Category Archives: greening

Paved paradise

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Alissa

Ahh, the holidays, a great time to catch up on our reading. Little did I know that a story I casually picked up one evening would ruin the rest of my vacation. As I read “Between the Lines,” a story … Continue reading →

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Frank Lloyd Wine

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Alissa

I could tell this morning by the way it smelled outside. The air is crisp, the fires are (almost) out, and summer is over. Which led me to reflect on one of my favorite activities of the past summer: Silverlake … Continue reading →

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Thought for food

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Alissa

Why, oh, why do I get so excited when design and food collide? Redesign Your Farmers Market is a new contest co-sponsored by lots of my favorite places, including GOOD, The Architect’s Newspaper, The Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, and … Continue reading →

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Street Walker: March of justice

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Alissa

Last Friday, I finally got called down to the courthouse for my first jury summons in 31 years. I took the bus (of course) downtown, arriving at 7:30am as ordered, ready to shuffle slowly through the metal detector with 100 … Continue reading →

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Purple haze

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Alissa

Right around Memorial Day, LA emits this otherworldly purple glow. The jacarandas bloom and give way to June Gloom, I thought as I was walking home yesterday, spotting sprays of lavender splotched randomly like graffiti tagging the hillsides. It’s LA’s … Continue reading →

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Eat My Words: Mother truckers

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Alissa

From the way some—okay, all—publications are covering LA’s mobile dining scene lately, you probably think we’re spending three hours per night waiting in line for tacos served with kimchi and an oDD prediLection for speLLing woRds with randoM capitaLiZed LetteRs. … Continue reading →

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Eat My Words: Watts up

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Alissa

It’s a fact that’s almost too scandalous for me to admit:  In my almost eight years in LA I had never been to the Watts Towers. So when I got assigned one of LA Weekly‘s People issue profiles (an annual … Continue reading →

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On Today’s DnA: Relevance vs. Extravagance

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Alissa

Tomorrow is, symbolically at least, an interesting day. For those of us who have working credit cards and travel budgets, it’s the launch of the Milan furniture fair. And of course for the rest of us, it’s Earth Day. With … Continue reading →

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Eat My Words: Urban farming

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Alissa

Last summer, mojito made with freshly-plucked-and-muddled mint in hand, I took this photo from the steps of the courtyard of PS.1, the Queens outpost of MoMA. Each summer as part of the Young Architects Program, a firm transforms the gravel … Continue reading →

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Compostmodern Live!

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Alissa

I totally should have posted this earlier today, but I was too busy plundering the Ferry Building to put together non-food thoughts. All day tomorrow I’ll be liveblogging Compostmodern on Core77 which means you can play along at home with … Continue reading →

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