During Michael Kahn’s quarter in Washington, D.C., as a UCLA undergraduate during the 1960s, he stumbled upon a framed cartoon of a tattooed man in the home of one of his professors. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Michael Kahn recently published his book, “Puck: What Fools These Mortals Be,” which is on the history of Puck Magazine’s political cartoons. (Courtesy of Susan Kahn)
There are more than 500 square miles of city surrounding UCLA’s campus, which takes up a minuscule fraction of that mileage. For such a big place, Los Angeles at times seems impossible to navigate. Read more...
Photo: Sunset Boulevard is home to Book Soup, a store filled with every kind of book imaginable – from science fiction to cooking. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
378 pies: that’s all it took to transform Wilson Plaza into a little slice of heaven. This past Sunday, KCRW hosted its sixth annual “Good Food Pie Contest” for the first time at UCLA in coordination with the Fowler Museum. Read more...
Photo: Local bakers serve up their finest pie creations to happy pie lovers at KCRW’s 6th annual “Good Food Pie Competition,” hosted outside of the Fowler Museum last Sunday. (Eva Sidhu/Daily Bruin)
On the first day of class this quarter, many students chose to spend the day’s twilight hours socializing and snacking on munchies from some of Los Angeles’ most popular food trucks, all within a short walk from campus. Read more...
Photo: Third-year economics and political science student Eric Lim (left) and fourth-year business economics student David Kang (right), the external finance advisor and executive producer of the Korean Culture Night production team, respectively, organized Bruin Food Truck Night Thursday at the food truck lot on Gayley and Le Conte Avenues. (Eileen Li/Daily Bruin)
Brendan Hornbostel, A&E editor Having grown up playing drums and guitar in bands in San Francisco, I’ve always been one to over-scrutinize every song down to its notes and phrases to find that one lyric that captures the humanizing quality of a great piece of music. Read more...
Slightly lost in the exotic land of Beverly Hills, I turned to the first person I spotted and asked directions to Da PasqualeTrattoria Italiana. This woman did not hesitate to steer metheright way before declaring that I would find the best Italian food I would ever have in that direction. Read more...
Photo: (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin Senior Staff)
Upon entering Garlo’s Aussie Pie Shop, everything – from the decor to the scents – seems to lift you out of Westwood. As the friendly voice of shop owner Sean Garlick welcomes you in, a short flight of stairs downward and the sign next to it guides the customer “to your table down under,” an eating area that’s appropriately south of street level. Read more...
Photo: (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
