Helene Seifer · January 23, 2025
Mention the month of February and most people think of Valentine’s Day or possibly Presidents’ Day but, for art lovers, the month marks art week in Los Angeles. In February, two important exhibitions are again celebrating art and artists from local, national and international galleries: the sixth iteration of Frieze Los Angeles and the 30th […]
Helene Seifer · January 23, 2025
The Republic of Uzbekistan is a landlocked country in central Asia known for hearty, homey meat dishes. There is a handful of restaurants specializing in Uzbek cuisine in Los Angeles, where the roughly 3,000 Uzbek expats in the Los Angeles area — and others who appreciate comfort food — can indulge in the authentic tastes […]
Helene Seifer · January 23, 2025
They say it takes two to tango. For Pamela and Marat Daukayev, it took a pas de deux. Their story is a dance of the heart where, step by step, they built a life together in Windsor Square, with three now grown children (Marat Jr. and twins Emma and Nicholas), two golden retrievers and three birds. […]
Helene Seifer · January 2, 2025
Every neighborhood has its share of quirky residents and bizarre occurrences that make for interesting gossip, but not many can claim a loping Roman charioteer, a ghostly apparition and a parade of elephants. Park La Brea can. Over its 80-year history, almost anything could happen and usually did. The charioteer was Charlton Heston, who, while […]
Helene Seifer · January 2, 2025
It appears one can’t blink without something new popping up on Melrose Hill. This time it’s a French-inflected, wine-centric restaurant — Bar Etoile. What had been an unexciting commercial building has been converted into a welcoming façade fronting a gracious dining room with high ceilings, an architectural feature typical of this corner of Los Angeles. […]
Helene Seifer · November 28, 2024
The busy frame shop A Silver Lining is closing the first week of January 2025, after nearly 29 years of sterling service on the Boulevard. Customers travel from all over Los Angeles to have their treasures preserved by owner Gary Fuss and framer Jorge Rodriguez, and many local businesses and nearby homes display photographs, paintings, […]
