Out & About: La Brea Avenue

Out & About: La Brea Avenue

Lifestyle reporter Mar Yvette features La Brea Avenue in Mid City with the Asian Cravings food truck, Nick Metropolis furniture and props, Lab Art and Wirtshaus restaurant on Fox 11 News and Good Day LA (10/03/2012).
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Watts Towers Festival

Watts Towers Festival

Lifestyle reporter Mar Yvette features the Watts Towers Arts Center with artists Mark Bradford, Artis Lane, Lili Bernard and Derrick Maddox on Fox 11 News and Good Day LA (09/26/2012).
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SK bacon donut - Photo by Mar Yvette

Porkopalypse Now: Survival Guide

Baconopalypse. Parmageddon. Call it what you want, but the recent announcement about a world shortage of pork has had folks freaking out all over the place. (And piggies and vegans rejoicing.) But before all you porkophiles get your bacon bits in a bunch, relax. The world isn't about to turn into some ham-free hamlet. The shortage simply means that the price of pork will be going up next year. So until that time comes, here are seven places where you can sip, spoon and fork your pork without worrying that it's your last time for a taste.
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Santos & Ruby of La Muerte Vive

Hot Stuff: La Muerte Vive Comes Alive

Translated as "the dead live," La Muerte Vive is a rock opera-meets-cabaret theatrical extravaganza celebrating the traditions of the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos. This year La Muerte Vive presents "Apocalypto: The Awakening," on Friday, November 2 at the historic and recently restored Palace Theatre in Downtown LA. The show is an explosion of color and culture with giant paper mache puppets, fiery music and sexed-up dancing.
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Out & About in Little India

Out & About in Little India

Lifestyle reporter Mar Yvette goes Out & About to feature "Little India" in Artesia, CA with the Get Toasted food truck, Ziba Beauty, Frontier Heritage dress shop, and Surati Farsan Mart on Fox 11 News and Good Day LA (09/19/2012).
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Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month

Lifestyle reporter Mar Yvette features Hispanic Heritage Month at MOLAA, the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA with Luchadores, Mariachi Bella, and Paso del Oro Dance Company on Fox 11 News and Good Day LA (09/12/2012).
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MOLAA_Debora Arango

Free Fun: It’s Museum Day

Got art? Now you will. And it won't cost you a thing. On Saturday, September 29, you can enjoy free admission to over 1,400 participating museums and cultural venues around the country thanks to Smithsonian Magazine who sponsors the annual freebie. Unfortunately, not every museum in the greater LA area is participating but consider this an opportunity to visit some of the lesser known, under-appreciated destinations that deserve your attention. Like MOLAA (love this place!), California Science Center (soon to be the home of the Space Shuttle Endeavour!) and the Grammy Museum at LA Live.
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Fun on the farm

Q&A: Future Foods Farm

Never mind Old McDonald. Future Foods Farm is truly the future of farming. It was created by chef/farmer Adam Navidi, who is using organic aquaponic farming, a food production system where the fish feed the plants, the plants clean the water and then the water is recirculated back to the fish. It's incredibly sustainable, efficient (it uses very little water), uses no chemicals or synthetics, and can be done anywhere--on a rooftop, in the middle of a desert, a city .. or in this case, an oil field in Brea!
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MTV Video Music Awards 2012

MTV VMA Pre-Party

Lifestyle reporter Mar Yvette features the MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Party with Kris Allen, Mark Ballas, and Taylor Armstrong on Fox 11 News and Good Day LA (09/05/2012).
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