In Loving Memory, Alexander García Of Engage Pilates I just learned that Alex and Jennifer—the husband-and-wife owners and instructors of Engage Pilates studio in Nob Hill—were in a motorcycle accident last [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More
Alibi Food Columnists Featured In The L.a. Times! Stinging hi-fives for Alex Brown and Evan George, who made it into a feature—including a slide show and a recipe—in this week’s Food [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More Alex (foreground) and Evan make some tasties for the L.A. Times . (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Music To Your Ears Akon Ticket Giveaway On Friday, June 26, the Akon Freedom Fest sets off an explosive lineup of R&B/rap chart-toppers at the Journal Pavilion. Headlining is club-banging, [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 11, 2009 Read More
Music To Your Ears The Return Of Fast Heart Mart Wipe away your tears, acoustic grunge lovers of Albuquerque. In late April, I shared Fast Heart Mart‘s announcement that a family emergency could [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 04, 2009 Read More
No Service Fees For Livenation Shows Offered today … and some Wednesdays to come. Live Nation announced that it’s dropping service fees on more than five million lawn tickets [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 04, 2009 Read More
Flashquiz: Bubble And Squeak … In Brit-speak, that’s leftover veg and meat fried up with mashed potatoes. If you didn’t already know that, there’s no chance whatsoever [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 04, 2009 Read More
Ralli’s: Rock Bar Or Gay Bar? Yesterday, the patio’s bamboo fencing came down and a sign announcing the return of rock went up. The co-owner of Ralli’s Fourth Street [...] Laura Marrich \ May 28, 2009 Read More The flyer from Ralli’s relaunch as a gay club in October 2008
Cake Wretchedness My sister could barely contain her glee as she summoned my whole family around the computer to look at Cake Wrecks, a blog [...] Laura Marrich \ May 28, 2009 Read More
Flashquiz: The Shackles Of Love In honor of my impending wedding, here’s an eye-opening (and austere-looking) true/false quiz on marriage statistics from the New York Times archives. In [...] Laura Marrich \ May 21, 2009 Read More