Searching for Santa at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica
by After an hour and a half ride across L.A. on the Metro I disembarked at the end of the Expo Line in Santa Monica, fully …
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.
The Doo Dah is silliness on parade in stuffy Pasadena
This is part two. See the previous post for more. After 39 years the Doo Dah Parade still is silly and fun–characteristics one usually does …
See the crazy fun Doo Dah parade in Pasadena
This is Part One. More posts follow tomorrow. Originally the Doo Dah parade was a send-up of Pasadena’s famed Rose Parade. And it is still …
A look inside the private Shakespeare Club in Pasadena
The private Shakespeare Club in Pasadena was founded in 1888 as a women’s literary society. Over the years the focus shifted more to raising funds …
The Jackalope art fair had more than the usual suspects
Yes, all the usuals (soap, candles and jewelry) were on display at the Jackalope art fair in Pasadena. There were some other things, like the …
Dozens of angels now stand in Grand Park downtown Los Angeles
What a lovely discovery! I went to downtown L.A. to photograph the skaters in Pershing Square, then became distracted by all the anti-Trump demonstrators’ signs …
Signs of the times at the anti-Trump rally in #DTLA
I marched against Nixon and the Vietnam war in San Francisco the late 1960s and 70s. I marched against the Iraq War while living in …
Pleasures of a sunny So. Cal Saturday
We all know that the drought in Southern California is very very serious, but it is hard to argue with a warm, lazy Saturday in …
Beautiful Day of the Dead altars in Grand Park, Los Angeles
This year a group called Lore Productions “curated” some of the large altars for Grand Park. Their altars were large and professional in appearance, like …
Art and music and it was free at the All Access day in downtown L.A.
After photographing the Dia de los Muertos altars in Grand Park and viewing ‘Nimbus’ at Disney Hall, a lunch break was in order before I …