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Have you ever just wanted to step back in time to see what LA used to be like in the early 20s? Call me strange, but I’ve always wondered what that era must have felt like. I get to live my time-travel fairytale through the Edison downtown. It wonderfully captures that era in the form [...]
One warm Sunday, during one of my early LA excursions (see Part I) I ended up in South Pasadena standing in front of a little taco stand called Señor Fish. My artist friend Marilynn, with whom I had only recently reconnected, had taken me there. She was introducing me to a different side of LA [...]
I used to make fun of LA. From 3000 miles away, my only thoughts of LA were generic visions of Hollywood, all palm trees, skateboards, surfers and movie stars. Newly arrived, the city struck me as little more than a vast, never-ending suburb punctuated by fast food joints and doughnut shops.
Nothing made sense in LA. [...]
It never fails. You’re finally going to meet up with that person you met online. L.A. is a city with endless possibilities, yet you draw a complete blank on where to go for the first date. You want to be original, but you want it to be casual. You want it to be fun, but [...]
Create:Fixate kicks off the new year with its first event of 2009, “Wisdom Within Us,” tomorrow night, Saturday, March 7. Two large warehouses filled with vibrant artwork and music will present over 40 top local artists, DJs and musicians. As a special treat, Grammy-nominated DJ/producer Adam Freeland will close the night with a DJ set [...]
