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Love in the time of coronavirus

The night before coronavirus turned our lives upside down, I went to Nixon’s. I wasn’t really in...

Bar regulars receive their fair share of perks. Maybe they get quicker service, an occasional free...

One winter afternoon, Rev. Bryant Faust could not fall asleep for his nap. Some neighborhood kids...

Posted by Alyson Sheppard | Feb 19, 2020 | Cover Story |

Little Cailyn Boykin, 10, is pushing a flat-bed cart that must be about twice her size. It’s the...

The other day I asked my boyfriend’s eldest son, 9-year-old Emmitt, what he had had for dinner....

Posted by Alyson Sheppard | Feb 12, 2020 | Style Feature |

Photos | LA Fotographee. Indie cake-off winner Sara Cowley (in purple) with judges. The Great King...

Smoking cigarettes is a retro act of danger, like not wearing a seatbelt. We’ve known for decades...

On a recent Monday morning my friend Ashlyn texted me to say she had quit Dry January. I didn’t...

Drink less. That command has appeared on my list of New Year’s resolutions for the past 10...

Those of us who live at the beach year-round have a grit to us, which we don’t earn by fighting...