LAUREN MORTON-FARMERStaff Writer It’s a chilly but beautiful London morning, and a new sort of calm has settled over the Pepperdine house at 56 Prince’s Gate. For nearly two months, we have run about the city and carefully assimilated into the daily life of this European capital to the point where actual Britons have asked us how to get to Harrod’s (and we can tell them). But … [Read more...] about Parent’s see we’re not kids anymore
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Fall in love with technology (again)
SCOTT MOTIEStaff Writer Have you lost a love for technology? Do dreams of Bill Gates include horns and a pitchfork? Do you repeatedly watch the end of Napoleon Dynamite searching for inspiration in Kip’s “I love technology” song? There are three online services that could rekindle your love for technology. And for the most part, they’re free. They are Pandora, Skype and … [Read more...] about Fall in love with technology (again)
How to avoid the recording at the end of a voicemail greeting
KELSEY MAYSLiving Editor The Man — that supreme evildoer responsible for singed toast, traffic jams and income tax — is alive and well. In fact, he’s found himself a wife, a twisted woman just as nefarious as he. You hear her these days at the end of cell-phone voicemail greetings when, mildly disgruntled that your intended receiver is not available, you just want to leave a … [Read more...] about How to avoid the recording at the end of a voicemail greeting
It’s Hummer time
KELSEY MAYSLiving Assistant Anela Holck/Assistant Photo Editor Behind the wheel of a Hummer H3 SUV with the engine at full bore, I’m struggling to maintain 55 miles per hour up a slight grade on Pacific Coast Highway. In the passing lane comes, of all cars, a Toyota Prius. Oh, the irony. I bet that driver had quite a chuckle. Never mind that the H3 is Hummer’s smallest and most … [Read more...] about It’s Hummer time
King Tut run extended at LACMA
SHANNON UTRNOWSKIStaff Writer The gold and glitter of ancient Egypt will remain in Los Angeles a little longer because the Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibit “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” has extended its run by five days. The exhibit showcases treasures from Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, or King Tut, several of his relatives and his 18th-dynasty … [Read more...] about King Tut run extended at LACMA