Grand New Park With Grand Old Flags Grand Park – Los Angeles I often hear people ignorantly spout off and grouse, “There’s nothing to do in downtown Los Angeles on the weekend.” When I hear that, I reply, “Look around, there’s plenty to see and do if you do your […]

A $45 Million Walk Around “Lotus Lake” Echo Park Lake (Echo Park) –  Los Angeles So what does $45 million get you these days?  Well, if the two-year renovation of Echo Park Lake is any indication, that heavy chunk of change gets you a beautiful place to spend a lazy […]

Spaced Out In Los Angeles Space Shuttle Endeavour/California Science Center – Los Angeles Everyone gets spaced out living in Los Angeles, so what better way to spend Memorial Day 2013 than head down to the California Science Center to check out the Space Shuttle Endeavour.  I’ve been interested in space […]

Sticky Situation La Brea Tar Pits & Page Museum – Los Angeles I am a native Angeleno, yet at age 59 years and 362 days, I had never visited the La Brea Tar Pits….a fact that stuck with me…until today, that is.  Even worse, I had never even heard about […]

Music Under The Stars The Hollywood Bowl – Hollywood For the better part of the last 40 years, there has been one place in Southern California that draws me back at least once every summer, and it has nothing to do with the beach. The famed Hollywood Bowl is a […]

D-Day Commemorated At A Mall Spirit Of Youth Rising From The Waves – Glendale  If you have ever visited the American Cemetery in Normandy (as we did last autumn), you probably saw the sculpture named Spirit of American Youth. It represents the nearly 10,000 soldiers who gave their lives and […]

Seeing Stars In North Hollywood Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Hall Of Fame Plaza – North Hollywood Sure, I’ve lived in Southern California for 60 years, but doesn’t mean I’ve seen everything (or even heard of everything).   A few of these places are only a few miles from […]

“The House That Nat Built” Capitol Records Building – Hollywood This is one of the first cool, California buildings that stood out to me as a youngster. The 13-story high Capitol Records Building that “resembles a stack of records on a turntable with the spindle pointing skyward” was constructed and […]