Bells ring on the hour at St. Andrew’s Church in Pasadena
by One of the first things I noticed when I was living in Budapest in 1991 were the church bells that rang throughout the city every …
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.
A winter walk in Arroyo Seco in Pasadena–lots of sunshine, no snow
On Martin Luther King Day I decided to take a walk in the Lower Arroyo Seco park. Unlike Brookside Park (about a mile or so …
Underground Hollywood: stars on the walls, stars on the sidewalks and tourists by the thousands
Most Angelenos avoid Hollywood Blvd. It used to be a run down slum with a lot of tile stars embedded in the sidewalks. Most of …
Sneak Peak at Lutheran Hour float for the Rose Parade in Pasadena
The Rose Palace, one of the huge barns where Rose Parade floats are constructed, is nearby so I walked over there about 3 days ago …
Coyotes yipping and a Winter Solstice sunset in Los Angeles
Shortly after darkness settled into Los Angeles last night, an ambulance made its way, siren screaming, up the street beyond the Rowena reservoir in Los …
Ice-skating beside the palm trees in downtown Los Angeles
The L.A. Kings winning the Stanley Cup twice in the last 3 years no doubt inspired some of the young skaters on the ice in …
Tour the famous old Castle Green in Pasadena in December.
You learn something new every day. I always thought the amazing Castle Green in Old Town Pasadena was an apartment building. Why? Because when …
The Getty Villa in Malibu is a perfect escape for leisurely lunch, Roman art and 4 gardens
Today in Southern California it is warm and sunny–a perfect day to drive out to the Getty Villa in a canyon facing the Pacific in …
Author Lisa See puts her hands in cement at Vroman’s new Authors Walk of Fame in Pasadena
In celebration of its 120th anniversary the management at Vroman’s bookstore decided to create a new Authors Walk of Fame, similar to the one in …
Celebrate Day of the Dead with Johnny Ramone at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
I decided to visit the Hollywood Forever Cemetery before the big annual Day of the Dead celebration –and, yes, the dead and their lives are …