Oh yes–at the Pacific Asia Museum there be dragons! (Like this big black one.)
by The Board of Directors for the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena gave the museum and its collection of more than 14,000 pieces of Asian art …
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.
Deer in path in Descanso Gardens — it’s Fall in Los Angeles
I went to Descanso Gardens in La Canada this afternoon to see the chrysanthemums and listen to the Japanese drummers and ended up seeing a …
Day of the Dead parade in Claremont — for kids!
The ‘Village Venture’ is a huge Fall festival held in Claremont every year on the Saturday before Halloween And every year the Village Venture begins …
The Santa Monica bike path and my new vampire novel–yep, they go together
Such ambitions I had earlier this year! I was going to write two humorous vampire novellas during the summer and then move onto something else. …
And they’re off! The horse racing season at Santa Anita track has begun
I don’t know what is more beautiful–the horses or the buildings and grounds at the Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia. I am not a gambler, …
Oh dear! An Angels Flight rail car in downtown L.A. derailed today. See it here! #railway
The Angels Flight funicular rail line–the shortest railway in the world–runs for one block right up Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles. Originally built in …
Oops! The Angel Gabriel is six blocks away on the La Placita church mural
In my previous post I misidentified the statue at the Los Angeles Cathedral. That statue over the door of the cathedral is a representation of …
See angels and more angels flying over the 101 freeway in L.A.
Since I am on a run about angel images in Los Angeles, I just had to add photos from the Cathedral of our Lady of …
Bicyling right through Union Station in L.A. then along the beach
As I was off to take photos of the old church near Olvera Street in Los Angeles, I came across a Cycling Club posing for …
Not all L.A. cowboys wear rhinestones, but Nudie from Kiev did
Who is this cowboy in black? A man in a mariachi band? Just a local North Hollywood cowboy in his fringed leather jacket? I …