Where to have fun in Los Angeles at any age.
Okay baseball fans, this is for you. This summer at Dodger Stadium and at other venues in Los Angeles, major league baseball has a summer event schedule you can bring your entire family to and some of them are …
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When tourists think of Hollywood, there are two places of interest that come to mind; the Hollywood sign and Hollywood and Vine. Both have been romanticized as the quintessential Hollywood experience and visitors …
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The Japanese American internment during WWII was a shameful moment in U.S. history but little has been told about their reintroduction back into everyday life after release from the camps. This aspect of history was …
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I lived up in Beachwood Canyon under the Hollywood Sign from 1985 to 1994. When people stand in the middle of the street to take photos of the sign, you can usually spot a sort of ugly apartment building with a …
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If you’ve read some of my previous posts, you know that I love old buildings. One that I love to visit is the Los Angeles Natural History Museum in Exposition Park near downtown Los Angeles. The old building was …
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One of Los Angeles’s treasures is Griffith Park, which is a 4,320-acre mountainous area at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains nestled between Los Feliz, the Hollywood Sign on Mount Lee, and Burbank. It …
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When I was in middle school, many decades ago, our Spanish teacher took us on field trips to Olvera Street in Downtown Los Angeles. We always had a blast usually with egg-shaped poppers that we exploded …
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If you have been around Los Angeles for any amount of time, you may have visited the Original Farmer’s Market on 3rd street in the Fairfax District. It’s been at the same location since 1934. A short history of …
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In the huge city of Los Angeles, there are a surprising number of urban lakes that make you feel like you aren't in the city at all. They are perfect places to have a picnic, attend a festival, or sit and watch …
If you are visiting Los Angeles and are an art lover, then be sure to head over to the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. There you will find everything from renaissance masters to modern art as well as a stunning …
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