I haven’t been doing much lately, other than exploring my new ‘hood, (and admiring its old facades like that above), doing homework, and training for a marathon. But there’s some fun stuff around town that you ought to go do. SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Tolkien Reading …
It is colder in Culver City than Hollywood, and less sunny, generally. I take the bus and the train in the mornings, and as I travel, I feel the degrees falling away, see the fog hanging down. Downtown Culver City bustles with pedestrians. People walking …
SATURDAY, MARCH 16Public Star Party Join a bunch of other astronomical nerds, including the Los Angeles Astronomical Society and the Los Angeles Sidewalk Astronomers at the Griffith Observatory to look at the sun, moon, visible planets, and other objects, to try out a variety of …
My old apartment was half a mile from the Hollywood/Western station. My new house is over one and a half miles from the Vermont/Beverly station. Too far to walk for a typical commute, but I will not be unfazed. For my commute to Culver City, …
It’s been a quiet winter. There’s always something going on around town, but it certainly isn’t like summer. We stumbled upon another Space 15 Twenty event last weekend, sipped some free Pabst, posed with some giant hearts. Here are a few events we might check …
Voting day is tomorrow! It’s the primary nominating election, in which we’ll choose who will be the next candidates for Mayor (I’ve never known LA without Villaraigosa, so that’ll be weird), decide on a few new city council candidates, and sift through some ballot measures. …
There are stretches of parking lot in Hollywood. (If you know Hollywood at all, you just rolled your eyes as you read that. Duh, a lot of Hollywood is parking lot.) The stretches of which I speak surround the Capitol Records building. Imagine turning these …
This is our home. We own it. And it’s in Hollywood, where we’ve said we’d like to stay forever. We’re so happy to be home. Now, let’s take a walk down memory lane: our house hunting experience that lasted three years and caused our hearts …
Highland Park parklet rendering, courtesy of Office of José Huiza Parklets! What’s a parklet? It’s a mini public park in an urban area. Essentially, it’s a great idea. Last Friday, the L.A. City Council approved the construction of four parklets in Downtown L.A., El Sereno …
The weather is back to normal, and some people are rejoicing. Others, like me, are reluctant to turn their backs on winter. Having to re-adapt my wardrobe to 80 degree weather is a project. I went for a walk today, along Santa Monica between Gower …