Alysia Gray Painter

22 hours ago | nbclosangeles.com | Alysia Gray Painter

We'll never ungrip a talon, and then the other, and then proceed to spread our massive wings as we soar toward the clouds, owing to the fact that we are distinctly wingless and, quite sadly, 100% talon-free. But we can savor being in the beautiful sky in the magnificent mountains, a place favored by all sorts of birds, including bald eagles, by enjoying a highly bracing and beautiful journey on the Scenic Sky Chair.

23 hours ago | nbclosangeles.com | Alysia Gray Painter

CALIFORNIA IS CLUTTERED, in the best sense, with natural wonders that are tantalizingly remote, those not-so-easy-to-reach cliffsides and waterfalls and meadows that look much like they did hundreds of years ago. At the top of the pile, at least for lovers of colossal basalt columns that look as though they may have been carefully placed by the hand of a giant possessing an especially artistic eye? It's Devils Postpile, which sits near, or near-ish, anyway, Mammoth Mountain.

1 day ago | nbclosangeles.com | Alysia Gray Painter

Burgers, by their very circular nature, seem to be something that could rotate, if you put enough spin on the bun. But a series of "rotating burgers" is something different, at least when you're discussing Smorgasburg LA, the large-scale outdoor food market at ROW DTLA. The weekly event, which welcomes food lovers most Sundays to the sunny Arts District location, is launching the "Summer of Smorgasburg" June 8, with several tempting tastes and to-dos on the calendar.

1 day ago | nbclosangeles.com | Alysia Gray Painter

It may be a little warm for Day-Glo leg warmers, and our power blazer is at the dry cleaners, but we can still live out our '80s-big daydreams by making for the Miracle Mile. That's where several spectacular automobiles from the Neon Era, and the stylish 1990s, too, will be on vroom-vroom view over several snazzy months. The new exhibition is called "Totally Awesome! Cars and Culture of the '80s and '90s" and the place? Why the Petersen Automotive Museum, of course.

1 day ago | nbclosangeles.com | Alysia Gray Painter

Following the trail of some mythical and mystical creature into a thicket, like a fairy, for example, will likely not appear on our Summer 2025 Wrap-up, sad to say. But we can go to the woods to find mirth, magic, and the spellbinding allure of timeless words. Theatricum Botanicum has long beckoned lovers of the theater to its Topanga stage, an airy amphitheater that first laid down its ethereal roots back in the 1950s.