Caroling in Spanish, ice skating, sledding and Santa, too, in downtown L.A.
by Coming up from the Pershing Square Metro station yesterday I could hear carolers, but didn’t recognize the song. Outside in the little plaza around the …
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An L.A. Mashup: Facepainters, vampires, family altars and Halloween at Macys
With the large Mexican and Mexican-American population in Los Angeles, the celebration of Dia de los Muertos has grown year after year. Traditionally it is …
Sky high Perch restaurant overlooking the Slut Parade in Pershing Square L.A.
My special birthday request this year was to go to the Perch restaurant overlooking Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles for brunch. It is one …
Old movie and vaudeville theaters making a comeback in downtown Los Angeles
I had taken two of the eight Los Angeles Conservancy guided walking tours already: The Victorian homes tour in Angelino Heights and the Art Deco buildings walk in …
The Los Angeles Central Library is an extraordinary work of art–even if you do not read one book.
It is embarrassing to admit–even moreso because I am an author–but I had never been inside the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles which was …
Moderne/Art Deco buildings in downtown L.A. are now mostly living spaces for the rich and movie stars
In the go-go years of the 1920s and early 1930s Art Moderne (or as it is also known, Art Deco) became the architecture of choice …
Pershing Square in downtown L.A. is labeled an “artsy park” by Google Maps, but that’s only part of the picture!
Named after “Black Jack” Pershing, a hero of World War I, Pershing Square was once a shady green park in the heart of downtown Los …
Few empty seats at the Los Angeles Grand Central Market–the old now stands cheek by jowl with new eateries!
As recently as 3 years ago I stopped by the Grand Central Market in downtown L.A. to take some photos. The scene was so depressing. …
See the Blessing of Animals by Archbishop Gomez at historic Olvera Street in Los Angeles
The Blessing of the Animals in the plaza by Olvera St. on the Saturday before Easter is a tradition that goes back at least 200 …
It’s CicLAvia — bicycling along Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. No cars! Just people and #bikes!
Wilshire Blvd., a main cross-city street in L.A., was closed to cars today and bicylists were free to go anywhere along the way from One …