Sometimes I search long and hard for cool things to do in the city; other times, they just fall into my lap. The latter was the case with last night’s amazingly fun event at the Steve Allen Theater. It all began about a month ago, at the Pacific Serenades concert, actually. I was with friends [...]
This year, Dwell on Design conducted their home tours over two separate weekends. I think this is generally a good idea; unfortunately I had vacation plans when they conducted the Westside home tour last weekend. But on Saturday, I was able to tour 6 homes of note on Los Angeles’ “East Side”. Each of the [...]
Downtown Los Angeles is experiencing a tectonic shift – only instead of the North American and Pacific Plates, it’s Skid Row and Gentrification that collide at this faultline. Against the background of rundown storefronts and hotels, an increasing number of loft apartments and condos are popping up. And with them, a number of great bars, [...]
When I was younger, I played in a string quartet, so I’ve been familiar with chamber music for many years. But mostly, we performed at school concerts in large auditoriums. Indeed, much of the live chamber music I’ve heard has been played in less-than-intimate venues. Pacific Serenades is a Southern California organization that not only [...]
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It’s been far too long since I’ve enjoyed a day of hiking. So friend D and I had made plans to resolve this, putting June 3rd on the calendar weeks ago. Our destination was the Crystal Lake area, where we planned to check out the restored facilities. We didn’t know what to expect. I had [...]
Once upon a time, Highway 39 used to connect to the Angeles Crest Highway, way deep in the middle of the San Gabriel Mountains. However, it’s never been possible to drive through the canyon up to the crest in my 19 years in California – the last 4 miles have been closed since a rockslide [...]
