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 …
Play ball! And play catch at Dodgers Spring Training in Phoenix
2021 Spring Training in the Cactus League begins February 29th. I’m not sure if I will drive up to Phoenix to attend this year, but …
The Super Blood Wolf Eclipse as seen on the West Coast
Here it is. I took the photo with my little old Canon camera. It really was red and then clouds came up and obscured it …
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 …
Ripe dates on palm trees on Christmas Day
No snow on the palm trees or freezing, snowy weather in Pasadena or Los Angeles on Christmas Day, 2018. In fact, the date palms planted …