The shortest street in LA is in a very unique neighborhood called Pico-Union. Powers Place is only 13 feet long. Paved in brick, it separates 2 groups of people. On one side are apartment buildings, where normal people live. On the other […]
Last weekend, the Huntington Library and Gardens celebrated Chinese New Year. I spent Saturday afternoon seeing as much as I could, and … WOW!!! It was incredible! When you first walk in, you see the lanterns & banners celebrating the year of […]
Looking for a great weekend getaway in California? Then Pismo Beach is a great place to go. Pismo Beach is small, California beach town about 3 hours north of Los Angeles, and 4 hours south of San Francisco. It’s too far for […]
Monarch butterflies – like lots of other animals – head south for the winter. On their journey to Mexico, they may stop at one (often more) of over 200 butterfly preserves along the California coast line. Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove is […]
Have you ever been to a city, like Los Angeles, where traffic is a nightmare, it’s noisy, sirens blaring, and all you want is to go home? That’s the foundation for Chris Burden’s Metropolis II, except the feeling is the exact opposite […]
Last month, I had the privilege of going to the Huntington Library to see Kehinde Wiley’s, “Portrait of a Young Gentleman,” next to its inspiration, the original “Portrait of a Young Gentleman,” which we now know as Blue Boy. Blue Boy was […]
Happy New Year! I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday and great new year! I had a wonderful adventure on New Year’s Eve. This is when the floats line up for the Tournament of Roses parade, held every year on […]
For one week only, the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) Museum has an exclusive exhibit of the costumes and photography from the MGM Movie, House of Gucci. The exhibit was curated by costume designer Janty Yates. The centerpiece of the […]
November 1 & 2 are Dia de los Muertos 2021. This weekend, Hollywood Forever Cemetery hosted its (mostly) annual Dia de los Muertos celebration (I say mostly, because it was covid-cancelled last year). This year’s festival came back, scaled down to 80 […]
Looking for something interesting to see in LA? That you definitely weren’t expecting? Then head to the Witch’s House in Beverly Hills, at the corner of Walden & Carmelita. It looks like an honest-to-God witch’s house, straight out of a fairy tale. […]
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