Sunday, January 19, 2014

Winter Rain, or Lack of It: Experiencing L.A.

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Winter Rain. It's something Los Angeles, and the rest of California needs badly.   Los Angeles' Mediterranean climate is fou...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Experiencing L.A. - UCLA Gourmet Food Trucks

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Gourmet Food Trucks , while not unique to Los Angeles, have definitely become part of the city, including the UCLA campus.  Appare...

Small Worlds & Bridges: California NanoSystems Institute UCLA

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One of the most unique modern buildings buildings in Los Angeles is the California NanoSystems Institute located on the UCLA campus. I walk...
Monday, December 30, 2013

Falling Plates

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Some friends put together an interesting 4 minute video dealing with the big life questions: where did we come from? why are we here? whe...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Vintage Los Angeles: City Hall, Christmas 1973

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photo credit: Joe Messinger City Hall, downtown Los Angeles, Christmas 1973. Peace on earth, good will to men ... and Merry Chris...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

50 years ago today: the Baldwin Hills Reservoir collapse

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photo credit: Los Angeles Public Library collection 50 years ago today, the 19 acre 300 million-gallon Baldwin Hills Reservoir colla...
Sunday, December 8, 2013

Back to Bethlehem 2013 - St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, Chatsworth

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A little Christmas gem in the northwest corner of Los Angeles is the "Back to Bethlehem" event, held on the two weekends before ...

Christmas Lights, Los Angeles

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I love this photograph, taken by our friend Shawn in Los Angeles.   The colored lights up against the blue sky along with the variet...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Experiencing the "Cyrus Cylinder" at the Getty Villa

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This past week I was back in Los Angeles for a conference - and took an hour on the way there to see the "Cyrus Cylinder...