Culture
L.A.’s social scene is dead. So I let AI set me up on a blind friend date
It’s a Tuesday night and I’m scootering through Hollywood to have dinner with five complete strangers. I’m wearing my “nice”...
How do you have the same couch for 40-plus years?
The plastic couch bonds with you on a cellular level. (Alima Lee / For The Times) In my research trying...
‘I can leave my tears in the garden.’ A tiny flower farm offers a reprieve from cancer
Eight months after her husband, Chad, was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, Stacie Vanags planted 1,100 flower seeds in...
‘They’ve never seen anything like this’: Their DIY garden is inspiring the block
Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for...
I’m in the garden, watering my garden. Everything is going to be just fine
Luxury is such a spectrum. What luxury means for me — and I would say a lot of people may...
Glue beads to trash, talk about your feelings. This is the way to craft joy
For Sam Reece, just about anything can be a craft. Hot-gluing an assortment of beads to a mirror frame? A...
Scream therapy! Inner child play! Inside a Malibu wellness retreat for ‘bad bitches’ doing all the things
The screams can be heard from outside the house — a raucous cacophony punctuated by a single, high-pitched shriek.It’s 7...
Is it ever OK to date your friend’s ex? In ‘Love Is Blind,’ it’s a mess
Throughout its five American seasons, Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” has been packed with dramatic moments — everything from a runaway...
Volunteers wanted: Must love Santa Barbara’s great outdoors. And sheep
On one side of a path in the idyllic hills of Santa Barbara, a dense clump of dried out mustard...
L.A. Affairs: My situationship was humiliating. Would a solo trip heal my heart?
If you’re looking for the quickest route to sure-fire depression, allow me to recommend November in Toronto. Every year, fall...
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