Christmas in colorful Chinatown is a Los Angeles tradition
by 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 …
Category: Chinatown
Shepard Fairey, skateboards, and plastic sugar skulls in Chinatown
On a shopping trip to Chinatown I stumbled across an art gallery called Eastern Projects that is participating in the Pacific Standard Time LA/LA exhibitions. The …
Lion dancers and more at the Chinatown Golden Dragon parade in Los Angeles
The weather gods must love parades. The Rose Parade, the Doo-Dah parade, the Chinatown Golden Dragon parade all happen during our Southern California rainy season, …
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 …
See the people and places of Chinatown L.A. –away from the parade
Last weekend the annual Lunar New Year Parade marched through Chinatown in Los Angeles. While the parade was colorful, much else happened off the parade …
The Chinese Golden Dragon parade — hot and colorful in Los Angeles
It seems that the weather luck of the Rose Parade also holds true for the annual Golden Dragon parade in L.A.’s Chinatown. I have been …
Money and Jesus at the Chinatown Lunar New Year parade
The Golden Dragon parade held every year in Chinatown in L.A. is–well, appeared to be–a big money-making venture for merchants, as well as a celebration …
Here be dragons–and a lot more–at the Chinese New Year’s parade in Los Angeles 2015
Happy Year of the Ram to you! (The lucky numbers for this year are 3,4,9.) The Chinese New Year parade, as always, was colorful and …
Shopping and seeing the sights in Chinatown
An acquaintance of my daughter-in-law moved into an affordable senior-living high rise apartment on the edge of Chinatown in Los Angeles. My daughter-in-law suggested that …
Angelenos at the Chinatown New Year’s parade were fascinating
While the annual New Year’s parade in Chinatown is full of color and waving flags and marching groups, the spectators drawn to the parade were …