Want the cheapest airfare in town? Pilot your own plane
When I was a girl, I told my mother I wanted to be a flight attendant (stewardess back then), and without batting an eye she replied, “Hmm, what about something else?” I thought about it for a second, knowing what she was getting at, and said, [...]
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UP WHERE THE AIR IS CLEAR
August 13, 2008SECOND TO NONE
August 13, 2008Five thousand one reasons to open your wallet at 5001
PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
Despite being home to a number of major retailers—like the Body Shop/Banana Republic/Gap trifecta, where, I’m not too proud to admit, I worshiped as a teen—as well as more than a few choice boutiques (Blue Windows, Body O Soul), Second Street can often [...]
READY TO WEAR
July 23, 2008Out of the Closet does not smell like grandma’s house
PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
Thrift stores are essentially condensed department stores—the difference being department stores sell lots of new junk you don’t need, while thrift stores sell lots of used stuff you don’t need. This theory is nearly always accurate, which explains my confusion each time I [...]
EXTRA EXTRA
July 23, 2008Spread the word with Richele Silva’s custom paper designs
Evites and mass text messages might work just fine when it comes to notices of housewarmings and the casual dinner party, but computer screens and minute BlackBerry fonts don’t ever quite match up to old-fashioned paper correspondence. And that’s precisely what makes Richele Silva’s custom-designed invitations, greeting [...]
FLOWER POWER
July 2, 2008A Flower Girl’s Dream doesn’t just tiptoe through the tulips
PHOTO by JEFF GOULD
It’s not uncommon to find Sheri Cervantes running around her store in a wetsuit, sopping wet with sand still dripping from her hair, rattling off plant facts while putting together the most perfect, colorful bouquet of flowers you’ve ever seen.
“This is the only [...]
THE QUIET MAN
July 2, 2008Don’t keep it in. Say it with socks
I’m not one for expressing emotions. Telling the rest of the world what I’m feeling just doesn’t ever seem to make the top of my daily to-do list. That’s why I write. It’s much easier to put something down on paper than to speak up about an issue [...]
BLOOD, NOT SO SIMPLE
June 11, 2008The frightening beauty of Six Foot Owl’s ‘Closing Thoughts’ tees
Most of Six Foot Owl’s hand-painted T-shirts and jackets verge on being a bit too romantic for my tastes. The “clothing art company,” founded by high school friends Brianne Cirel and Johnie Thornton, plays with images both sorta cute (piano keys, telephone poles, ants tracking down [...]
TRUE GRIT
June 11, 2008From pink slip to playful kitsch at Bungalow Marcasso
PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
Getting laid off blows, but when your severance check covers two years of unemployment with enough scratch left over to open a business (and be your own boss), the pink slip doesn’t sound so terrible. Just ask Mark Sutherland, owner of Bungalow Marcasso.
The 47-year-old [...]
TAKE A LITTLE TRIP
June 4, 2008There’s something about Greenspan’s
PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
No one mistakes South Gate for the epicenter of the fashion world, but an exception is Greenspan’s—“Serving the Lowrider Community Since 1928.” The historic clothing store’s clientèle includes James Brown, most of N.W.A, John Lee Hooker, Cypress Hill, House of Pain and Rancid (as well as the wardrobe departments [...]
KERNEL CURE
June 4, 2008Be healed, woman!
Much like, say, a bagel slicer (or a boyfriend), a heating pad is something a woman can usually do without until she needs it—now. Like when you’ve run out of Motrin, kicked a bottle of Glen Ellen cab (tough times), and find yourself sitting in a lukewarm bath that’s feeling increasingly more like [...]
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Thursday, September 4
- Latin Night @ Executive Suite
- DJ Marlon @ The Gaslamp
- Dreamgirls @ Ripples
- Flyer @ Buster's Beach House
- Karaoke @ J. King Neptune's
- Karaoke w/ Tim @ The Liquid Lounge
- Karaoke @ Paradise Piano Bar
- Dios Malos @ Alex's Bar
- Salsa @ Sevilla
- Trevor Green @ Viento Y Agua
- Greater California @ The Prospector
- The Year Zero @ The Pike
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