See the historic party-house of Charles Lummis, museum founder
by While perhaps he is best-known today as the man who built a stone house by hand in Los Angeles between 1897 and 1910, Charles Lummis …
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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.
See the people and places of Chinatown L.A. –away from the parade
Last weekend the annual Lunar New Year Parade marched through Chinatown in Los Angeles. While the parade was colorful, much else happened off the parade …
The Chinese Golden Dragon parade — hot and colorful in Los Angeles
It seems that the weather luck of the Rose Parade also holds true for the annual Golden Dragon parade in L.A.’s Chinatown. I have been …
The L.A. River through the eyes of artist Victor Zayas–extraordinary!
Since the early 1980s artist (and former collegiate soccer player) Victor Hugo Zayas has been painting the Los Angeles river, primarily at night. So yesterday …
The mysterious source of L.A. River water? (Hint: not those clouds above you.)
As storms sweep into the West Coast the Los Angeles River has become at times a raging flood of water racing to the Long Beach …
After El Nino the L.A. River looks much different. Not so pretty pretty!
The first of several months’ of heavy El Nino storms blew into Southern California this last week and the Los Angeles River went from being …
See behind the scenes of the South Pasadena Rose Parade float
As I write this dozens of volunteers are busily putting flowers on this year’s South Pasadena float for the Tournament of Roses parade on Friday …
Amazing and insane gifts at Wacko in East Hollywood
I went to see the Boombox Creators show in East Hollywood. It was in the Luz de Jesus gallery, located on Hollywood Blvd., tucked away …
Boomboxes, Basquiat, Ice Cube for Christmas in East Hollywood
The current exhibition at La Luz de Jesus gallery, Boombox Creators, is a trip back in time to the 1980s and the birth of hip-hop. …
Not what I expected! A pre-Christmas excursion to Staples Center and L.A. Live
After I left Pershing Square (see previous post) I decided to go to L.A. Live to see the ice-skating rink installed for the holiday season. …