Best Los Feliz Ice Cream Parlor: Jeni’s Ice Cream
When I first stumbled into Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream in the Los Feliz Village on Hillhurst, I thought it was their only shop, (more…)
Best Natural Foods Store: Lassen’s Natural Foods & Vitamins
Anyone that cares about eating natural foods and using natural products feels a certain sense of dismay at what the big chain "natural foods" stores have become. (more…)
The Snow White Cottages Near Walt Disney’s Old Studio
If you have ever wanted to live inside a storybook, you can. The book is called Snow White and it sits on the edge of a coffee table called Los Feliz in a house called Los Angeles with Walt Disney's old studios right there in the next room. (more…)
Walt Disney’s Legacy Lives In Los Feliz
Walt Disney’s first home in Los Feliz I think the first thing people notice when coming to the Los Feliz, Echo Park, Silverlake area is how "artsy" it is. It started that way. (more…)
Intolerance in Hollywood, Then and Now
Intolerence in Hollywood actually started in Los Feliz back in 1916 and has since moved to the heart of the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the Hollywood Highland Center. (more…)
Shakespeare Gardens: How LA Neighborhoods Work to Improve Communities
LA is a city of contradictions. When I first moved back here, I was dismayed to see how in some communities residents and and businesses would just pile trash on the sidewalks and streets. (more…)
The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles
A favorite tourist destination in Los Angeles is the Griffith Observatory. (more…)
LA Pubs: 1739 Public House
Looking for the words to describe the atmosphere of Public House the only word that came to mind was "pub" and I was thinking of a British pub. Perhaps that is because "pub" is actually short for "public house". (more…)
Best Place to Play Basketball in Los Angeles
Hands down, the best place to play basketball in Los Angeles well, it's in San Pedro. And actually that is in Los Angeles. San Pedro, while once a separate city, incorporated into Los Angeles way back in 1909. (more…)
Barnsdall Art Park: An Undiscovered LA Treasure
Did you know that amidst the heavy traffic and noise of Hollywood there is a place you can go and find utter peace and and some of the best views of Los Angeles to be found? (more…)