Oh yum! Gazilions of ripe dates hanging on palm trees on Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena
by Two or three years ago when the city of Pasadena yanked out the trees along Arroyo Parkway and planted dozens of date Palm trees I …
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.
Oooh scary! A tsunami zone sign on the streets of Venice California
I was in Venice taking photos of locations for another project, but I got distracted and began photographing the murals that are on both public …
The tamale man, the cactus seller and the murals of Highland Park in Los Angeles
Back in the late 1980s my sons attended Otis Parsons Art Institute in L.A. and lived near Alvarado Street in an old, poor Mexican neighborhood. …
Photos of the murals of Highland Park, a #trending L.A. neighborhood if there ever was one!
Highland Park is two stops further along the Metro Gold line from the station I use, but it might as well been on Mars. Until …
The #Olympics may not like Roller Derby but Hershey’s Candies sure does
Yesterday the 2013 Roller Derby season at the Derby Doll Factory here in L.A. ended. My granddaughter’s team played for the Junior championship, but ended …
Oh yes–at the Pacific Asia Museum there be dragons! (Like this big black one.)
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 …
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, …