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Los Angeles
Sniffing Out L.A.'s Hot Nabes
August 29, 2006 at 10:25 AM | 2 Comments
As part of a much larger article on the gentrification of Los Angeles--which we're too lazy to read--LA Weekly published a cheat sheet: Five ways to tell your L.A. neighborhood is gentrifying. In New York, this is a simple equation (when the number of pais divided by the number of guys wearing size 30 or smaller jeans is less than one, you're gentrified) but apparently it's a little more complicated in Los Angeles.
Some of them are more obvious than others--and ornamental grasses get mentioned twice, so they must be a pretty clear barometer--but we do like one of their choices in particular: Gelato. We agree that gelato is the new espresso; coffee shops were the sign of Gen X gentrification, and gelato is it for Gen Y. Guess that means we're in for a fat set of hipsters in a few years.
[Image via mirellinha/Flickr]
Related Stories:
· Five Signs of Gentrification [LA Weekly]
Dresden
Slaughterhouse Jive
May 15, 2006 at 10:20 AM | 0 Comments
Doesn't Dresden deserve better than an article calling it a party town? It's a cool city which we're happy to recommend--ideal for a lunch pit stop on the train between Prague and Berlin. It shouldn't be lumped in with Talinn and the rest.
If you were to turn this article into a drinking game--we're to lazy to lay out all the rules, but let's say you drink when you see something you find irritating--here's how things might develop:
Artists! DRINK: "Artists and young entrepreneurs have recently turned the neighborhood into a trendsetting, and occasionally rowdy, enclave."
Hipsters! DRINK: "The Scheune, a red barnlike structure on Alaunstrasse is a kind of one-stop-shop for hipsters."
Late-night drinking combined with brunches! DRINK: "On weekends, the cozy and chic Blumenau closes at 3 a.m. and reopens at 9 a.m., allowing scenesters to stop in for a cocktail and, after more partying, to return for the city's best cup of milchkaffee."
Weird looking youth! DRINK: "Romy Forke, 28, a saleswoman at a feng shui boutique, who wore heavy eyeliner and seemed to embody the youthful, hippie-punk ethos."
Phew. We're getting tipsy. Next week we'll read the whole Travel section this way.
[Image via allanimal/Flickr]
Related Stories:
· Dresden's Party Scene [NY Times]
