“The Battleship Of Presidents” Battleship USS IOWA Museum – San Pedro My dad was a naval officer who served in World War II on Guadalcanal, so the Navy (and especially naval vessels) have always held a special interest for me. Tracy and I toured the USS Midway in San Diego […]

Getting On Track Union Station – Los Angeles Having already been on a couple of Los Angeles Conservancy tours in the past, Tracy and I headed downtown on a Saturday morning to check out an historic Los Angeles landmark that celebrated its 75th birthday in 2014. For this tour, we’d […]

A Ringing Endorsement Of Friendship Korean Bell Of Friendship – San Pedro It had been quite some time since I had traveled to San Pedro, but when Tracy and I finally did, we certainly made a day of it.  We visited the USS Iowa, Point Fermin Lighthouse, Fort MacArthur and […]

Everything’s Coming Up Roses The Rose Parade – Pasadena When you grow up and live in the Pasadena area for most of your 60 years, there is no way to escape going to the Rose Parade. Believe me, I know! I’m not sure exactly how many Rose Parades I’ve been […]

Controversial Statue Comfort Women Statue – Glendale During World War II, it is estimated that up to 200,000 Asian women and girls were forced to be sex slaves by the Japanese Imperial Army, although Japan disputes that fact.  In July 2013, the city of Glendale unveiled a statue of a […]

The Curtain Rises Pasadena Playhouse – Pasadena On a small street off Pasadena’s famed Colorado Blvd. you will find the Official State Theater of California, the Pasadena Playhouse. I have been lucky enough to see a plethora of plays there since I was a little boy growing up in the […]

“The Granddaddy Of Them All!” The Rose Bowl Game & Tour – Pasadena Since I have attended 30 Rose Bowl games in my 60+ years (including the 2014 Stanford-Wisconsin contest…the 100th), it only made sense that on the first day in its 91-year history that the famed Rose Bowl held […]

Visit One For The Gipper Ronald Reagan Presidential Library – Simi Valley Located about 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles is the “other” presidential library in Southern California. Having visited The Nixon Library in July, Tracy and I (along with friends Lenny and Susan) decided to drive out to Simi […]

Controversial Cathedral & Gregory Peck Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – Los Angeles I must confess (pun intended) that I can see why there was some controversy when it came to the construction of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels that serves as the Mothership for […]