Sunlight gleamed over bottles of boutique wine, sharply contrasting the dark wood of the shelves. Throughout the wine room, customers sat on high stools around small tables chatting. The space looked like any other wine bar, except the tables were covered with white trays of silkworm pupas, dried crickets and mealworms. Michael Consbruck, UCLA alumnus […]
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Bar necessities: Bigfoot West
Westwood’s bars, or lack thereof, can easily grow old for thirsty college students in search of a taproom suited to their tastes. Daily Bruin senior staffers Erin Nyren and William Thorne embark on a bar-sampling journey to uncover the best watering holes in Los Angeles. Over the next 10 weeks, they explain which have the […]
Taylor Swift’s fashion evolution
In 10 years Taylor Swift has evolved not only as a singer but also as a fashion icon. She began as a curly-haired girl at the age of “Fifteen,” grew into her chic look when she was “22” and now shows off her designer “Style” on the red carpet. Hair revolution Taylor Swift’s hair symbolizes […]
Bar necessities: The Daily Pint
Westwood’s bars, or lack thereof, can easily grow old for thirsty college students in search of a taproom suited to their tastes. Daily Bruin senior staffers Erin Nyren and William Thorne embark on a bar-sampling journey to uncover the best watering holes in Los Angeles. Over the next 10 weeks, they explain which have the […]
UCLA student strives to shatter beauty standards in modeling industry
“Too short,” “too skinny” and “too Latina” were words Viviana Lira heard from photographers that sought the stock characteristics of beautiful women for their shoots. Lira, a second-year art history student, found that few photographers wanted a look that wasn’t mainstream when she began her modeling career in high school. As a woman who had […]
UCLA graduate explores Vietnamese identity in sci-fi performance piece
This post was updated Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. T.K. Lê lay sprawled out on her Koreatown apartment floor, drawing arrows and connecting blocks of text on a huge piece of parchment paper. The large paper was the beginning of the UCLA graduate’s most recent science fiction performance piece, which she said explores her own […]
Desert Trip offers fans of all ages chance to see heroes perform
Hannah Nizinski skipped class trying to buy tickets to see the classic rock heroes of her childhood. This weekend, the second-year business economics student will attend the rock music festival Desert Trip with her father, who she said first introduced her to the genre. The Coachella-esque festival takes place in Indio, California, over two weeks, […]