Venice

My Reinvention Tour: The Venice Yard Sale

Martha McCully | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living


Martha McCully

The pace of making money in this new world is so different than what I'm used to. When I first left the steady paycheck eighteen months ago, each day that would go by where I didn't make a penny caused a panic.

Baby Boomers: 1969 - Europe on 5 Dollars a Day; 2009 - Europe on 500 Dollars a Day

Brent Green | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living


Brent Green

Arthur Frommer's best-selling book published in 1957, Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, is quaintly incongruous 52 years later.

Death in Venice in Venice. No Kidding.

Gwen Davis | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment


Gwen Davis

Last night at the Teatro del Fenice was the Venice debut of choreographer John Neumeier's Tod in Venedig, a ballet performed by the Hamburg Ballett, based, they dared to say, on Thomas Mann's classic novel.

Water gushes down streets in drought-stricken LA

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 09.24.2009 | Home

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Although the Los Angeles River looks more like a rain-starved trickle these days, parts of this drought-stricken city have been awash in an unusual sight – torrents of floodwater sweeping cars off streets and barbecues out of backyards.

Not a drop of rain has fallen on Los Angeles since June 5, according to the National Weather Service, but aging water pipes have been blowing up at the rate of more than one a day in recent weeks.

From the city's bohemian, beach-front community of Venice to the pre-World War II cottages that dot foothills surrounding the San Fernando Valley, people are becoming increasingly angry, muddy and wet as they watch millions of gallons of water wash away.

The number of breaks – 36 during the first three weeks of September – really isn't an unusual amount for a city the size of Los Angeles, said James McDaniel, senior assistant general manager with the Department of Water and Power. What is unusual, he said, is the severity of the recent breaks, including one that created a sinkhole so big it nearly swallowed a fire truck.

"It's not what causes a break but why did the break break in such a way that it causes this much damage," McDaniel told a City Council panel looking into the matter on Wednesday. He added that his agency has appointed a panel of experts to study the city's geology, its 7,200 miles of pipeline, its pattern of water use and any other potential causes.

Habana West: Over on the West Coast, Eater...

Eater | Eater | Posted 09.16.2009 | Home

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Over on the West Coast, Eater LA takes a look at Cafe Habana in Malibu and Habana Outpost in Venice, the Nolita Mexican darling's first east to west...

The (Looonnng and Winding) Road Out of Telluride

Michael Bialas | Posted 09.12.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Bialas

The unemployment rate and health care issues getting you down? Try living in a post-apocalyptic world, where bad taste (as in cannibalism) is prevalent and fuel and more wholesome foods are not.

It's (Blue) Wedding Day for Sprinkle and Stephens

Greg Archer | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Greg Archer

Like most gay couples in America, Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens have fought hard to have their union recognized by the courts. When that didn't happen they came up with a curious enterprise.

Otalia: "Guiding Light" Lesbian Couple Sparks Web Series After Soap's Cancellation

New York Times | LISA BERNHARD | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media


Ms. Chappell said, "Like the audience I hated the idea of letting" the story line go. So she won't. She will try to keep the spirit of Otalia alive...

The Venetian Country Villas

Angella Nazarian | Posted 09.21.2009 | World


Angella Nazarian

When I had the opportunity to travel to Venice recently, I knew this time I would experience the city in a way I never had before.

Crowne Plaza Quarto D'Altino: Venice Hotel Accidentally Offers 1-Cent Stay

Reuters | Posted 09.17.2009 | Style


Hundreds of holiday makers struck lucky when they chanced upon a very special offer -- a mistake in a hotel booking system which offered a romantic fo...

Hotels one cent error proves costly

GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 09.15.2009 | Home


A hotel which is situated near Venice has made a costly mistake after advertising it's rooms on line for just a fraction of what they are worth. ...

Outdoor Oases: The World's Best Summer Bars and Clubs

ASMALLMAGAZINE. | ASMALLMAGAZINE | Posted 09.07.2009 | Home


ASMALLMAGAZINE picks the world's best spots to drink, dance and dine under the sun and stars. Beach Parties Amnesia, Ibiza 1. Caprice, Myko...

A Postcard from the Venice Biennale

Barbara Isles | Posted 08.07.2009 | Style


Barbara Isles

Here I am in the mobbed frenzy that is the 53rd Biennale. I am so lucky to be staying with my friend Bianca in her palazzo Papadopoli, where I can smell the jasmine and lime blossoms coming through my window from her garden.

Venice Biennale Starts With A Splash

AP | Colleen Barry | Posted 07.09.2009 | Style


VENICE, Italy - Quieter parties. Harsher art. That's one view from the 53rd Venice Biennale, the oldest and one of the most influential contemporary...

My Reinvention Tour: Car-less in L.A.

Martha McCully | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living


Martha McCully

I'm doing a lot of things differently in my new economy. I'm cleaning my own house, choosing meters over valet, skipping doctors' appointments, living without HBO, avoiding Whole Foods.

Venice’s “Sugisball” Finds a Home at Strand

indieWIRE | indieWIRE | Posted 06.05.2009 | Home

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U.S. rights to Estonian director Veiko Ounpuu’s Venice International Film Festival feature “Sugisball” has been picked up by St...

Al Pacino Will Play Napoleon in "Betsy and the Emperor"

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.09.2009 | Home

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It's been like watching a once great boxing champion... maybe one of the greatest of all times... hang on too long and getting his face beat to a pulp...

Venice To Get Half Of Its Electricity From Algae

treehugger.com | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green


Most talk of algae and renewable energy on TreeHugger involves liquid biofuels, but a new plan being put forth in Venice hopes to use algae to generat...

My Reinvention Tour: Initiation In Venice Beach

Martha McCully | Posted 04.19.2009 | Living


Martha McCully

I've been in Venice 21 days and I am still the New Girl. The simplest and most complex incidents make me feel this way. I don't even know when and where to cross the street.

An Interesting Walk Through Counterculture

Al Seckel | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


Al Seckel

I took my first walk down the boardwalk since Obama became president. Gone was most of the anti-establishment merchandise. Replacing it was merchandise filled with "Hope."

Venice Hit By Worst Flooding In More Than 20 Years

BBC NEWS | Posted 01.01.2009 | World


Venice has been hit by the biggest flood in more than 20 years, with waters rising 1.56m (5ft) above normal. Many of Venice's streets, including the ...