Living LA
Meet Gina Morey, your New Colonist guide to Living LA! Explore the streets, shops, and surprises of a town that long-ago outgrew Dorothy Parker's scornful definition of it as "72 suburbs in search of a city." Now the country's most diverse and invigorating megalopolis, LA is growing into not a real city, but a dozen real cities, as Gina explains in this and other articles exclusive to The New Colonist....[more]

Third Street Village, Part 1
Gina takes you to Third St. in the heart of Los Angeles, where she recomends that you "...take a deep breath and notice the smells and aromas, and talk to the proprietors. Because you will never see that store's likeness anywhere else. It is absolutely unique. On the entire stretch I believe that there is not a single representative of any nation-wide chain (with the exception of the venerable Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors, whose presence, given how hot it's been lately, I would never begrudge). Nor do I think that there is more than a couple of establishments with even a sister location near by...."[more]

Third Street Village, Part 2
Gina continues her tour of Third St., heading steadily eastward in her quest for artisanal shops, fine cooking, and gemütlichkeit. Stop in for a snack at Doughboys, get your jeans patched while you browse vintage leather at Denim Doctor, check out Décor Deluxe's furnishings, form an opinion about notNeutral, and finish with dinner at Sofi...and you've barely started!...[more]