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Lisa Boone

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Los Angeles Times design writer, garden lover, sports fan, mom.

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Joined April 2013
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Show us your most L.A. Halloween costumes latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
Show us your most L.A. Halloween costumes

Show us your most L.A. Halloween costumes

And a salute to past icons: the Sweet James billboard, the Oceanwide Plaza graffiti tower, Angelyne and, of course, the L.A. Chamber Orchestra mural over the 110.

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Touch grass, literally: Explore why walking therapy is on the rise latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
Touch grass, literally: Explore why walking therapy is on the rise

Touch grass, literally: Explore why walking therapy is on the rise

The growing practice of outdoor ecotherapy, specifically walk-and-talk therapy, uses rhythmic steps and ambient sensory grounding to help clients open up.

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Inside Todd Gray's wild life: From living with Iggy Pop to creating art for L.A. Metro and LACMA latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Inside Todd Gray's wild life: From living with Iggy Pop to creating art for L.A. Metro and LACMA

Inside Todd Gray's wild life: From living with Iggy Pop to creating art for L.A. Metro and LACMA

Todd Gray has a solo show opening at the Brick on Oct. 18 — the cap on a banner year including a LACMA commission, a solo show at Perrotin and a public art piece for the Wilshire/La Cienega station...

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Review: 'Home of the Future' at LACMA explores dark side of American dream latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
Review: 'Home of the Future' at LACMA explores dark side of American dream

Review: 'Home of the Future' at LACMA explores dark side of American dream

Across six decades, designers and corporations sold the home as a route to health, freedom and security. The exhibition raises the harder question of who paid for that dream.

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Contributor: Lucas Museum's 'habitat' garden woefully misses the mark on native plants latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
Lucas Museum's 'habitat' garden woefully misses the mark on native plants

Lucas Museum's 'habitat' garden woefully misses the mark on native plants

Native plant advocates question why the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art didn't use more California plants in its California-inspired garden. In response, they offer to help add more native plants to...

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They're building a 'sandlocked yacht club' in Joshua Tree — and it looks otherworldly latimes.com/travel/story/202…
They're building a 'sandlocked yacht club' in Joshua Tree — and it looks otherworldly

They're building a 'sandlocked yacht club' in Joshua Tree — and it looks otherworldly

Compass Yacht Club is designed so that guests can fall asleep in a yacht and wake up in the desert with a view of the mountains.

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There's still time to drive Highway 120, a 'roller coaster road' through California’s wild east latimes.com/travel/story/202…
There's still time to drive Highway 120, a 'roller coaster road' through California’s wild east

There's still time to drive Highway 120, a 'roller coaster road' through California’s wild east

It's a journey through volcanoes, salt lakes, pine forests, aspens and a valley that stretches across the horizon.

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Love this: A Little League coach pulled aside an opposing player. The lesson could last a lifetime: nytimes.com/athletic/7693356…

A Little League coach pulled aside an opposing player. The lesson could last a lifetime (Gift...

“You never know who is watching,” Heather Wilson said. “You never know what impact you can make on somebody else."

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They left the suburbs for a 1916 Craftsman with an ADU in a walkable L.A. neighborhood latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
They left the suburbs for a 1916 Craftsman with an ADU in a walkable L.A. neighborhood

They left the suburbs for a 1916 Craftsman with an ADU in a walkable L.A. neighborhood

Lisa Akey and Blake Steury traded their five-bedroom house in Canyon Country for a Craftsman bungalow in a walkable Los Angeles neighborhood, updating it with thrifted finds, family heirlooms and...

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The place to be at 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday? In line at this viral L.A. seafood market latimes.com/travel/story/202…
The place to be at 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday? In line at this viral L.A. seafood market

The place to be at 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday? In line at this viral L.A. seafood market

The Saturday Morning Fish Market in San Pedro has existed in some form since the late ‘60s but thanks to social media, flocks of new customers are wanting in on the late-night seafood-buying advent...

