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The Merritt Building opened in 1915. Millionaire Hullet C. Merritt, the building’s owner, wanted to construct a 23-story edifice to himself but was turned down by the Los Angeles City Council. So he scaled back his plans and ended up with a ten-story design that set a rendition of Minerva’s Temple on top of a…
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This weekend I joined more than 400 others and rode my bicycle naked through the streets of Los Angeles for World Naked Bike Ride Los Angeles 2015. Not everybody was naked, and some went with roller skates and skateboards instead of bicycles, but we rolled through downtown, Chinatown, Lincoln Heights, rode along the LA River,…
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So incredibly honored to have been invited back to perform modern hoop dance again this year at Solstice at the Cleveland Museum of Art. It’s such a completely amazing event on every single level and I’m beyond thrilled that I keep getting to be a part of it. Love these photos by the incredibly talented…
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Spent the very late night hours dancing my ass off to the wondrous sounds of Dubtribe Sound System at an underground warehouse event downtown. Great seeing my old friend Sunshine Jones here in Los Angeles doing his thing, and great seeing it happen with Moonbeam again too. It’s been a long time! Brought back some…
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As I sat here tonight in my mustard yellow, authentic stucco California bungalow surrounded by lovely photographs of friends and family, I couldn’t help recalling the many joys and memories Martha Stewart has brought me throughout her illustrious career, primarily in the form of mocking laughter and snarky commentary. So it was without a single…
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I don’t smoke pot. In fact I don’t use drugs of any kind these days, so when I encountered a protest march going down Market Street here in San Francisco, a demonstration for medical marijuana and against the Drug Enforcement Agency, I took it all in from the sidelines. I recalled recent reports on the…