Michela

Michela "Dahmernatrix" Dai Zovi hits the track during the LA Derby Dolls 2009 championship game between The Swarm and The Tough Cookies. (photo by Marc Campos)

Destination: Los Angeles.

Understanding the post-feminist ethos of roller derby.

Bungee jumping in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Reenacting Mary Poppins at the Korean Bell of Friendship.

The TSA's wacky security precautions have become even wackier.

Becoming a certified Rescue Diver.

The peculiarity of studio cycling and Los Angeles gym culture.

How to visit Disneyland alone.

Disneyland is more romantic than you think.

Pop punk rock stars inspire eternal youth at their intense rock concerts.

Los Angeles may be full of shallow sycophants, but a few things make it palatable.

Things go horribly wrong at an enormous music festival.

A fake cemetery fits perfectly in Southern California.

Another Destination

A fountain in the Paleis Het Loo gardens in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

Florence.

Penis envy and St. John the Baptist.

Another Destination

A fountain in the Paleis Het Loo gardens in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

The Dutch answer to Versailles.