So chilly! Surfing at Venice beach in Los Angeles in December
by I realized that I’ve been writing about Venice beach without showing the beach, so here it is. I took these photos in late December and …
Oh those gorgeous bodies! Muscle men and bikini girls in Venice California
Okay, the headline is somewhat misleading, but in December there were not many bikini clad young women and muscle men on the beach in Venice. …
See a day-before photo of a Rose Parade float and the hundreds who are waiting to visit it
This year farmers are thanking teachers — or so it says on the Farmers Insurance float which has been built and decorated by the Phoenix …
Celebrate Christmas in Chinatown–it’s an old Los Angeles tradition!
We are a mixed family. My daughter-in law and her sisters celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. My neice and I come from a family that …
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I hadn’t been to the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles for years and years so it was a shock to walk from my parked car …
Oh yum! Gazilions of ripe dates hanging on palm trees on Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena
Two or three years ago when the city of Pasadena yanked out the trees along Arroyo Parkway and planted dozens of date Palm trees I …
Oooh scary! A tsunami zone sign on the streets of Venice California
I was in Venice taking photos of locations for another project, but I got distracted and began photographing the murals that are on both public …
The tamale man, the cactus seller and the murals of Highland Park in Los Angeles
Back in the late 1980s my sons attended Otis Parsons Art Institute in L.A. and lived near Alvarado Street in an old, poor Mexican neighborhood. …
Photos of the murals of Highland Park, a #trending L.A. neighborhood if there ever was one!
Highland Park is two stops further along the Metro Gold line from the station I use, but it might as well been on Mars. Until …
The #Olympics may not like Roller Derby but Hershey’s Candies sure does
Yesterday the 2013 Roller Derby season at the Derby Doll Factory here in L.A. ended. My granddaughter’s team played for the Junior championship, but ended …