Originally published on nar.realtor on July 10, 2023 From sinks to faucets, find out what consumers prefer when outfitting their new kitchen. Homeowners are still warming up to smart-home technology in the kitchen. For now, they prefer mostly standard options when it comes to faucets and appliances, according to a new survey from Ferguson, a supplier of […]

People lounge in the late-afternoon sun at Barnsdall Art Park. (Calvin B. Alagot / Los Angeles Times) Originally published in the LA Times on June 30, 2023 BY CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS  | STAFF WRITER On any given day in Greater Los Angeles, in any season, the odds of picnic weather are good. And our choice of locations […]

Originally Published in the LA Times on June 22, 2023 Story written by Bill Addison & Danielle Dorsey   Barbecue is the epitome of American food — a style of cooking, with myriad regional variations, built on Indigenous traditions, perfected over centuries (particularly, in Los Angeles, by Black cooks who arrived from the South during […]

Originally Published in the LA Times on June 28, 2023 Photos and Story by Mark Gozonsky Loafing is the most popular lesson of my 20-year teaching career. I got the idea from Walt Whitman, who writes in “Song of Myself”  I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a […]