Caroling in Spanish, ice skating, sledding and Santa, too, in downtown L.A.
by Coming up from the Pershing Square Metro station yesterday I could hear carolers, but didn’t recognize the song. Outside in the little plaza around the …
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.
Getting ready for the Rose Parade in Pasadena
If USC beats Stanford then the University of Southern California will play in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day, 2016. But whether or not …
Unusual Farmers Market Produce in Pasadena
It was 90F yesterday in Pasadena. Cooler today at 84F so I went to the main Farmers’ Market near Pasadena High school. The market was …
Two veterans I saw today at the Getty Center in Los Angeles
I went to the Getty today to see three photography exhibits and while I was wandering around I saw two Veterans. One served in Viet …
Visiting the Getty to see amazing photos and views of Los Angeles
I went to the Getty Center yesterday to see an exhibition of the photography of Ishiuchi Miyako. She launched her career taking photos of U.S. …
An L.A. Mashup: Facepainters, vampires, family altars and Halloween at Macys
With the large Mexican and Mexican-American population in Los Angeles, the celebration of Dia de los Muertos has grown year after year. Traditionally it is …
See the real Los Angeles River which Frank Gerhy and others plan to change. For the good?
Recently I began to read reports that notable architect Frank Gehry had been hired by an organization I’d never heard of to design plans to …
Sky high Perch restaurant overlooking the Slut Parade in Pershing Square L.A.
My special birthday request this year was to go to the Perch restaurant overlooking Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles for brunch. It is one …
Flying men, pink balls and a fountain on the way to the new Broad Museum
I decided to take the Metro to the brand new Broad (rhymes with road) Museum in downtown Los Angeles. But not all art in L.A. …
Rose Parade floats in September? See South Dakota’s and City of Hope’s floats
I was on my way to the Metro when I came across two floats parked in the middle of Raymond Avenue in Pasadena. In September! …