Arts + Culture

Painted Vision

Artist Connie Engel’s eponymous gallery is a perfect backdrop for her impressive original works Article by Amanda Eberstein Connie Engel has been creating art for as long as she can remember. “I started to draw with pencil on paper as a young child,” says the Claremont, CA native, recalling how she would sit in front of the television drawing cartoons. “Sketches and drawings with pencils became my favorite medium, until my interest grew to expressing my art on canvas with oils.”   As a young...

Home Services

The Full Package

AirSea Packing delivers top-notch white glove logistical services from Los Angeles and beyond Article by Amanda Eberstein When it comes to shipping, storing and installing high-end furnishings and priceless art, there can be no room for error. Perhaps no company takes this responsibility more seriously than AirSea Packing—a white-glove logistical firm with offices in 16 cities across the US and Europe, including Los Angeles, New York, London, Dallas, Miami and Paris. “What sets us apart is...

Food + Beverage

Piece of the Pie

After losing its original location in the Palisades Fire, Flour Pizzeria brings a sense of comfort and community to Brentwood, one slice at a time Article by Amanda Eberstein | Photography by Regan Norton When Robert Flutie opened Flour Pizzeria & Café in Pacific Palisades in November 2023, the idea was simple: “I wanted to bring authentic New York-style pizza to LA,” says the Queens, New York native. “Growing up, I loved the sense of community that we had and how connected we were to our...

Style + Beauty

My Town: Gray Malin

Article and Photography by Photographer Gray Malin may be known for his dreamy technicolor images of exotic locales around the world—often captured from the back of a helicopter or a snow-capped mountaintop—but his global enterprise is based much closer to home. The Rustic Canyon resident’s flagship studio is located right here in Brentwood, in a discreet second-floor space at the Town & Country shopping center. "There's something so special about our Brentwood studio—it’s a serene escape...