Los Angeles (Calif)

June 10, 2023

Cheryl Hines Didn’t Expect to Be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Running Mate

The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress is beloved in Hollywood. In supporting her husband’s campaign, is she normalizing his often dangerous ideas? On a quiet Thursday in […]
June 6, 2023

All Aboard the Most Extravagant Fashion Cruise

Chanel in Los Angeles, Dior in Mexico, Gucci in Seoul. Clothes are just a tiny part of the content. In 1964, John Cheever published a short […]
April 16, 2023

Pharaonic Funkatizing at the Met Roof Garden

A monument has touched down on the Metropolitan Museum’s rooftop that a few decades ago I would never have dreamed of finding there: an architectural mothership […]
April 14, 2023

It’s a Toddler’s Party. How About a $75,000 Budget?

In Los Angeles, children’s birthday celebrations have spiraled into mini-weddings. One hundred people RSVP’d for William’s sixth birthday party, which was held at a Los Angeles […]
April 13, 2023

It’s a Toddler’s Party. How About a $75,000 Budget?

In Los Angeles, children’s birthday celebrations have spiraled into mini-weddings. One hundred people RSVP’d for William’s sixth birthday party, which was held at a Los Angeles […]
April 1, 2023

Lesbian Bars in Los Angeles Change With the Times

LOS ANGELES — One pleasingly bitter, gently botanical, sort-of purple nonalcoholic cocktail in, and I was just happy to be caught in the gravitational pull of […]
March 24, 2023

A Small Home With a Big View in L.A.? He Built It in Mt. Washington.

A critical-care nurse wanted to build a house in Los Angeles for ‘just one person.’ Finding the perfect lot wasn’t easy. Mark Arnold had owned a […]
March 10, 2023

At the Oscars, the Red Carpet Goes Champagne

The 2023 Academy Awards carpet’s champagne hue — a break with a 62-year tradition of the bright red rug — is the latest arrival rug to […]
March 10, 2023

Versace Kicks Off Oscars Weekend With Star-Studded Fashion Show

LOS ANGELES — There was a moment during Versace’s runway show, held on the rooftop of a parking garage that had been glammed beyond recognition, as […]
March 3, 2023

I Gave Her My Only Olive

And it was just our second date. She had the most beautiful profile. I don’t mean her dating profile, which is how we connected. I mean […]