posted by at 5:02 PM on March 30, 2007 This isn't fire related, but it's so bad ass I just had to post it. Everyone knows about the skateboarding revolution that was started in Venice in the 70's, well this one didn't quite get the same coverage but..
. posted by at 10:37 AM on March 29, 2007 [clicking is the path to enlightenment] Need an authentic Hundu deity or two for your living room? How about a fully decked opium bed?
Or maybe a few jeweled Indian wedding scarves? If this sounds good to you then..
. posted by at 12:29 PM on March 20, 2007 In the eight years between the death of his acting partner Oliver Hardy, and his own passing in 1965, comedian Stan Laurel lived modestly at the Oceana Hotel in Santa Monica. The skinnier half of "Laurel Hardy" kept his.
.. posted by at 8:16 PM on March 12, 2007 I can't wholly credit my disposition for bike commuting as the reason I learned about this place.
Discovering this find previously unknown to me is also attributable to the fact I've been temping at a gig about a mile south...
posted by at 1:30 PM on March 08, 2007 [click for maximum enjoyment] This car was lovingly created by my friend Nick, and now it can be yours. It's a perfectly proportioned and dent-free 1962 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, and Nick has, for his own reasons, covered it..
. posted by at 11:15 PM on December 10, 2006 Blogging.la reader Nicole Seymour solved the mystery of the Cahuenga Pass Steamboat, revealing that the answer lies in the book, California Crazy Beyond: Roadside Vernacular Architecture: There's a color picture of this place dated 1968.
The two main signs...
posted by at 9:13 PM on December 06, 2006 The photo shown below depicts an Echo Park landmark as it was in those golden days of yesteryear. This is how the Echo nightclub in Echo Park looked way back when: The original building is still there, but modifications have..
. posted by at 7:14 PM on November 11, 2006 [click to biggify] With this weekend's Tamale Festival at MacArthur Park but a couple miles from our house, my wife Susan and I decided to leave the driving to our feet and walk on over this afternoon. Along the way.
.. posted by at 2:37 PM on October 02, 2006 Of the various sense memories I can readily recall from my tot years there's a couple prominent ones, both from establishments on Beverly Boulevard within a couple blocks of each other.
One is the steamy smell of corn tortillas...
posted by at 8:36 AM on September 05, 2006 A few updates on the undeclared marketing battle between Hollywoodland and The Black Dahlia...
The LA Times online, as you can see from my page grab, is happy to provide ad space for both "based on a true crime" murder...
posted by at 7:46 AM on August 29, 2006 I just stumbled across this amazing collection of vintage Los Angeles postcards collected by the folks at LA Nocturne. The one pictured above was postmarked 6/25/1949 and includes a note on the back from one friend to another saying..
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