Chinese New Year Parade in Los Angeles is a photographer’s dream!
by Armed with my camera I went to the New Year’s Parade in Chinatown in Los Angeles a few of years ago and had a terrific …
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 paddleboarder takes on the big surf at Venice
A storm way out somewhere in the Pacific sent 8 to 10 foot waves onto west facing beaches in Southern California. This is not an …
See a drone’s eye view of Metropolis II and the Urban Light forest at LACMA
[Note: This was originally published in Feb. 2014] Before David’s Hockney’s new video(s) of the wilds of Yorkshire left town I decided to visit LACMA …
What do a Chris Paul mural and beach bikes for rent have in common? Vampires!
This mural of L.A. Clippers former point guard Chris Paul is right on the wide path along the beach in Venice, California, a wealthy neighborhood …
My vampires don’t visit the Venice canals, but they could have seen a Christmas kayak float if they did
The biggest Christmas boat parade in Southern California is in Newport Beach. There you can see over 50 yachts and boats decorated and cruising around …
So chilly! Surfing at Venice beach in Los Angeles in December
I realized that I’ve been writing about Venice beach without showing the beach, so here it is. I took these photos in late December and …
Oh those gorgeous bodies! Muscle men and bikini girls in Venice California
Okay, the headline is somewhat misleading, but in December there were not many bikini clad young women and muscle men on the beach in Venice. …
See a day-before photo of a Rose Parade float and the hundreds who are waiting to visit it
This year farmers are thanking teachers — or so it says on the Farmers Insurance float which has been built and decorated by the Phoenix …
Celebrate Christmas in Chinatown–it’s an old Los Angeles tradition!
We are a mixed family. My daughter-in law and her sisters celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. My neice and I come from a family that …
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I hadn’t been to the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles for years and years so it was a shock to walk from my parked car …