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This story is part of Image\u2019s March Outside<\/a> issue, a celebration of the Los Angeles outdoors and the many lives to be lived under its unencumbered sky.<\/p>\n My New Year\u2019s resolution is to walk in Griffith Park once every other week. This shouldn\u2019t be hard to accomplish \u2014 I live a 15-minute walk from one of the main park entrances \u2014 and yet, I am averaging more like once a month. Still, those occasional walks are already among my most memorable experiences of the year: the densely green foliage from all the rain, the reward of a strawberry lemonade from the Trails Cafe, lying on the grass in front of the observatory and watching the clouds expand and thin, gossiping with a friend and taking a photo of her against the auburn hills at sunset, hearing hungry coyotes yipping beyond the bushes. It seems that every year the thing I\u2019m missing and striving toward is to be outside more. One time I read a list of suggested new year\u2019s resolutions that included stepping outside as soon as you wake up, to have contact with the Earth first thing. I tried doing this, but I mostly just felt confused and tired under the sun on my front porch, waiting for the Earth to work on me. I\u2019ve since accepted that I am a gal who likes to be in her pajamas for as long as possible in the morning, reading on the couch. <\/p>\n But I need to be outside more. Which is also my way of saying I need to be with others more, I need to pay attention more, I need to be a part of the physical world more. <\/p>\n This issue celebrates the Los Angeles outdoors, the many lives to be lived under its unencumbered sky. There are less rules outside, fewer boundaries: coffee dates prolong, walks meander, thoughts digress. And yes, because we are blessed with famous weather, whole neighborhoods and districts can risk spilling out into the sidewalks, where laughs get louder, music gets blasted and the street fashion becomes a runway. It\u2019s become much too easy to recede into the claustrophobic containers of our depression-inducing screens. Traipsing down the Hollywood Farmers Market<\/a> with giant heads of lettuce and overgrown bouquets feels not only like release, but also resistance and resilience. We\u2019re still bargaining for gold hoops and oversize blazers<\/a> at Santee Alley, getting dressed up for each other<\/a> at the Venezuelan coffee shop on Melrose, and dreaming through the colors of Chinatown<\/a>. We\u2019re still picnicking under pi\u00f1atas<\/a>, and some of us still gather at newsstands to flip through artful magazines<\/a> and meet like-minded strangers. It can be beautiful out here.<\/p>\n Elisa Wouk Almino Editor in chief Cover<\/p>\n Creative direction Julissa James ![\"Image](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773401249_949_.png\")
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Jess Aquino de Jesus Design Director
Julissa James Staff Writer
Claire Salinda Staff Writer
Keyla Marquez Fashion Director at Large
Elizabeth Burr Art Director
Jamie Sholberg Art Director, Web
Katerina Portela Editorial Intern
Jennelle Fong Contributing Photographer
Tyler Matthew Oyer Contributing Photographer
Mere Studios Contributing Producer
Dave Schilling Contributing Writer
Harmony Holiday Contributing Writer
Goth Shakira Contributing Writer<\/p>\n
Photography and video direction Alejandra Washington
Styling Keyla Marquez
Hair and makeup Jaime Diaz
Cinematographer Joshua D. Pankiw
1st AC Ruben Plascencia
Gaffer Luis Angel Herrera
Production Mere Studios
Styling assistant Ronben
Production assistant Benjamin Turner
Models Sirena Warren, Daniel Aguilera
Location Chainsaw
Special thanks Kevin Silva and Miguel Maldonado from Next Management
Image flag and theme Ana G\u00f3mez Bernaus<\/p>\n![\"Image](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773401249_101_.png\")
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