Jessica Ritz
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Jessica Ritz is a freelance journalist and native Angeleno who regularly writes for Architectural Digest PRO, Metropolis and California Home & Design. She has contributed to the L.A. Times, Los Angeles magazine, the New York Times, C Magazine, Coastal Living, Jewish Journal of L.A., Tablet, American Way and UCLA Magazine, among other outlets.
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L.A. is blessed with restaurants where eating at the bar or counter isn't equated with second-class status.
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Whether or not you think Frank Lloyd Wright is the Greatest American Architect of All Time, he designed a gorgeously innovative -- if often structurally flawed -- building or two or few hundred.
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In an environment so focused on creation of media content, there are those who take a step back to critically evaluate it.
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Veteran journalist and cultural chronicler Kristine McKenna has profiled, documented and interpreted much of what and who has impacted Los Angeles over the past several decades.
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"Kinetic advertising" seems to be on a roll in Los Angeles over the past few years.
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Is it true that great pizza can't really be enjoyed until you head east 10 and get to... Phoenix?
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"How will we ever recover?" showman Charles Phoenix asked the audience following the spellbinding presentation by master Bob Baker and his dazzling crew of puppeteers.
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The vast majority of contemporary architecture aims for the middle, or winds up satisfying few elements of collectively desirable criteria.
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Several LA institutions and individuals deserve a hearty congrats following the most recent round of the food world's academy awards. James Beard Foundation Award winners (PDF link to complete list) include LA Weekly food guru Jonathan Gold for Best Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique, Spago for Best Chef in America (California region) and Outstanding Service, and the treasured Los Feliz institution Yuca's on Hillhurst. The last entity was honored with the Southern Wines &...
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Several LA institutions and individuals deserve a hearty congrats following the most recent round of the food world's academy awards. James Beard Foundation Award winners (PDF link to complete list) include LA Weekly food guru Jonathan Gold for Best Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique, Spago for Best Chef in America (California region) and Outstanding Service, and the treasured Los Feliz institution Yuca's on Hillhurst. The last entity was honored with the Southern Wines &...
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