In January 2009, Sanam Lamborn was bored out of her mind for the very first time. Read more...
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The recipe for khorest narengee, a Persian stew, was sent in by Los Angeles food blogger Sanam Lamborn. The dish is made with chicken, oranges, carrots, onions, lemon juice and spice, and is served with rice.
Bald people can't do it, but even kimono-wearing old ladies in Japan have jumped on the hair color bandwagon. Read more...
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Alison Kish, the salon manager at the Aveda Institute in Westwood, gets her hair dyed a pink hue. Despite its potential damaging effects, hair-coloring is a creative outlet for many people.
The two dancers circle each other slowly. Read more...
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2010 alumnus Tom Nguyen performs a “hollow back.” Weekly “Friday Night Fights” take place outside Covel Commons at 10 p.m.
In all honesty, I'm embarrassingly more frugal than the average college student. I use coupons at Ralphs to the point that my groceries cost nothing, I amble toward free samples at Costco and I often find myself using spare change to pay for most purchases. Read more...
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A two-piece red, ruffled dress from Zac Posen’s Target line sells for $79.99. (TARGET)
Figuring out what to dress up as for Halloween is a conundrum for the slothful and the lazy. Those two words embody my personality, and anytime I have to lift myself up and use my brain to conjure up a costume around Halloween time, I either reach for a sandwich or drift off into a snooze or a combination of both. Read more...
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Lacey Chabert, Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried star in the 2004 film “Mean Girls,” which yielded a famous Halloween costume scene. (MOVIE PICTURE DATABASE)
Janss Steps on a Thursday night is silent compared to the muddled roar of Westwood North Village. Read more...
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Claire Wang, a third-year physiological science student, lifts the lion head above her own during lion dance practice. Members of the Association of Chinese Americans Lion Dance team meet at Janss Steps to learn and perfect the traditional moves.
For UCLA alumna Jessica Anderson-Gwin, the pole is another form of the ballet bar. Anderson-Gwin began taking pole dancing classes while simultaneously enrolled in the world arts and cultures program at UCLA and saw the moves on the bar as a form of balletic expression and, most notably, as an art. Read more...
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UCLA alumna Jessica Anderson-Gwin founded JAGGED, a contemporary pole dancing company. (courtesy of Isaac Suttell)
