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April showers may bring May flowers, but not all by themselves. If you want to have greenery and blooms inside, youâll need a good planter. Here are some of our favorites. Sunset Staff – April 26, 2021
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Folia Collective Seagrass Basket
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A versatile and multi-use planter, this basket from Folia Collective spruces up any room with its chic bohemian look. Made for longer plants like a monstera or snake plant, the basket is high enough to protect the soil and keep away bugs. It also doubles as storage when folded down. Donât forget to put the drainage tray in before your plant! â
When one of my local favorites, Hereâs Looking At You, closed its Koreatown doors early in the pandemic, it seemed like my entire neighborhood was mourning the loss of its inventive cocktails and spicy, polycultural small plates. The one bright spot: Their sister restaurant, the All Day Baby diner in Silver Lake, was open. But just barely. With the perseverance of owners, the notoriously friendly managing partner Lien Ta, chef Jonathan Whitener, and pastry chef Thessa Diademâwho makes the best biscuits in townâthey stuck it out, through pop-up bake sales and takeout brought to the curb and placed carefully in your backseat. One highlight of our work-and-school from home year has been an occasional fried chicken sandwich lunch for four. (Warning: The menu is indulgent. Itâs called âAll Day Babyâ not âEvery Day Baby.â) Now that the world is slowly opening again, weâre looking forward to breakfast on the patio ASAP.Â
Thomas J. Story
The west is a big, big place, and every week our staff is all over it, digging up the best takeouts spots, beaches and trails, artisans, services, and well, phenomena that make the region so vibrant. This is Best of the West, spring cleaning edition. Sunset Staff – March 16, 2021 | Updated March 18, 2021
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Humble & Grand Brushes
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My intentions to live a plastic-light life run into serious problems in the kitchen. Over the last year, since bulk bins in California have been off limits and grocery store runs feel like mad dashes through minefields, I have (sadly) let my usual habits of carefully considering more sustainable options slide a little. One place where Iâve been able to pick up the slack is with cleaning productsânot just using glass cleaner and counter spray from concentrateâbut with the t
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International Womenâs Day was March 8, and that got us thinking about the brilliant women of the West who deserve more than one day a year to be celebrated. This is Best of the West, International Womenâs Day edition. Sunset Staff – March 9, 2021
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Sunshine in a Bottle
Rancher Elizabeth Poett, who raises organic, grass-fed beef on her familyâs 180-year-old historical land grant property in Santa Barbara, is as #womancrushwednesday as it gets. The young mother works her familyâs 40,000-acre property and sells her beef at local markets and through her website. Make no mistake: Itâs good. But my favorite product from her property is the Rancho San Julian honey produced from hives on the land. The bees feast on coastal flowers and plants, including black and purple sage, mustard, fillerie, willow