Cheech…maybe not, but Joan T. –si! si!
by Los Angeles has a history of wealthy men establishing private museums to display their personal art collections. There are The Broad, the Hammer, the Marciano …
Category: Travel blog Los Angeles
Chiles and tacos 4Ever at the Grand Central Market
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 …
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 …
The Batmobile and fake cities at the Warner Bros Studio in Burbank
If you take the studio tour at the Warner Bros. lot you will find yourself riding on a open-sided shuttle and passing through sun-filled streets …
Warner Studios: Part One, the Movie Museum
I was over at Warner Bros. Studios having lunch with two friends when the one who works there suggested we go to the Warner movie …
The historic La Placita church has fresh paint on its 204th birthday
The cornerstone for the church commonly called “La Placita” church in the historic district of the Pueblo of Los Angeles was laid by Franciscan Luis …
Happy 200th Birthday, Avila Adobe on historic Olvera Street
The Avila Adobe is the oldest surviving home in Los Angeles. (The nearby La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles, more commonly …
A rooftop view of Jacaranda trees blooming in Pasadena
Both Pretoria, South Africa and Brisbane, Australia are noted for their streets lined with Jacaranda trees (Jacaranda mimosifolia). In both cities the trees have bloomed …
Shake Shack vs. In-N-Out and the winner is…
The guys on CNBC keep going on and on about Shake Shack like it’s the greatest thing since Orange Julius! But what do a bunch …
A Bride and Groom in Union Station while the world walks by
On my way to an art/music festival at Grand Park I came across this couple having their wedding photos taken in Union Station. A few …