.’s skyline from behind the Hollywood sign - Photo: Ted VanCleaveLos Angeles, Los Angeles…
Your gift to us is the fact that you don’t really exist.
You’re not a brick and mortar place.
You therefore make all of us – no matter how solid our homes –
mere travelers with a temporary base.
Watch the tourists desperately trying to [...]

Trina Turk

In the land known for Hollywood celebrity antics and where fashion trends are determined by what stars wear, native California designer Trina Turk emerges with a fresh approach to fashion and a nod to bygone eras.  Ms. Turk is no high fashion hypocrite-her personal style epitomizes the relaxed yet glamorous style that Los Angeles [...]

Disney Hall

Ring In The New: The peaks and swells of Frank Gehry’s
billowing Disney Hall, the newest and grandest concert venue in Los Angeles.

With the art and design worlds (or world, if you think they’re just two sides of the same planet) decentralizing all around us, moving — no, spreading — everywhere from China to South [...]