Walking in Los Angeles. Some say it’s an oxymoron. Others say it’s an impossible daydream. Some have never even heard the phrase. We, myself and my husband, walk an awful lot. We’re lucky. We live in Central Hollywood. We bar-hop around Hollywood and Vine, all …
Sometimes I have trouble sleeping. I blame it alternately on anxiety and muscle pain. A few nights a week, I lie in bed, a tired person trapped in an awake body. On nights like these, I often don’t fall asleep until four or five o’clock …
Last weekend, we saw Sonny and the Sunsets and The Allah Lahs at Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park. MacArthur Park is a star of city parks, on par (landscapingly speaking) with any you can think of – Dolores, Alamo Square, Union Square, Bryant Park, maybe …
Photograph of Vine St and Homewood Avenue in Hollywood, 1952. Oh, I mean, 2012. As in, yesterday, on my daily lunch time stroll through the neighborhood. My dad knows cars. He can tell a car’s make, model, and year with just a quick glance. I’m …
Last night, the husband and I went to an LA Philharmonic concert at the Hollywood Bowl. (Important summer secret: Bowl tickets for the classical or more obscure events are as inexpensive as $1 if purchased well in advance.) We brought a nice picnic, a bottle …
The folks over at LAist unearthed this one. Hollywood Gold, I say. Kitty, a movie star-hopeful goes on a helicopter tour of 1958 Hollywood, accompanied by a cheeky narrator. They float over all the studios, the Capitol Records building, the Griffith Observatory, and the corner …
My parents live in Salt Lake City, Utah. When I lived in New York City, I often lost sleep over how much I missed them. The distance was too great, and it burrowed a hole in my heart that let the wind in at night. …
The days are long. The weather is perfect. LA does have a summer distinct from other seasons, and it is wonderful. We Angelenos take advantage by throwing a myriad of events. Here are a few. FRIDAY, JULY 6 “Serendipity” Screening A John Cusack rom-com classic …
I am a distinctly summer girl. This season is, without a doubt, my favorite, and I look cynically upon those who deny it’s superiority over the other three. I also maintain a very sunny disposition toward the Fourth of July. There are cryptic memes on …
Our landlord took down the garages of our 90 year old building a few months ago. The garages were small, three connected rectangular boxes housed in a cute little barn-like structure. Each unit had double barn doors, and a parking space in front. We used …