When I started editing this magazine more than three years ago, I was excited for the opportunity to work in print — publishing a glossy magazine is a rare opportunity for a writer these days. But what I didn’t expect was to make real connections with the people here. It’s been an unexpected blessing to […]

1. Drag queen Billy L’Amour dances with strategically placed feathers 2. The advertising community enjoys music and performances at the TBWA\Chiat\Day offices 3. Billy L’Amour performs as Marilyn Monroe with a fog machine 4. Deutsch designer Jeremy Gozzip celebrates with a cocktail and a fan 5. A boy toddles past a classic car decorated with […]

1. Kelsey Scott as Hatshepsut 2. The filmmakers at a Q&A after the screening 3. A packed audience at Playa Vista Cinemark 4. Producer/actor Terence Bernie Hines (right) speaking with guests 5. The cast of “Hatshepsut” in a photo from the film 6. (left to right) Cassandre Ursu, director Sonia Machado-Hines, Adrian Ursu, Ingrid Rogers […]

1. A budding gymnast hangs from a bar 2. Little Aiden enjoys Stacy’s Cookies 3. Devon looking fierce in tiger stripes 4. Siblings Sofia and Kai 5. Making giant bubbles was a big hit 6. PVMG President Erin Valich with Amanda Goldman Giant soap bubbles filled the sunny skies over Playa Vista on Sunday, August […]

“It’s a smile, it’s a kiss, it’s a sip of wine. It’s summertime,” the Kenny Chesney song goes. To me this perfectly describes summer in Playa Vista. As spring rolls into summer, the Playa Vista community can look forward to happy beach days with smiling kids, romantic evenings under the bluffs, and some of the […]

A colorful, life-sized car piñata was the last “automobile” to park on the short stretch of Runway Road that runs through the heart of Runway at Playa Vista. On May 9, across from Healthy Spot, DJM Capital Partners Chief Retail Officer Stenn Parton and several associates donned hard hats for an enthusiastic bashing of the […]

 

I was a ball of nerves the day of my very first book signing. I’d never written a novel before, so this is all terrifying new territory for me. Considering I write for a living, it might sound strange that writing “Ada Lovelace: the Countess who Dreamed in Numbers” was enormously difficult for me, but […]

Photos by Zsuzsi Steiner Doc Brown’s silver DeLorean from “Back to the Future,” the 1998 Volkswagen Beetle from the Austin Powers sequel “The Spy Who Shagged Me,” the yellow Volkswagen bus from the 2006 film “Little Miss Sunshine” and the bubble-gum pink Honda S2000 from “2 Fast 2 Furious” brought some old-school movie magic to […]

Photos by Zsuzsi Steiner There’s an old joke that goes, “On St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is a little bit Irish. Except the Scottish.” On the evening of Friday, March 15, the Scots weren’t well-represented at Runway. This was an occasion for celebrating the Irish spirt. It seemed like all of Playa Vista was there sporting […]