March 2013 Archives
Where We Are:
It's summer. Ladies are lunching and window-shopping. Limousines are lined up on Wilshire Boulevard. Chauffeurs are idling in front of Perino's.
LA as Subject:
When Spanish explorers first visited the Los Angeles shore in 1542, they named the area the "Bay of the Smoke."
Cakewalk:
I find that black support for marriage equality is real, but it's not a given--or a gimme.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
Susan Straight recalls the history of Riverside's Our Lady of Guadalupe and introduces the people who have kept the parish alive all these years.
East CA:
Take off your Google Glass before you come near me. I mean it. And I'm not the only one.
Where We Are:
A professor of Architectural History takes my hometown tour, where the everyday nearly always fails to be ironic and the quotidian does not always disappoint.
West Is Eden:
College shouldn't just be about how much money you should make. The questions are far grander. What barrier will I break? How can I change the world?
Where We Are:
For a few hours this week, we (meaning our avatar Voyager 1) might had slipped the surly bonds of the solar system. It turns out we didn't.
LA as Subject:
In 1786, a sergeant in the Spanish army sketched what was likely the first map of Los Angeles.
Cakewalk:
The ten-year anniversary of the Iraq War is hardly cause for celebration -- so what is it cause for?
SoCal Focus is a blog about the people, places, and issues in and around Southern California.
I Am Los Angeles: Pioneering a New-Wave Food Truck
Coolhaus ice cream truck serves tasty treats inspired by architects whose work you can find throughout Los Angeles, from Franklin Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry.
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