Danny Chun

Hollywood’s Korean-American (Poconos-Raised) Comedic Genius

When Daniel Chun first arrived in town a decade ago, Los Angeles Magazine highlighted The Prince, a West 7th Street bar across from Ambassador High in Koreatown, as one of L.A.’s next hot drinking spots. “I think Britney or someone else had just partied here,” Danny recalls, “but this place will go to great lengths to resist becoming cool.” Danny (as everyone calls him) says this as he approvingly surveys the space during a sleepy happy hour on a Wednesday afternoon.

The Prince is known for its Korean-style fried chicken and beefeater …

by Andrés Martinez | November 1, 2012

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Alberto ‘Beto’ Escoto

A Guadalajara Music Legend Keeps On Drumming In Tempe

by Fernando Pérez | October 2, 2012

When Alberto “Beto” Escoto was 5 years old in Guadalajara, he would tap the kitchen tabletop in rhythm with the military band marching down the street. A fork and spoon …

Zhenya Gershman

From Russia With Grotesquerie

by Sarah Rothbard | August 15, 2012

The phrase “Soviet artist” makes me think of dissidents and deprivation–bearded men writing masterpieces in small, cold apartments crammed with one-too-many generations of family, subsisting on crusts of bread and …

Winston Binch

A Don Draper for the Digital Age

by Sarah Rothbard | April 16, 2012

The 21st-century adman wears a t-shirt, drinks tequila, plays guitar, and checks into our drinks date on Foursquare as he takes a seat at the bar at Venice’s The Tasting …

Lawrence Weschler

Longing for the Light of Los Angeles

by Alix Ohlin | March 7, 2012

In his 1998 New Yorker essay “L.A. Glows,” Lawrence Weschler famously wrote about the light of Southern California, describing how, while watching the O.J. Simpson car chase on TV, he …

Leo Carillo

Lifestyles of a Not-So-Anxious Jornalero

by Brenda Yancor | February 27, 2012

Prior to meeting up with me for drinks, Leo Carrillo had spent his Sunday afternoon drawing a cholita with a side ponytail. “It happens to everybody,” Leo said. “You get …

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