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Meet the Powerhouse Creative Couple Behind Design Firm, Craft-o-Graph thumbnail

Meet the Powerhouse Creative Couple Behind Design Firm, Craft-o-Graph

by Emily Edmonds

A vacation in Portland, Oregon, in 2011 turned out to be more than an anniversary trip for Kyle and Mariah Jochai. As they were browsing a thrift shop in the City of Roses, they stumbled on an old jeweler’s hub with a typew ...

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Honoring Japanese Tea with the Urasenke Tankokai L.A. Association

by Sara Atwood

Los Angeles native Mark Umbriaco is always looking to experience a new piece of his city’s patchwork of culture. So when he and a friend spotted a chance to sit in on a Japanese tea ceremony at an arts festival 15 years ago, ...

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Meet Museum Hack: Tours for People Who Don’t Like Museums

by Brett Dunst

Did you know that the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s famous Temple of Dendur was actually selected by Jackie Kennedy? She chose the ancient Egyptian temple on a trip to Egypt while her husband was president. And have you ever w ...

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We Like L.A.: Your Guide on What to Do, Eat, and See in Los Angeles thumbnail

We Like L.A.: Your Guide on What to Do, Eat, and See in Los Angeles

by Sara Atwood

OK, so the traffic is bad, the rent is too high, and the smog rolls in thick. But still, there’s a lot to like about Los Angeles. It is home to many iconic sites — the Santa Monica Pier, the Getty, the white block “Holly ...

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2 Dads With Baggage: Adventures in Family Travel with a Gay Twist

by Sara Atwood

It was 2 a.m. in Paris, and 7-year-old Ava Bailey-Klugh was wide awake. Jet lag is hard, especially when you’re too young to understand why an entire country is sleeping when your circadian clock says it’s time to play. An ...

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Meet The British History Podcast: “History, the Way It’s Meant to Be Heard”

by Sara Atwood

Think you hate history? You’re probably wrong, says Jamie Jeffers, founder of The British History Podcast. The problem, he says, isn’t that history is dry or boring — the problem is that it is taught that way, with ...

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How Conservation Blueprint is Saving the World, One Wildflower Seed at a Time

by Sara Atwood

What do solar panels and honey bees have in common? At first glance, not much — though both are great for the environment. But Peter Berthelsen, a Nebraska wildlife conservationist and small business owner, sees an opportu ...

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Bibliophiles, Unite! Meet the DreamHost Customers Behind Silent Book Club

by Emily Edmonds

The idea originated from a heady combination of desperation and inspiration. Now, it reaches more than 30,000 people worldwide, even garnering a recent nod from Oprah’s magazine. Meet Silent Book Club, the low-maintenance ...

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