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How to capture rain in your garden this fall and beyond latimes.com/lifestyle/newsle…
How to capture rain in your garden this fall and beyond

How to capture rain in your garden this fall and beyond

If you're a home gardener, consider constructing swales in your garden. This might be a good solution for collecting future rainwater.

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Coming soon to L.A.: Your new favorite bookshop is a mystical cocktail bar with a dragon latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
Coming soon to L.A.: Your new favorite bookshop is a mystical cocktail bar with a dragon

Coming soon to L.A.: Your new favorite bookshop is a mystical cocktail bar with a dragon

The immersive store on Melrose Avenue will hide secrets — like a two-story tree with glowing books growing out of its branches.

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Tall redwoods and stiff drinks are the stars of California's new adults-only train car latimes.com/travel/story/202…
Tall redwoods and stiff drinks are the stars of California's new adults-only train car

Tall redwoods and stiff drinks are the stars of California's new adults-only train car

Mendocino County’s Skunk Train introduced the Noyo, a luxe cocktail lounge on rails with plush couches, ’50s overtones and stunning views.

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Creatine isn't just for athletes. Here's who should be taking it (hint: probably you) latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
Creatine isn't just for athletes. Here's who should be taking it (hint: probably you)

Creatine isn't just for athletes. Here's who should be taking it (hint: probably you)

What does creatine actually do? Experts detail its beneficial effects on energy, recovery and your muscles.

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How a Hollywood showrunner transformed an 'ugly' stucco box into the ADU of her dreams latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
How a Hollywood showrunner transformed an 'ugly' stucco box into the ADU of her dreams

How a Hollywood showrunner transformed an 'ugly' stucco box into the ADU of her dreams

"America's Got Talent" executive producer Sam Donnelly loved her Studio City home but hated her ADU, describing it as "ugly and modern." A modest upgrade transformed it into a warm retreat.

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What it will take for the Griffith Park merry-go-round to finally spin again latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
What it will take for the Griffith Park merry-go-round to finally spin again

What it will take for the Griffith Park merry-go-round to finally spin again

Plans are underway to make the landmark carousel operational again, with help from theme park designers. But the project, expected to take years and cost millions, won't be easy.

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Mel's Drive-In, Santa Monica’s landmark Route 66 diner, faces demolition. Can it be saved? latimes.com/travel/story/202…
Mel's Drive-In, Santa Monica’s landmark Route 66 diner, faces demolition. Can it be saved?

Mel's Drive-In, Santa Monica’s landmark Route 66 diner, faces demolition. Can it be saved?

The Irvine-based property owner has filed preliminary plans to replace the 1959 Googie-style structure with an eight-story apartment building.

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He had an L.A. home and studio built for $150,000 in 1985. It’s still a work of art latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
He had an L.A. home and studio built for $150,000 in 1985. It’s still a work of art

He had an L.A. home and studio built for $150,000 in 1985. It’s still a work of art

On a tight budget, L.A. artist Roger Herman and his friend, architect Frederick Fisher, teamed up to build Herman's 5,000-square-foot home and studio.

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How a Topanga A-frame became a haven for healing, nature and music latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
How a Topanga A-frame became a haven for healing, nature and music

How a Topanga A-frame became a haven for healing, nature and music

After a cancer diagnosis, two L.A. musicians turned their Topanga A-frame cabin into a sanctuary, reshaping every room — and garden — to prioritize serenity, views and healing.

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L.A.'s Shakespeare Bridge is turning 100. Shall we compare it to a summer's day? latimes.com/lifestyle/story/…
L.A.'s Shakespeare Bridge is turning 100. Shall we compare it to a summer's day?

L.A.'s Shakespeare Bridge is turning 100. Shall we compare it to a summer's day?

With distinct Gothic-style design details and appearances in many movies and TV shows, Los Feliz’s Shakespeare Bridge has become a prized neighborhood emblem.

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