Chiles and tacos 4Ever at the Grand Central Market
by My first visit to the Grand Central Market was in 1974. I don’t remember much about it except that we went there to get tacos …
Category: Los Angeles
Escape to a French-inspired hideaway blocks from the beach
The Culver Hotel has always appeared to be misplaced somehow. It’s tall and brick and obviously built a long time ago–in 1924 to be exact. …
Sculpture in a pocket forest, raining sunshine and a sky view of the LACMA Plaza
In my previous post I promised more about ‘foresty things’ at LACMA. So here goes. In this photo of the Cantor Sculpture garden you can …
Best chowder in L.A. is floating on a barge in the Los Angeles Harbor
For decades the chowder served at Neptune’s Net has drawn brawny bikers and jeans-clad movie stars out to Malibu for Sunday morning chowder at the …
Tomatoes and the goats and bees
Now about tomatoes… Tomatomania is a springtime event in California where dozens of varieties of tomatoes–both hybrid and heirloom–are sold for one day only at …
A day of Bach at Union Station and it’s free
Two women standing beside me in Union Station wondered how anyone could afford to put on 10 hours of amazing performances of Bach’s music with …
Flying men and baseball player mosaics in the Civic Center Metro Station L.A.
Back in the late 1980s and 1990s when the Metro system was being built in Los Angeles, the city went all out for art. In the …
Dancing in the Plaza by Olvera Street
From a block away I could hear the Mexican music from the bandstand in the center of La Placita at the historic Pueblo de Los …
Christmas in colorful Chinatown is a Los Angeles tradition
In the melting pot that is Los Angeles two local holiday food traditions stand out. One is eating tamales during the Christmas season which obviously …
“Resist” reads the sign at a Metro Gold Line station in Los Angeles
Shortly after Trump was inaugurated this huge RESIST sign went up on a fence across from a Metro station that is surrounded by angel sculptures …