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 […]

Jurassic Park…Just Off The Highway World’s Biggest Dinosaurs If you have ever driven from Los Angeles to the Palm Springs/Indio area in the lower desert, you might have noticed some prehistoric characters (and they’re not the Rolling Stones) lurking just to the north of Interstate 10 in Cabazon. These are […]

A Bridge That Spans The Decades Colorado Street Bridge & The Lower Arroyo Seco Trail – Pasadena Sunday mornings mean “Adventure Time” for our two Corgis, and one spot we all like to go is the nearby Lower Arroyo Seco Trail, where there are numerous good vantage points to get […]