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Victoria Thomas

About Victoria Thomas

Brooklyn-born Victoria Thomas loves writing about flora and fauna, although she chooses to do so in an urban setting. If she had it all to do over again, she might have become a forensic entomologist. She lives in Los Angeles.

LA’S Best-Tasting Coffee Pours it on at Golden Globes Tomorrow!

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Victoria Thomas

Caffe Luxxe, LA’s hippest coffee brand, will serve its signature Testa Rossa espresso and other exquisite natural roasts at the 71st Golden Globes Awards on Sunday—they’ve just been picked as the exclusive purveyor for the hot beverage station for the … Continue reading →

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Dr. Robert Joseph, DPM, Sole Man

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Victoria Thomas

A stop at my local Ralph’s today was jaw-dropping: the candy canes are already gone, and have been replaced with….Valentine’s candy? Seriously. Heart-shaped boxes of bon-bons, and those heart-shaped, red-filled Junior Mints. And, also on the seasonal specialty shelves today: … Continue reading →

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Going Stag

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Victoria Thomas

Los Angeles jewelry designer and artist Eilen R. Stewart, founder of ERS Creative, didn’t set out to make Christmas jewelry. But her earrings shaped like antlers, exquisitely crafted from bronze and sterling silver, have become LA’s hippest holiday accessory. I … Continue reading →

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Aromatherapy Diffuser: I’m Dreaming of an ESSIO Christmas

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Victoria Thomas

That’s it. I’ve just been tagged as an office “Secret Santa” (I don’t even have a job, so I’m not sure how this happened) and (…wha???) have already received several gifts from people who, um, weren’t originally on my holiday … Continue reading →

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SHOWER THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE: The Xmas Short List

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Victoria Thomas

My two top gift-picks this year reveal the obsessive bathing compulsion deep within my psyche. It’s a fact that there are few things I love more than water-pressure. When you’ve lived and travelled in places where there are old, calcium-clogged … Continue reading →

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THE UNDEAD AMONGST US: Zbooth THIS WEEKEND

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Victoria Thomas

  So, I’m just standing here in line at Target, stocking up on Halloween candy and hoping we don’t get any trick-or-treaters so I can keep it all for myself. So why is that weird woman staring at me? Why … Continue reading →

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TONIGHT: Chris Wilson Plays The Viper Room

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Victoria Thomas

Chris Wilson composes and plays progressive jazz, although lately he’s been getting his Earth, Wind and Fire on, too, gigging with a funk band around LA. His new CD is called “Soul Searchin”, from CKDub Productions. TONIGHT — Thursday, October … Continue reading →

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A Thin Place, with Dr. Paul Koudounaris

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Victoria Thomas

We’re in a thin place– and not just because we’re in weight-obsessed, gluten-intolerant, dairy-free Los Angeles. Pre-Christian civilizations from the Maya to the Celts identified this time of year, between the Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice, as a specific period … Continue reading →

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The Prik King and I

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Victoria Thomas

My definition of a perfect Sunday afternoon: outdoors amidst a bustling public, lots of sunshine, someone singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” over a crackly PA system, feeling content with the slightest cold beer-buzz. Oh, and very sticky. My feet are sticking … Continue reading →

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Christian Villanueva Dishes Up Classics at Plate38

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Victoria Thomas

Last night, I heard Christian Villanueva’s voice–his pure, cool, silvery tenor burnishing to mellow gold in the lower register–before I saw him. I had thrown on a sad muumuu and flip-flops and waddled– because in 103 degree heat drenched in … Continue reading →

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