Aztec Fire Dancers perform at the Blessing of the Animals celebration
by I love the unexpected things I find in Los Angeles. I went to the annual Blessing of the Animals in the plaza by Olvera Street and …
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Blessing the Animals with a much much smaller crowd in Los Angeles
The Blessing of the Animals in the plaza at Olvera Street is an old tradition in Los Angeles that goes back 87 years. When I’ve …
Poppies are blooming in Pasadena and coming soon to the high desert Poppy Reserve
After years of drought the rain this winter has given renewed life to the intrepid California poppies. A block from my home the Throop Church’s …
Mayan censors, German angels and sandcastles at LACMA
The ‘Big Attraction Show’ for 2016 holiday tourists at Los Angeles Country Museum of Art is the Diego Rivera-Pablo Picasso exhibition. The common ground between …
See the Scharf garage at the Pasadena Museum of California Art
If you are visiting Pasadena for the Rose Parade, take a few minutes to see the Pasadena Museum of California Art. Or more specifically the …
See Obama’s home — seriously, he lived in Pasadena
I was surprised to learn that President Barack Obama lived in Pasadena when he attended Occidental College, which is located a few miles to the …
Learn Curling, go ice skating, take an “angel” photo at Pershing Square in DTLA
(Note: This was originally published in 2017) Perhaps it is too early in December, but there were almost no Christmas decorations, no jolly Santa Claus, …
Ice skating at Pershing Square under the palm trees
As someone who grew up in part of the U.S. where lakes and ponds freeze in winter and ice skating is a common winter activity, …
The Doo Dah is silliness on parade in stuffy Pasadena
This is part two. See the previous post for more. After 39 years the Doo Dah Parade still is silly and fun–characteristics one usually does …
See the crazy fun Doo Dah parade in Pasadena
This is Part One. More posts follow tomorrow. Originally the Doo Dah parade was a send-up of Pasadena’s famed Rose Parade. And it is still …