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for April 2007

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Pat the Bunny or Peter Rabbit?

So many great sights and sounds at the LA Times book festival this weekend but my favorite by far: Standing...

Book Festival

Chocolate. In a fountain. Need I say more?

Whither the LAX solicitors?

Ever wonder what happened to those pencil and candy vendors that used to float around the departure lounges at LAX?

After Virginia Tech

The major gun-control advocates have been passionately fighting the battles they feel they can win. Perhaps the time has come, however, to passionately fight the battles that need fighting.

Median Schmedian

Semantics, new math, and the mysterious 11-percentage-point increase in the affordability of California housing.

Westwood newsracks in the pink

Several ratty, old newsracks in Westwood Village began sporting pink tags from their handles this past week.

Admiring Dustin

My 17-year-old daughter and I have many things in common, but perhaps the most surprising is our mutual deep affection for Dustin Hoffman.

VIDEO: Rethinking environmentalism on the L.A. River

I fall into the river during my behind the scenes look at the master plan with Jenny Price & Co.

Hair Die

Look, I get it about doing something for yourself to make yourself feel good. A lady friend says La Perla underthings do the trick; and we've heard all we need to about why women get boob jobs, and men get ... whatever it is we get. All that’s well and good for the “It’s for my self-esteem” crowd. But isn’t the point that someone’s got to notice?

Hollywood Bridge of Sighs

History envelops me as I enter the courtyard of the Egyptian Theater in the fading light. I see glamorous ghosts,...

Apple Pan turns 60 today

The venerable Westside diner was born April 11, 1947

To do, Friday: Sen. Bill Bradley at UCLA

Do you know why we vote on Tuesday? Bradley does. He'll be talking about that, and more, at UCLA.

What will put LA in LATimes.com?

If a tragedy on the scale of the 1992 LA riots were to occur today, it would be reported and viewed through the eyes of Los Angelenos on YouTube.com, not LATimes.com.

No more Famima!! in Westwood

A Famima!! famine on the Westside.

Better get a bucket

A new low in rooftop billboards?

“LA Noir” Epigraphs

Awhile back, I mused here about the perfect epigraph for “Los Angeles Noir,” the short story anthology I edited that...

Traffic survey: Are you a NIMFY?

LADOT wants to know if Westsiders would be in favor of traffic restrictions that may delay traffic leaving and/or entering the neighborhood. What's next, border checkpoints?
KCET control room
kcet-rehearsal-control.jpgA peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
whitts-wood-yard.jpgElon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
bcam-stairs.jpgThe Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
hockney-arrives-lacma.jpgThe artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
mountain-lion-family-martinez.jpgFrom Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
The power of 'pluribus' plays
Allegiance-9-(1).jpgDon Shirley on theater in LA
Macy's winds down
mannequin-graveyard-macys.jpgThe store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
westwood-sky-lao.jpgWestwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
la-luz-del-mundo.jpg Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
loves-bbq-valley-relics.jpg Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
melissa-barak-cost-iris.jpg Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Engine Co. 17
engine-co-17-side.jpg Inside the long-closed Arts District fire station on Santa Fe Avenue.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
wilshire-grand-lobby-wall.jpg Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
barnsdall-park-trees.jpg Under the trees.
Inside Hollyhock House
hollyhock-columns.jpgPhoto taking was allowed for one weekend. So we did.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
el-milagro-market.jpgProductos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
June 6, 1968
rfk-hearse-wide-lapl.jpgThe body of Robert F. Kennedy leaves Good Samaritan hospital. More pics
Streetscape: DTLA
spring-street-bike-lane.jpgSpring Street bike lane.
Palm weeds of Santa Susana
santa-susana-palm-weeds.jpgOak trees, sandstone ridges and fan palms? Ugh. More
Streetscape: West LA
405-at-smblvd.jpg405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
grman1.jpgThe hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
arcana-books.jpgIn the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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