Danielle Dorsey

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Los Angeles

Key to the City

Key to the City: Insider Travel Guides to America's Cities

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Travel

Explore adventure guides and design a custom itinerary for the destination of your choice in and around the city.

Best Travel Guides, Cool Hotels and Interesting Events - Thrillist

Like the rest of the city, the Venice Boardwalk has changed tremendously since its glory days as a retreat for artists, hippies, and counterculture movements in the 1960s and ‘70s.

The Insider’s Guide to Getting Lost on the Venice Boardwalk 

Nation

Weekend Project

Weekend Project: Home Cooking During COVID-19

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Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

Whether you’re in charge of slow-cooking meats, flipping burgers, or crafting sides like potato salad and baked beans, barbecues are a summer rite of passage.

Whip Up This Fried Porkchop Sandwich Feast for Your Next Cookout

Cosmic Cocktails

Connect with the universe and enjoy a cocktail made especially for your zodiac sign with these monthly recipes developed by a bar expert and tarot priestess.

Cosmic Cocktails: Drink Recipes For Every Zodiac Sign

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Drink

Symbolized by the twins, Gemini is an air sign that avoids strict definitions.

Drink This Jamaican Rum Cocktail to Celebrate Gemini Season

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Once the preferred form of fuel for college ragers, tequila has worked hard to transform its wild child image.

Everything You Need to Know About Tequila

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You’re familiar with tequila, and you’ve likely taken note of the current mezcal craze, but also worth your attention is bacanora, a regional mezcal that’s been produced in the northwest Mexican state of Sonora for at least 300 years.

What Is Bacanora and What Does the Spirit Mean to Sonora, Mexico?

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Traditionally Mexican, agave-based spirits like tequila and mezcal are enjoying a global boom in popularity, with the latter shedding its former image as the frat boy’s booze of choice to now boasting some of the most high-end luxury brands around.

The Ultimate Tequila Trail Travel Guide

Landing in the middle of spring, Taurus season is a reminder to stop and smell the roses.

Drink This Pomegranate Sangria to Celebrate Taurus Season

Weed

Everything You Need to Know About Legal Weed, Smoking, Edibles, CBD and More

WUNDER

To say that hard seltzers are having a moment would be a massive understatement.

What These THC-Infused Seltzers Actually Taste Like

L.A. Compost

Lifestyle

After a crushing heat wave followed by chilly, gusty winds throughout LA County, the realities of climate change are becoming impossible to ignore.

9 Hands-On Ways to Fight Climate Change in LA

The Absolute Best Brunch Spots in Los Angeles  

Drink This Fiery Mezcal Cocktail to Celebrate Aries Season

Eat Seeker

Eat Seeker helps you find the best restaurants in your city. Check out our articles to help you find the best places to eat near you, now.

Eat Seeker: The Best Restaurants in Your City Right Now

Two years into the pandemic and with mask mandates recently lifted in California, we can finally say that our lives are approaching a new kind of normal.

Danielle Dorsey’s Recent Articles

The Insider’s Guide to Getting Lost on the Venice Boardwalk

From Muscle Beach to the Venice Skate Park and more, explore the best restaurants, bars, and sights on the iconic two-mile stretch.

Whip Up This Fried Porkchop Sandwich Feast for Your Next Cookout

Legendary pitmaster Kevin Bludso shares tips for conquering the grill this summer.

Drink This Jamaican Rum Cocktail to Celebrate Gemini Season

This blend of light and dark rums represents the duality of the star sign.

Everything You Need to Know About Tequila

From its Aztec history to the best tequila cocktails.

What Is Bacanora and What Does the Spirit Mean to Sonora, Mexico?

This agave-distilled spirit tastes like an earthy, easy-to-drink tequila.

The Ultimate Tequila Trail Travel Guide

Traditionally Mexican, agave-based spirits like tequila and mezcal are enjoying a global boom in popularity, with the latter shedding its former image as the frat boy’s booze of choice to now boasting some of the most high-end luxury brands around.

Drink This Pomegranate Sangria to Celebrate Taurus Season

Make a pitcher to tap into the abundant energy of this Venus-ruled sign.

What These THC-Infused Seltzers Actually Taste Like

Enjoy tropical flavors, spiced aperitifs, and ideal THC-CBD combos.

9 Hands-On Ways to Fight Climate Change in LA

There are plenty of ways to make a difference and support the environment ahead of Earth Day.

The Absolute Best Brunch Spots in Los Angeles

From fancy eggs Benedict to breakfast burritos and huevos rancheros, we’ve got you covered with 23 of the best menus in town.

Drink This Fiery Mezcal Cocktail to Celebrate Aries Season

This mezcal-based cocktail brings the heat for Aries season.

The 29 Most Exciting Restaurants in Los Angeles Right Now

From upscale and trendy spots in West Adams and Beverly Hills to hole-in-the-wall hidden gems, spanning Italian, Mediterranean, Korean, Caribbean cuisine, and more.