An L.A. Mashup: Facepainters, vampires, family altars and Halloween at Macys
by With the large Mexican and Mexican-American population in Los Angeles, the celebration of Dia de los Muertos has grown year after year. Traditionally it is …
See the real Los Angeles River which Frank Gerhy and others plan to change. For the good?
Recently I began to read reports that notable architect Frank Gehry had been hired by an organization I’d never heard of to design plans to …
Sky high Perch restaurant overlooking the Slut Parade in Pershing Square L.A.
My special birthday request this year was to go to the Perch restaurant overlooking Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles for brunch. It is one …
Flying men, pink balls and a fountain on the way to the new Broad Museum
I decided to take the Metro to the brand new Broad (rhymes with road) Museum in downtown Los Angeles. But not all art in L.A. …
Rose Parade floats in September? See South Dakota’s and City of Hope’s floats
I was on my way to the Metro when I came across two floats parked in the middle of Raymond Avenue in Pasadena. In September! …
Amazing art! Huge floating balls on McArthur Park lake in L.A.
I decided to catch the Metro to McArthur Park where new public art was being installed. It is absolutely astonishing! Huge inflatable balls have been …
Kayaking, sailing, paddleboarding…oh, it’s too hot for all that!
When the weather forecast indicated that it was going to be over 100F this weekend, I escaped to Long Beach where it was supposed to …
Cycling to the beach, painting a bus, playing an ecello at CicLAvia Culver City
I didn’t ride in this CicLAvia, but took the Expo Metro Line out to Culver City, one of the hubs for the event. The next …
Eat your heart out Anthony Boudain! See the 626 Night Market at the Santa Anita Race track in the San Gabriel Valley
In a novel I am currently writing, a couple goes to a “Chinese Night Market’ in Los Angeles. In this book the man has spent …
Dance dance dance (sweat!) at the National Dance Day in Los Angeles
It was hotter than the proverbial pistol at the National Dance Day event in the Mark Taper Plaza last Saturday. If you hadn’t heard, this …