by Jessie Schiewe | Jun 23, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Favorites, LA Weekly, Weird
LA Weekly It’s easy to make friends when you wear pasties at EDC. I would know. I did it last night. I didn’t plan for this to happen. When I packed for the festival, I chose regular clothes—shorts, tank tops, a sundress. You see, I’m not a raver and I’d never been to...
by Jessie Schiewe | May 11, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Favorites, LA Weekly
LA Weekly The KBUU-FM radio studio is in a ranch-style tract house, on a cul de sac on one of Malibu’s few suburban-style streets. In what used to be Emily Laetz’s bedroom, the detritus of a recently moved-out kid is everywhere. Puka shell necklaces hang...
by Jessie Schiewe | Apr 17, 2015 | Favorites, News, Other Newspapers, Profiles
San Francisco Chronicle Running a business as large and varied as Oaklandish — ranked 33rd on Fortune’s list of the 100 fastest-growing inner-city companies in America last year — isn’t easy. On the eve of the brand’s recent yearly warehouse sale, with a website...
by Jessie Schiewe | Apr 7, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Favorites, Miami New Times, Other Newspapers
Miami New Times Phillip Pessar’s Flickr stream reads like a love letter to Miami. In roughly 9,600 photos, it tells the story of South Florida’s ever-changing architectural landscape. “I’m trying to keep the memory of the few things that are...
by Jessie Schiewe | Feb 20, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Favorites, Other Websites, Salon
Salon IT WAS 4 P.M. ON A THURSDAY, two hours until the end of Jesse Banuelos’ workday. He was standing behind the front counter of Berkeley Typewriter, his trademark green apron tied around his waist. A dozen broken typewriters — some electric, but most of them manual...
by Jessie Schiewe | Dec 17, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Favorites, Miami New Times, Other Newspapers
Broward-Palm Beach New Times IT’S SPRINGTIME IN HOLLYWOOD. The sky is cloudless and blue. Tourists bake in the sun and the Hollywood sign winks from the hills. A low-flying plane poops smoke trails overhead. On the rooftop of a 1920s apartment building, two...
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