Not a big deal, doesn't define me!" Lo and behold, Brett revealed in his confessional that the two had already hooked up. "A few nights ago, we were out at a bar in Santa Monica. I was with a buddy," he explained. "She of course invited us back to her house to play Scattergories. The next thing I know, we just kiss. That wasn't what I thought ...

But there's no more beating around this particular bush, or, er, tree, for your kumquat-focused longings will now be appetizingly addressed in Santa Monica. Yep, it is early January, which means it is time for one of the nation's healthiest Restaurant Weeks to materialize on area tables. Santa Monica has become known for featuring a fruit at ...

5101 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2, East Hollywood. 323-663-9687. Falafel at Ta-Eem on Melrose Ave. (Ben Mesirow for LAist) The first thing that hits you when you get an order from Ta-eem is the amount of food you receive. Even if you opt for a pita sandwich, the smallest unit of measure, you receive five pieces of falafel stuffed into an ...

It was a strange and surreal first half of the Arizona high school boys basketball season. There was a brawl, a coach dismissed, players leaving, a big man coming in with a bang. Let’s see if the second half of the season can compete with what’s already took place.

Gwyneth Paltrow is sitting at the head of a long table outside her office at Goop’s headquarters in Santa Monica, an environment done up in shades of gray and white where Sweetgreen abounds, and arrays of self-improvement books and organic snacks are organized with military precision. In shorts, a loose top, and bare feet, Paltrow is talking ...

Tickets, $29 to $79, are on sale now. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills. To purchase tickets and for more information, please call 310-746-4000 or visit TheWallis.org/Lula.

The money will be used to expand Luxury Presence’s engineering and sales teams and develop new products. Santa Monica-based luxury real estate marketing platform Luxury Presence announced on Tuesday a new $5.

The art talk featuring many of the artists and a welcome reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. on January 18 at The Braid, 2912 Colorado Ave. #102 in Santa Monica. There is no charge for the gallery show and art talk, but tickets must be purchased for the performance of Mapping of the Mind. Visit www.jewishwomenstheatre.org for additional ...

Artist Sheila Klein announced in an Instagram post on January 1 that she has a contract to rebuild the piece on Santa Monica Boulevard near the Bureau of Street Lighting “with a hopeful opening in early May—the 27th birthday of ‘Vermonica.’” (A street lighting bureau spokesperson confirmed that the goal is to reinstall the artwork the ...

Haaga earned a Ph.D. in Public Policy in 1983 from The RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, California; an M.A. in International Relations in 1978 from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore; and a B. A. in Modern History with first-class honors in 1974 from Oxford University in the United Kingdom. As a retiree, Haaga now is the full-time ...