A weekly-ish Los Angeles events roundup with a playful, irreverent voice, listing pop-ups, parties, workshops and sponsored brand activations by neighborhood and day. Readers get a quick guide to what is happening around LA each weekend.
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A personal essay newsletter by a writer and editor exploring editing as a craft, life in Los Angeles, and contemplative practice and meditation books. Issues mix reflective memoir with careful, idea-driven analysis of how we think, write, and make sense of experience.
Humorous personal columns by a longtime Los Angeles Times writer, covering family life, Los Angeles, sports and everyday observations. Readers get short, voice-driven essays with jokes and warm anecdotes.
Frank Bear's Lunch Box is a Substack newsletter by a former LA Times columnist covering Los Angeles food, travel and the stories behind dishes and communities, such as the naming of Chinese restaurants in Monterey Park and Sikh langar kitchens. Readers get reported, anecdote-rich features with local history and practical detail about where to eat and why.
A Los Angeles-focused newsletter arguing that bad policy holds the city back, covering affordability for creatives, stalled street and mobility reform under Measure HLA, and park access. Readers get personal essays paired with policy analysis on how LA could become a better city.
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