Green Away from Home

July 15th, 2008

If you’ve got out of town visitors coming or want a weekend getaway sans airline flights, waits, bag fees or emissions, consider L.A.’s own green hotel offerings in three different pockets of town:

Westwood: L.A.’s Newest Eco-Luxe Accommodations are at Hotel Palomar. Luxury aside, it implements nuts and bolts environmental practices like in-room recycling bins, energy-efficient [...]

The Los Angeles Film Festival: The Audience is King.

June 16th, 2008

Film festivals are no longer intimate gatherings of “industry” people and film buffs. Nowadays, almost everyone is aware of Sundance, Cannes, even Tribecca. Not as well-known is our own film festival, right in the movie capital of the world.
The Los Angeles Film Festival is starting up for it’s 14th annual run on June [...]