For the past three months, I have been creating itineraries for adults under the aegis of Reasons to Gather. Based on the strong response, I’ve built a new platform for those adventures and invite you all to follow me …

Hollyhock House, set atop a spectacular property near Los Feliz, is a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece. If you visit before May 27, you can catch a spectacular in-situ art installation.

Ceramic by Adam Silverman and Painting by Louise Bonnet at

As part of the rebranded Reason to Gather (soon to be hosted on its own platform), I’ll bring you highlights from the LA cultural landscape on a monthly basis, as filtered through my lens: museums, books and movies, articles, adventures, …

An excursion to see Exodus by the artist Anselm Kiefer is a must before it closes, both to learn about a world-class artist and this monumental set of paintings and to visit a unique exhibition space. A stroll through the …

As part of my work with Common Sense, I produced this conversation for parents and educators about the nonprofit’s new research on pornography viewing by our (very young) kids. This very capable panel teases out the learnings and offers practical …

The Arts District has an endlessly changing mix of restaurants and galleries and an excursion downtown always lifts me up.  Wandering in tourist mode and glimpsing novel views of my own city restores me as if I’ve taken a vacation. …

I recently joined a new club, one with nearly 45 million US members. Like many, during the pandemic, I became a “birder” – first by learning the birds that flocked to a feeder in my backyard and more recently, by …

You might not know his name. But chances are, you know Kehinde Wiley‘s official Presidential portrait of Barack Obama. According to Julian Lucas’ recent New Yorker profile, Wiley has gone from “enfant terrible of the early two-thousands, when he …

Solstice at Getty Center

Our Los Angeles skies are pristine after the rain and there’s no better viewing perch than the Getty Center. Living in proximity to one of our country’s most visited museums makes it a treat to pop …