You won’t find movie stars on Hollywood Blvd.
by Oh scream! Oh shriek! No wonder the world thinks L.A. is garishly tasteless! No wonder the world needs this blog! There is more to Los …
Author: carollightwood
I moved to LA from San Francisco in 1974 and lived in various towns and neighborhoods around greater Los Angeles until 2019 when I moved to Tucson. Originally I was from Washington State.
Mayan censors, German angels and sandcastles at LACMA
The ‘Big Attraction Show’ for 2016 holiday tourists at Los Angeles Country Museum of Art is the Diego Rivera-Pablo Picasso exhibition. The common ground between …
See the Scharf garage at the Pasadena Museum of California Art
If you are visiting Pasadena for the Rose Parade, take a few minutes to see the Pasadena Museum of California Art. Or more specifically the …
A Christmas Concert at the Pasadena United Methodist Church
(Note: There will be no Christmas Concert attended by hundreds in 2020 at the Pasadena United Methodist Church, but here is what it looked like …
See Obama’s home — seriously, he lived in Pasadena
I was surprised to learn that President Barack Obama lived in Pasadena when he attended Occidental College, which is located a few miles to the …
Skating, sledding and a Joni Mitchell song at Pershing Square in Los Angeles
Every winter–except 2020–there is ice skating in downtown Los Angeles. It’s unlikely and wholesome fun for LA families. But in 2018 the activities for children …
A small town Christmas in an artificial village
For decades the Glendale Galleria has been an archetypal mall in Southern California: two stories, seemingly gazillions of shops, anchored by Macy’s, Sears and Nordstrom. …
Learn Curling, go ice skating, take an “angel” photo at Pershing Square in DTLA
(Note: This was originally published in 2017) Perhaps it is too early in December, but there were almost no Christmas decorations, no jolly Santa Claus, …
Festive decorations and Santa at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles
While there are now holiday decorations in Union Station, thank goodness they do not pipe in holiday music. Even the idea of hearing ‘Jingle Bell …
Ice skating at Pershing Square under the palm trees
As someone who grew up in part of the U.S. where lakes and ponds freeze in winter and ice skating is a common winter activity, …