Toes

The March Nothin' But Sand beach cleanup will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon at Toes Beach in Playa del Rey. Hosted by Heal the Bay, the cleanups are held on the third Saturday of each month at......

My thumbnail contribution to Daley Moments, a package in the Sunday Tribune ... The signature act of Richard Daley's 22 years in office was the midnight bulldozing of Meigs Field. I woke to the news the following morning, March 31,......

A new J. Crew ad has painted up a gender controversy. The mailer sent out last week was a promotion for free shipping if a customer spends $150 or more. So far so good. The mailer featured J. Crew designer Jenna Lyons and her adorable son Beckett,...

Watermelon rolls in at 92 percent water and, we presume, 8 percent melon. Split clean, it reveals flesh so juicy red that certain meat-abhorring sects refuse to eat it. The watermelon enthusiast is also composed largely of water. Suggesting some deep...

Be it boots, wedges or platforms, there is no question high heels can add sex appeal to an outfit and a woman. "You feel sexier. You're more confident. It makes your legs look better. It makes you look skinnier" Lauren Armstrong said. But are the inches...

"Ouch!" "Oooh!" "Oww!" "Omigod, that hurts!" Those grunts of pain and anguish weren't coming from us -- a group of 10 people running barefoot on a concrete pathway at Central Park in Huntington Beach early one recent Saturday morning. They were being...

On past seasons of "Survivor," Rupert Boneham has been a fan favorite. He's been called a "lovable pirate," one who continually wears tie-dye clothes and sports an unruly beard. But this season, viewers saw a different side of Rupert. He......

Lisa Jones, the owner and designer of Pigeon Toe Ceramics, got a bright idea from dark economic times.Inspired by "Depression-era aesthetics," the potter from Portland, Ore., hand-cast porcelain versions of vintage Kerr Mason jam jars to use as hanging...

Martha Stewart and Cindy Crawford are going toe-to-toe with outdoor rugs that will please those who are picky about where their bare toes go. Both have used new manufacturing technologies that turn fade-resistant, clean-with-a-hose synthetics into softer,...

Standing tall is something the Faker enjoys; so much easier to work one's way through a crowded club and take a playful peep down a teasin' tee up at the bar. But what, the Faker wonders, about those not so blessed when it comes to natural elevation. Is...

"John Baldessari season" continues apace in Los Angeles, with a show of fragmented recent paintings at Margo Leavin (closing Saturday) and a full 50-year retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art now joined by six recent mixed-media prints.......