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Kite festival at Redondo Beach was a family affair on a sunny warm Sunday

by carollightwoodMarch 9, 2015July 31, 2020

Most of the kites at the Redondo Beach Kite Festival were small ones. It was obvious that Dad had gone to the local kite store …

What? The Farmers Market in Los Angeles is a tourist attraction?

by carollightwoodMarch 5, 2015July 31, 2020

The Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax boasts that it is the oldest farmers’ market in Los Angeles. It was founded in 1917 when a …

Money and Jesus at the Chinatown Lunar New Year parade

by carollightwoodFebruary 24, 2015July 30, 2020

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

by carollightwoodFebruary 22, 2015July 30, 2020

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 …

Cycling in CicLAvia? See what you will find at the Mariachi Plaza hub on Oct. 5!

by carollightwoodOctober 2, 2014July 31, 2020

The Mariachi Plaza in the Boyle Heights neighborhood is true to its name: it is the place in Los Angeles to go to hire a …

Cycling in CicLAvia? See the amazing East L.A. Civic Center.

by carollightwoodSeptember 29, 2014July 22, 2020

Until about three years ago I had always thought of East L.A. as an area of small, drab houses and a fair amount of crime. …

Shopping and seeing the sights in Chinatown

by carollightwoodSeptember 28, 2014July 24, 2020

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 …