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Editorial

Mar 08, 2016 Clifton’s food is unspectacular but it’s a great place to meet friends for dinner

by Martin Wong

My mom was more excited about the re-opening of Clifton's Cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles than I was. She used to go there with my uncles and grandparents when she was a kid, and fondly recalls the taxidermy and waterfalls. That sounded cool but the Downtown L.A. institution had been under renovation for what seemed...

Editorial

Dec 31, 2013 Life, Death, and Taxidermy

by Martin Wong

Taxidermy could use a PR makeover. Unless you're a card-carrying member of the NRA, the ancient craft is kitsch at best. At worst, cruelty on parade. But when I visited the Natural History Museum last weekend, the horned specimens could almost pass as noble until I reached to the soulful, sad-eyed ape. What a buzzkill. Yet...