Zoë Lance.

  • Culture Connoisseur: Dick Blick Art Materials

    I’ve recently discovered the most magical place on Earth, and it’s not Disneyland. It’s called Dick Blick Art Materials. Dick Blick is a group of art stores that stocks supplies at discounted prices. It has a much better selection than Michaels, and is not pretentious in the slightest — I am not an artist, but the staff makes me…

  • Culture Connoisseur: Ike’s Place

    I love a good sandwich, so I was pleasantly surprised to find out that there’s an Ike’s Place in Southern California. Ike’s Place is a very Northern California thing, but it’s slowly making its way down the coast. I first went to an Ike’s Place in San Francisco, and went to the Westwood one on Saturday.…

  • Culture Connoisseur: Joan Didion

    As an English major, I’ve read a lot of books. There have been books I thoroughly enjoyed (Infinite Jest or Absalom, Absalom! for example), books I thought were just okay (Animal Farm and Of Mice and Men) and books I really really really really disliked (Huckleberry Finn and The Fault in Our Stars). And although I can…

  • Culture Connoisseur: Paul Thomas Anderson

    The trailer for Inherent Vice just came out, and it proves one thing. There is a God, and his name is Paul Thomas Anderson. His movies are absolutely fantastic, so I’m really looking forward to December and watching Inherent Vice in theatres. There are a few PTA movies you should definitely see. I’m not going to say…

  • Culture Connoisseur: LACMA

    In case you don’t follow me on Twitter, you should know that I am in the midst of a very passionate love affair. With the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. @zoellance Hope you don't mind, but we loved this question so much that we're having every participating curator answer it. 🙂 — LACMA (@LACMA)…