Steven Cong was stumped when he was handed his first boba drink. He and his friend looked at the plastic-sealed beverage with curiosity, wanting to taste the cold slushy drink and the soft tapioca pearls. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Steven Cong has compiled a boba database on Tumblr called Bobahol1c. He sampled drinks from 200 shops from the United States and China. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Shella Michael arrived in Los Angeles in 1982 after fleeing the aftermath of the Armenian genocide and the Lebanese civil war. She later had the opportunity to showcase her artwork at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. Read more...
Shayna Warner used tape to hold a tripod rig together during her summer internship. While working at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, she learned to over-prepare rather than under-prepare. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year music education student Virginia Pettis had a summer job at the UCLA film production studio in De Neve Commons, called Studio 22. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Jeanne Cheng packs lunches in a shade of green each day for her son, Kye. Green eggs, green apple juice and green mac and cheese all fortified with added vegetables are just a few of the items featured in his lunchbox. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Jeanne Cheng opened Kye’s, a quick service healthy food restaurant named after her son. The restaurant, which is located in Santa Monica, features healthy foods inspired by her son’s dietary restrictions and Cheng’s molecular biology degree. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Austin Beutner grew up in a small town in the Midwest, where he said food trucks have yet to hit the culinary scene. Unlike in his homeland, the food landscape of sunny Los Angeles has allowed food trucks to flourish due to the efforts of entrepreneurs like Kogi BBQ truck co-founder Roy Choi. Read more...
Photo: Austin Beutner is a self-described avid reader as well as the CEO and publisher of the Los Angeles Times. (Courtesy of Kirk Mckoy)
Chloe Yang and her friends sold customized beanies for a group economics project in high school. When the class was over, none of her friends looked back. Read more...
Photo: Rising second-year pre-human biology and society student Chloe Yang runs a business selling customized beanies with handcrafted designs. (Courtesy of Chloe Yang)
Hoards of zebra print leggings and crimped curls teased to lions’ mane proportions roamed rampant outside the lined gates of the Los Angeles Zoo. But rather than a scene of a mass animal outbreak, the commotion belonged only to ’80s-clad zoo-goers queued up Friday for the zoo’s final event of its annual summer music series: Roaring Nights. Read more...
Photo: The Pac Men, an ’80s cover band, was one of the night’s biggest attractions. Dressing in vibrant ’80s attire and led by their lead singer Sting Ray, The Pac Men gave audiences a nostalgic ’80s dance party and a night to remember. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
