To Sophia Moreno-Bunge, palm inflorescences look like something from the sea: white tentacles dangling among a palm’s waving fronds, lavender coral among golden puffs and pastel flowers in her botanical arrangements.
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7 Santa Monica Stories That Will Inspire You
Amanda Chantal Bacon is a born-and-raised New Yorker, though after working in various fine-dining kitchens in Europe and South America—and a brief stint as a food reporter for the Los Angeles Times—she opened the first Moon Juice shop in Venice on Rose Avenue in 2011.
Learn about Murray Hidary's incredible story and how his life experiences inspire his music.
If L.A. is a city of neighborhoods, as is often said, Frank Gehry’s trajectory and standing as a towering figure in his field can be traced back to Santa Monica and its adjacent communities.
Finding a board that connects with the waves in a harmonious way is a lasting desire of surfers. For Tyler Frome, hollow surfboards are that vessel.
The Pacific Coast Highway is a sun-splashed route that connects West Los Angeles to coastal scenery from Dana Point to the Golden Gate Bridge and beyond. If it’s dramatic views you’re after, you won’t have to travel far in either direction on the PCH.
Kenneth Nicholson has a penchant for romanticizing life’s minutiae. The Los Angeles-based fashion designer’s eponymous label is an amalgamation of life’s finer things: lace and velvet and silk and linen.
