VENICE, CA — Can't keep a good Buff Monster down. Despite the best efforts and baser inclinations of passing taggers, Buff Monster again reigns supreme at the intersection of Hampton and Indiana. As with so many neighborhood alley productions and back street murals, Buff Monster's are subject to local forces of entropy, ...

VENICE, CA — Architect and artist Maya Lin’s first foray into public design was Washington D.C.'s Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a project that was extremely controversial at the time. Not only was the design unconventional, it was done by a female undergraduate student whose parents were Chinese immigrants, and there were many ...

VENICE, CA— Never have I witnessed the depravity I witnessed among the swingers... That was going to be my opener. But then I didn't really witness any depravity among the swingers and thought to reconsider. (I did. I'm sticking with my gut.) As it turns out, the swingers I met all seemed ...