aggregated from: Daily Dish

When Melkon Khosrovian and his culinary-school-trained wife, Litty Mathew, founded Modern Spirits in Monrovia five years ago with the goal of making and selling their own artisan vodkas, they focused on finding just the right balance of Belgian choco...

topics: liquor, los-angeles, monrovia

aggregated from: The Daily Mirror

Wonder What a Candidate for the Third Degree Thinks About? by Clare Briggs. [Briggs is referring to the Masons, in case you're wondering]. Feb. 9, 1920: Walter P. Story has built a bungalow on top of his building at 6th Street an...

topics: architecture, candidate

aggregated from: The Lakers Nation

Kobe looks like he is enjoying his rest but his ankle has yet to say that.O.C. Register: Bryant said he doesn't have a problem missing a game because of an injury; that too much is made of his warrior mentality. He went so far as to say that if...

aggregated from: LAist

There are two choices for the 138 acres of private land sitting to the left of the Hollywood Sign: develop it into a site for luxury living or leave it as open space. What happens next is up to the community, or perhaps, the world at la...

topics: campaign, development, hiking, hollywood, investment

aggregated from: The Lakers Nation

Congratulations to Derek, who reaches the 1,000 games milestone.Derek Fisher, who had started his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, helped lead them to a 3-peat and just recently championship #4 (sharing that glory with Kobe Bryant) reaches a huge ...

topics: bryant, derek-fisher, kobe-bryant, lakers, los-angeles-lakers

aggregated from: The Lakers Nation

The Lakers have been playing great with the injuries, but still, no injuries would be GREAT!L.A. Times: The injury bug stayed away from the Lakers a year ago, leaving them alone on their path to a 15th NBA championship.Kobe Bryant played all 82 regul...

topics: andrew-bynum, bryant, kobe-bryant, lakers, lamar-odom

aggregated from: SoapBoxLA

CityWatch, Feb 9, 2010Vol 8 Issue 11Fast Company magazine features an article by columnists Chip Heath and Dan Heath that proposes a counter-intuitive approach to problem solving, especially when the problem is one of significant size.Find a bright s...

topics: beach, bike, cycling, long-beach, los-angeles

aggregated from: Lakers Blog

No longer able to display his dominance on the basketball court, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant passed the time in the locker room Monday by getting treatment on his left sprained ankle. It's the very injury that has kept him sidelined for two consecutive ...

topics: andrew-bynum, bryant, kobe-bryant, lakers

aggregated from: Jonathan Alcorn's Photo blog

Ringo Starr was outside the Capitol Records building to receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday night. He was joined by his wife Barbara Bach , Joe Walsh, Don Was, and Ben Harper for the ceremony....

topics: hollywood, walk-of-fame

aggregated from: Big Lakers Fan

With Kobe Bryant out with an injury, the Los Angeles Lakers needed someone to step up.And step up someone did. Big time.Pau Gasol scored 21 point, grabbed 19 rebounds, dished 8 assists, and swatted 5 shots to lead the Lakers over their Western Confer...

topics: andrew-bynum, bryant, derek-fisher, jordan-farmar, kobe-bryant