Carver ApartmentsAlthough Los Angeles has the highest homeless population in the U.S, the non-profit organization Skid Row Housing Trust is a major reason why homelessness is on the decline in our city. Skid Row Housing Trust (SRHT) has tirelessly endeavored for twenty years to provide permanent supportive housing to homeless people in downtown Los Angeles [...]

Los Angeles occupies a distinctive position in the American cultural imagination. Unsurprisingly, the city’s dramatic hills, canyons and beaches are a  prime location for the projection (and production) of America’s fantasies. The city’s richly varied landscape coupled with its film, art and music industry are just a few reasons why so many eyes around the [...]

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 [...]