Irrelevance—like its more evil and twisted stepsister, irreverence—is a term not often price-tagged to the present of love. But as summer approaches and we flirt with finding our own summertime flings, the word is about to stick like a wet …
Author: melissa kandel
Julia Stiles is Pregnant and We’re All Freaking Out
Julia Stiles is like a bad-ass cherub. Intelligent, bold, classically beautiful and the star of our favorite 2000s rom coms alongside the most swoon-worthy guys—Freddie Prinze Jr., the late Heath Ledger, Sean Patrick Thomas. Yet somehow, while she sashayed and …
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In Goop Health Was a Full-On Wellness Rager (Or So I’m Told)
I didn’t go to Gwyneth Paltrow’s In Goop Health event in Culver City, CA this past Saturday. I didn’t even contemplate dropping the $500 (or at its most vegan-ly indulgent, $1,500) required to attend. To be honest, I’m still recovering …
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Lido Bottle Works Does Farm to Table Right
“5:30.” “In the morning?” “Yes. And everyone showed up.” I was sitting in the corner booth at Newport Beach’s latest bay-side dining experience, Lido Bottle Works, about to dive into an expertly seared halibut set before me moments before by …
Clothing by OWL Is Here for the Right Reasons
There’s nothing wrong with being basic. Yeah, you might buy hand-sewn day planners on Etsy, dress your tiny dog in seasonally appropriate attire, take selfies with the pig-eared Snapchat filter because your eyes look awesome then caption the pic something …
The Figaro
Of all the details to remember, her hands were still the clearest in his mind. Unpolished nails of otherworldly innocence, intoxication by way of ten fingers and smooth skin and a wrist circled with Rolex Sky-Dweller gold, limited edition. Back …
In Defense of the Beer Festival
I can think of a whole lot of reasons why one would attend a beer festival, and not all of them include beer. For example: If you’re about that gourmet, one-of-a-kind fusion food truck life, then cool, come on down …
Brunch Boys’ Founder Jeremy Jacobowitz Heats Up the Foodie World
When you get right down to it, there are really only two kinds of people in this world: those who brunch and those who do not. I don’t mean to generalize here but generally, Non-Brunchers are pretty easy to spot in …
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Taco Tuesday at El Mercado Modern Cuisine is a Game Changer
The day: Tuesday. The time: 8 p.m. (ish). The mission: Tacos. We stepped out of our Uber and arrived at an empty parking lot in downtown Santa Ana. To our immediate left, bright street art, painted with neon abandon along one …
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Sun’s Out, Buns Out: These Are the Pics Your Friends Will Be Posting This Weekend
OK, summer solstice, I understand technically you start June 21 and that the sun, as gleaned from our Northern half of the planet, has not yet reached its maximum axial tilt (thanks, Wikipedia!) but my iPhone weather app is all …
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