See the Nimbus performance at Disney Hall with clouds, lightning, bell ringers
by As part of the free All Access event at the cultural venues along Grand Avenue, at Disney Hall The Industry experimental opera company performed ‘Nimbus’ …
Category: Downtown Los Angeles
Food for the dead on the altars in Grand Park Los Angeles 2018
In the ancient Mayan/Mexican tradition, favorite foods and flowers are left for the dead on their graves in the cemetery. In Los Angeles today, foods …
See Day of the Dead altars in Grand Park Los Angeles
Many of the Dia de los Muertos altars in Grand Park were assembled on Saturday although the ‘official’ start of the display is today, Sunday, …
Time-lapse Los Angeles and a sculpture on a street corner
A new video was published on Vimeo this week and is deservedly getting a lot of mentions. It is a time-lapse view of Los Angeles…well, …
Weird, wacky, political and simply fun people at CicLAvia
After getting off the pedicab yesterday (see previous post) I found myself swept into the carnival atmosphere of the downtown Hub of CicLAvia. Sure, there …
Riding in an Awesome Pedicab in the heart of Los Angeles CicLAvia
Sometimes wishes do come true. Photographing the Chinatown Hub on Broadway had been my plan for the CicLAvia Heart of L.A. event on Sunday, but …
Women celebrating Day of the Dead at Olvera Street
The Olvera Street Merchants were the first group to launch Dia de los Muertos celebrations in 2018 on October 6th. And the women of Los …
What happened to the paper airplanes in Grand Park? Did they shrink?
Artists Elenita Torres and Dean Sherriff won the assignment sponsored by the Goldhirsh Foundation to create a new shade structure in Grand Park. I had …
CicLAvia in downtown L.A. was a parade of cycling fun
I have been working on my new travel book this week so I am late in posting about the latest version of CicLAvia. The course …
How to skip that long line at The Original Pantry in downtown L.A.
On my way to Sunday’s CicLAvia cycling festival I stopped for breakfast. I had not been to the Original Pantry in years and years, but …