Minh Mai said she wants to make secondhand fashion everyone’s first choice. The fourth-year economics student co-founded NextBest, an online marketplace for secondhand clothing, with her brother, Hoa Mai. Read more...
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Nicolette Khalifian said her senior year of high school was spent grappling with self-doubt – her healing process began on the notes app of her phone. Read more...
Photo: Second-year psychobiology student Nicolette Khalifian published her first book in February, which originally started as notes she took on her phone in high school. The book explores how to overcome mental blocks and offers exercises to facilitate the process. (Courtesy of Nicolette Khalifian)
Britney Spears-inspired pop-up The Zone will leave guests begging to go one more time. Opening its doors across the street from The Grove through April 26, The Zone invites customers to step into a tour of rooms inspired by the singer’s most legendary music videos and performances. Read more...
Photo: The Britney Spears-inspired pop-up The Zone leads visitors through a tour of the pop singer’s most iconic moments, such as her “…Baby One More Time” music video. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin)
History repeats itself, and so does art. With films, video games and even books being flooded with sequels, remakes and spinoffs, audiences in recent years have appeared to embrace familiarity over novelty. Read more...
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Kim Gruenenfelder said someone once told her during a date that men need to be the center of attention – rather than their wives or girlfriends. Read more...
Photo: Kim Gruenenfelder has six published works and just recently turned in her seventh novel to her agent. Gruenenfelder, a women’s fiction and romantic comedy writer, said she unapologetically writes for women, and her characters are often based on her own life stories. The alumna said it’s important to fill in the gap for older women who are not often the focus of romantic comedies despite having equally humorous experiences. (Courtney Quirmbach/Daily Bruin)
The aesthetic in 9th St. Ramen is the fictionalized Los Angeles from “Blade Runner 2049.” Occupying a modest spot on 9th Street in Downtown Los Angeles, the restaurant has intrigued passersby with the neon glows of its dragon sign since its Feb. Read more...
Photo: 9th St. Ramen submits a usual fare of appetizers, but the karaage fried chicken popped with savoriness underneath its crispy batter. (Esther Li/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 3 at 1:35 p.m. Addison restaurant has more than 10,000 bottles of wine in its cellar – and each has a story. Read more...
Photo: As the wine director for Addison, San Diego’s only Michelin-starred restaurant, alumna Victoria O’Bryan oversees an extensive bottle list of 3,600 bottles in their selection and more than 10,000 bottles in the wine cellar. She said she was initially drawn to the field because it allows her to explore a number of different disciplines, such as geography and science. (Courtesy of Addison)
