Andreanna Ditton

Raising awareness and raising funds to fight breast cancer while showcasing a mixed media display of art and fashion was the goal of the evening at the Project Ethos LA Fashion Week event.

As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Project Ethos will hold its annual L.A. Fashion Week event this Friday, October 14, to benefit the Stand Up To Cancer Foundation.

A cocktail is four things: a spirit, a sugar, a bitter and water. Sounds easy, right? So why are $15 cocktails suddenly the norm? Because a great drink is about more than putting some crappy flavored vodka in a shaker, pouring it in a glass and adding Sprite. A great cocktail is a work of art, a tip of the hat to another age, and the science of hand-crafting a drink is largely about taking those original four components and adding a personal spin to the mix.

Valerie Confections' seasonal preserves (Photo by Megan Westerby/used with permission) It's June, and while sultry summer weather has yet to make an appearance, we're more than ready for the tastes and treats of the season. Farmers' markets are full of strawberries and stone fruits, gorgeous cucumbers, succulent squash blossoms and bright berries. It's impossible to resist the temptation to overindulge. So what do you do when your larder overflows and these fresh fixings look...

Vintage Vespas line up to show off (Andreanna Ditton/LAist) What’s more iconic of the 1960’s mod era than a sleek little Vespa bearing a stylish couple riding two-up through the heart of Rome or along the beach in Southern California? Or maybe that’s just my own retro fantasy. But more and more, I'm clearly not the only one grooving on that fantasy. Scooters are winding their way through L.A. traffic on a regular basis....

The first modification Emily made to her bike was adding the cup holder (Photo by Andreanna Ditton/LAist This is the first in a series of Do It Yourself efforts trending Around Los Angeles. Some are purely hobbies that have taken off in unexpected ways, but most are projects and places built around a combination of necessity, ingenuity and frugality that often give people new skills and new approaches to various parts of their life....