1. Which of the following was NOT prohibited by the Eighteenth Amendment, which ushered in the era known as Prohibition on Jan. 29, 1919? a. consuming alcohol b. manufacturing "intoxicating beverages" c. exporting alcohol d. selling alcohol 2. Which was the only state to reject the Eighteenth Amendm...

photo from their website Earlier this year – actually, during summer – I made my way down to Santa Monica to try a restaurant that I’d heard rave reports about. A young, new chef, Evan Funke, had just taken over the kitchen at Rustic Canyon Wine Bar. Word on the street was that he had studied ...

A green marble fireplace anchors the bar at Delux Last night I made a very quick pitstop at the opening of Bar Delux, the swanky new lounge on Cahuenga from Adolfo Suaya. The lush deco style is by Kris Keith of Spacecraft, who has designed spaces as diverse as La Buca and the Delux-adjacent Kitchen ...

Don't get me started complaining about hotels. Seriously. I travel too much and the modern hotel just ain't what it used to be, if it ever was, as Yogi might have said. Like what's up with the closing the spigot on the bathtub? Every freaking hotel trains their room staff to close the spigot on the ...