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Smorgasburg is a pop up food market where small eateries and chefs set up for a day of dining, tasting, and celebrating the diverse culinary scene of Los Angeles with emerging chefs and unique dishes. The weekly food festival began as offshoot of a funky, hip craft market in an industrial part of Williamsburg, a […]

I recently took a trip to Southern California and couldn’t pass up the chance to visit the Santa Monica Pier to ride the West Coaster, which has to be one of the most frequently filmed roller coasters in the U.S. It was surreal to be standing at a place that I’ve seen on screen so […]

Stella Rose and the Sea Dragon, a new children’s book about finding courage Santa Monica Pier Deputy Director and historian James Harris has written a new book, this time with his daughter Stella. Stella Rose and the Sea Dragon is an allegorical tale about the journey a young person takes when graduating from a small, […]