Good morning, it’s Monday, July 20. It will be distastefully warm today (high 80s/low 90s) and slightly hotter tomorrow.
1. How luxury ice got so hot.
Everything L.A. Material contributor Anna Holmes writes is a delight (you might know her work from the New Yorker, the Atlantic or Jezebel, which she founded).
But her idiosyncratic observations and peripatetic curiosity are particularly well-suited for this story. It’s a strange and wonderful exploration of an unlikely new trend in L.A. cocktail culture: the importing of ultra-luxury ice from Japan.
Anna traces the rise of bespoke ice, learns what makes it unique and gets into the details with the L.A.-based representative for the Japanese ice company that supplies trendy bars like Vandell.
2. Here’s a quick look at the week ahead.
TUESDAY: Los Angeles City Council remains on summer recess, with no council meetings Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday.
WEDNESDAY: Beach Cities Democrats will host a candidate forum with Assembly District 66 candidates Paul Seo and Sara Deen (who are running to succeed Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi) and Senate District 24 candidates John Erickson and Brian Goldsmith (who are running to succeed state Sen. Ben Allen).
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