Dream Drives Jaguar: The Jaguar XK and Jaguar XJ

  filmmaker and author dream hampton describes her latest adventure driving two Jaguars.  Late last fall, I test drove a big bodied 2012 Jaguar XJ around Los Angeles. The cashmere metallic four-door sedan was so luxurious I damn near complained it didn’t come with a driver. (Never mind my “real” car’s a Ford that incidentally, not so long ago, owned Jaguar). I so wanted to experience the backseat I parked in the lot... Read More

Dream Cars: Range Rover Room

Tune in for episode 2 of flmmaker dream hampton’s “Dream Cars for Gotryke.” She also tumbles here. I was in Los Angeles to write a magazine cover story on a film actor. I was grateful to have a few days with the 2012 Range Rover. Anyone whose ever driven in Los Angeles knows how intimate one becomes with their vehicle, you can literally spend hours in traffic. I used to judge what I thought were my superficial Cali friends who  spend as much... Read More

New Exhibition: Vivian Maier

The work of street photographer Vivian Maier was revealed when collector John Maloof sold them at Chicago auction in the 2007. Maier shot over 2000 rolls of film from the 1940s to the 1970s, and traveled to many countries to capture her subjects. She focused on New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, the Southwest, Manila, Beijing, Egypt and Italy.  She used a Rolleiflex camera, and worked as a nanny. She died in 2009 at age 83. The collection of her work... Read More

2011 Los Angeles Auto Show Wrap Up

This year’s Los Angeles Auto Show, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, once again did not disappoint. There were a few standouts among the crowd, including the much anticipated unveiling of the Mario Kart. West Coast contributor Collins Reiter was on the scene for GoTryke. Here’s what caught her eye. The most anticipated aftermarket unveiling at this year’s show was the specially designed, life-sized Mario Karts. Designed by... Read More

Uncle Daddy: Tales from a Los Angeles band practice

Collins Reiter sat down with up-and-coming LA band, Uncle Daddy, before a Monday night rehearsal. She describes the experience, after knowing the band for about a year as profoundly “Uncle Daddy.” Piled in the back of a truck bed, multiple cans of Rock Star energy drink and cigarettes later, she finds them six men of both insanity and genius. TJ Stafford, Noah Needleman, Andrew Jed, Christopher Allis, Robbie Anderson, and Jacob Szekely,... Read More

New Exhibition: Syvlia Ji at Corey Helford

Sylvia Ji shows “Shapeshifter” at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. Ji’s paintings are figurative in nature —women depicted with bold tribal elements of Native American folklore, and a strong color palette.  Carolyn Niethammer’s book “Daughters of the Earth: The Lives and Legends of American Indian Women” served as a major influence. Twelve paintings make up the collection of new works. The show will be on view... Read More

On Pins and Needles in Los Angeles

Pins and Needles is part pinball parlor and part tailor in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles.  Decorative themes skew toward 1980s ephemera and the shop boasts the largest collection of pinball machines currently available for public use in Southern California. Electromechanical and Solid States are part of their classic collection. The tie-in between pinball and couture is due to owner Molly Atkinson’s background as a costumer, stylist.... Read More

L.A. Electric Eye Candy: Jaguar C-X75 Concept

The Los Angeles Auto show is open to the public, and in West Coast style the Jaguar C-X75 Concept is on site for the limelight. Ian Callum’s design department has struck again with an electric lightening bolt.  The two-seater battery-powered super car debuted at the Paris Auto Show in celebration of the company’s 75th year and boast 0 to 62 of 3.4 seconds and has a range of 68 miles on batteries and 560 miles on turbines.  Zap! Tweet... Read More

One, Two, Three Hike…

Gotryke contributor and Vain Magazine Editor Rachelle Gauthier takes on the mountain, one foot at a time. It was a warm, sunny California afternoon and instead of going for a long drive, or drinking Mojoitos in Malibu I went for a Sunday, non-football kind of hike. So I drove about 15 miles north and headed to Rocky Peak Trail with my very competitive, tomboyish and pretty best friend, Tina, and my non-enthused husband. It was the first time that... Read More