The Westwood Whole Foods on a Saturday afternoon is a happening place. Outside, the tables are packed with UCLA students whose plates are piled high with a colorful variety of hot dishes. Read more...
Photo: These plant-based burgers resemble meat in appearance and texture. (Giselle Abcarian/Daily Bruin)
When you first move out of the dorms and into an off-campus apartment, that thrilling sense of true freedom can be a bit overwhelming. While living in the dorms allows for a somewhat autonomous experience, with a meal plan and resident assistant supervision, it’s more like a stepping stone on your way to real independence. Read more...
Photo: Blue Apron is a food delivery service that home-delivers recipe cards and premeasured fresh ingredients. (Creative Commons photo by Guillermo Fernandes via flickr)
It was during ninth week of this past fall quarter that I noticed, while making one of my essential Diddy Riese runs, for the first time, that Broxton Avenue had been cordoned off for a movie premiere. Read more...
Photo: The iconic Regency Village Theater is perhaps the best known landmark in Westwood Village. (Daily Bruin file photo)
On Sunday mornings in the city of Los Angeles, there’s nothing more important than picking out where to brunch. Well, there are a few things more important, but when you’re a bit hungover, have yet to do your grocery shopping for the next week and are getting hungrier and angrier by the second, figuring out where to brunch can seem like priority number one, at least for the moment. Read more...
Photo: A braised pork belly taco from the Chinese Laundry food truck is feast for the eyes. (Giselle Abcarian/Daily Bruin)
Pictures and videos of UCLA students hitting personal records on the deadlift or bench press appear whenever I go through my “explore” tab on Instagram. Phrases like “fitspiration,” “fitfam” and “fitspo” are commonly found as hashtags in these posts. Read more...
Photo: Fitness Instagram accounts can help people new to working out learn workout routines. (Courtesy of Catherine Achy)
College may very well be the best four years of a person’s life, but reports show that college students are more stressed out nowadays than they have ever been before. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Illustrations director)
In this week’s Trivial Pursuits, blogging contributors Aneesh Gowri and Molly Wright attempt to decode the mystery behind why the big white CSO van’s student transportation service ends astonishingly early in the evening. Read more...
