As a Mom with school-age children, the last week of August always tastes bittersweet. With Labor Day just around around...
Native Intelligence archive
for August 2006
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The first time I tried to surf I was 12 and had recently moved to South Florida from one of the fly-over states. It all came back recently during family day at Malibu Makos surf camp.
Two years ago, I spent several days in China with Sumner Redstone, when we were both speaking at something called...
Dinner in a castle on the outskirts of Prague. Art hundreds of years old. 'Where are you from?' Tarzana. You? 'Encino.' Small world.
First of all, let me apologize to the Dodgers and their fans. The team rarely wins when I’m in the...
As a native Angeleno, I've seen a lot of things on the freeways. Driving back from San Pedro on the...
One evening, my wife and I sat on the love seat at the foot of our bed, halfway through another...
Last weekend, I drove out to Broad Beach in western Malibu--one of my favorite L.A. County beaches--and was met by...
We’ve traveled a lot this summer, or at least it seems that way. First up was Israel, which my Florida...
I’ve been thinking about redevelopment lately. The city wants to build a state-of-the-art LAPD headquarters downtown to replace Parker Center,...
My car’s radio buttons are set to talk stations. I can’t find a music station I like, and my CD...
Joan Didion observed in The White Album that "many people I know in Los Angeles believed the '60s ended abruptly...
I am going through what might be the most terrifying phase a parent in Los Angeles must endure. I am...
August 5 marks the 44th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death. As always, there is talk of how she died. Did...
There's something quintessentially L.A. about going to see live theater at the Music Center. It's a ritual that moves me...
“Can you believe this?” I said. “Iran says wiping out Israel will solve the Mideast problem. The Vatican wants to...
I'm a little late to the party here (a nod to my fellow contributors - great stuff - and thanks...
Two years ago, in the summer of 2004, my friends Kerry and Deana hosted a party centered around a MoveOn.org...
KCET control room
A peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
Elon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
The artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
From Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
Macy's winds down
The store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
Westwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
Under the trees.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
Productos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
Streetscape: DTLA
Spring Street bike lane.
Streetscape: West LA
405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
The hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
In the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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