Hollywood Underground at the Metro stations
by Two Metro stations bracket the section of Hollywood Blvd. that most visitors think of as ‘Hollywood’. Most locals think of this area as a place for …
Category: Los Angeles
Hard Rock dancing girls, Chewbacca, Shrek and Superheros — just another sunny day on Hollywood Blvd.
It was something I hadn’t seen since the Sixties in North Beach–two girls in skimpy outfits dancing in a display window to lure customers inside. …
See the historic party-house of Charles Lummis, museum founder
While perhaps he is best-known today as the man who built a stone house by hand in Los Angeles between 1897 and 1910, Charles Lummis …
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 …
The L.A. River through the eyes of artist Victor Zayas–extraordinary!
Since the early 1980s artist (and former collegiate soccer player) Victor Hugo Zayas has been painting the Los Angeles river, primarily at night. So yesterday …
The mysterious source of L.A. River water? (Hint: not those clouds above you.)
As storms sweep into the West Coast the Los Angeles River has become at times a raging flood of water racing to the Long Beach …
After El Nino the L.A. River looks much different. Not so pretty pretty!
The first of several months’ of heavy El Nino storms blew into Southern California this last week and the Los Angeles River went from being …
Amazing and insane gifts at Wacko in East Hollywood
I went to see the Boombox Creators show in East Hollywood. It was in the Luz de Jesus gallery, located on Hollywood Blvd., tucked away …
Not what I expected! A pre-Christmas excursion to Staples Center and L.A. Live
After I left Pershing Square (see previous post) I decided to go to L.A. Live to see the ice-skating rink installed for the holiday season. …