Blessing the Animals with a much much smaller crowd in Los Angeles
by The Blessing of the Animals in the plaza at Olvera Street is an old tradition in Los Angeles that goes back 87 years. When I’ve …
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Celebrating Bach’s Birthday at Union Station with recorders and a digital organ
Saturday was Bach’s 332nd birthday and to celebrate it musicians performed Bach’s greatest hits in subway stations around the world from Budapest to Singapore to …
Princess Leia, Jane Fonda and the Clown Trump at the Women’s March in L.A.
After days of rain, the skies above Los Angeles were gloriously blue on the day of the Women’s March in January 2017. And there were …
Learn Curling, go ice skating, take an “angel” photo at Pershing Square in DTLA
(Note: This was originally published in 2017) Perhaps it is too early in December, but there were almost no Christmas decorations, no jolly Santa Claus, …
Festive decorations and Santa at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles
While there are now holiday decorations in Union Station, thank goodness they do not pipe in holiday music. Even the idea of hearing ‘Jingle Bell …
Ice skating at Pershing Square under the palm trees
As someone who grew up in part of the U.S. where lakes and ponds freeze in winter and ice skating is a common winter activity, …
Dozens of angels now stand in Grand Park downtown Los Angeles
What a lovely discovery! I went to downtown L.A. to photograph the skaters in Pershing Square, then became distracted by all the anti-Trump demonstrators’ signs …
Signs of the times at the anti-Trump rally in #DTLA
I marched against Nixon and the Vietnam war in San Francisco the late 1960s and 70s. I marched against the Iraq War while living in …
Beautiful Day of the Dead altars in Grand Park, Los Angeles
This year a group called Lore Productions “curated” some of the large altars for Grand Park. Their altars were large and professional in appearance, like …
Art and music and it was free at the All Access day in downtown L.A.
After photographing the Dia de los Muertos altars in Grand Park and viewing ‘Nimbus’ at Disney Hall, a lunch break was in order before I …