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TAKE ME BACK!

AHHH ME TOO.

(Source: synodik)

LAST UNDERGRADUATE FINAL OF MY LIFE COMING UP TODAY. can’t believe it.

Missing Coachella quite a bit… three full days of amazing music with awesome people.

coketalk:

Dirty Paws - Of Monsters and Men

This song makes me want to go play outside.

pretty.

cool.

socalfood:

Greenbar Collective: A Boozy Peek at the Future of L.A. Food

It might be hard to believe, but a bright red brick building in downtown Los Angeles — nestled among strip clubs and scrap yards, a block from an Amtrak maintenance facility, in the shadow of the 10 freeway — represents the future of food production for the city.

Husband and wife Melkon Khosrovian and Litty Mathew are still buffing the dust off the shiny new headquarters for their Greenbar Collective, a 14,000 square-foot distillery and warehouse where they produce locally-sourced organic lemon vodka and jasmine-infused liqueur. As soon as they scale up, they’ll be able to make four million bottles a year, which would make them the producers of the largest, most diverse portfolio of organic spirits in the country.

But there’s much more to toast about Greenbar. When you raise a glass filled with one of their products, you’ll be drinking the first spirits to be distilled in the city of Los Angeles since Prohibition.

“It was so important to us because we really wanted to be a part of downtown,” says Mathew from her sunny office overlooking East 8th Street. “I’m hoping just being here and having a presence on the street is a good thing.” It’s something the city is banking on: They’re the first new business lured to the area as part of the CleanTech Corridor, a new enterprise district L.A. hopes will bring green jobs to downtown.

Read more here!

BUCKETLISTBUCKETLISTBUCKETLIST FOR THIS SUMMER!!!

On my summer to do list…

socalfood:

L.A.’s Newest Farmers’ Market: The Autry in Griffith Park

Popular culture makes it seem as though Angelenos only get truly excited about a club opening. But we think that, in truth, it’s a new farmers’ market that really gets our collective engine going. This past Saturday saw the debut of one such market, in the parking lot of the Autry National Center in Griffith Park. Vendors already signed up for a stint were selling products ranging from honey to kale, cheese to berries, daikon to pastries. Food trucks also run the length of the market, and the museum’s cafe will be open for brunch and mimosas. This is something of an elegant affair, and we’re wondering: does the famed Hollywood Farmers’ Market have some competition? Check out our photos, by the talented R.E., and tell us what you think.

See more lovely photos here!

Brownie with Oreo and peanut butter! (Taken with instagram)

Caine’s Arcade. I LOVE THIS. I AM GOING TO GO. Kids are never afraid to dream big and have huge imaginations.

allthingseurope:

Sommieres, France (by jacobsfrank)

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neontommy:

USC Shooting Brings Together Divided Asian Community

Kwon Hans, a 24 year-old masters student, walked out of his class at 7:30 pm Wednesday to attend the vigil held in honor of Ming Qu and Ying Wu, two University of Southern California students who were murdered Wednesday.

“I’m proud of being Chinese student today. I was in middle of class, and I told the professor I had to go. I thought I would be the only one, but all the other people came behind me. I was so moved,” said Hans.

He was the only international student from China in the class, and he was surprised when students from Taiwan, Hong Kong as well as Asian Americans picked up their belongings and followed him.

Continue reading at Neon Tommy.

[Updated, April 12 at 1:45 p.m.: We’ve truncated the post due to offensive copy — there are some good comments on the article itself, too, that you might want to check out.]

Photo credit: Jerry Ting / Neon Tommy

Right in the middle of USC! What a cool concept. http://www.streetpianos.com/

helloadriane:

Taken with instagram

It’s been much too long. :)