I’ve long had a running list of legendary LA restaurants that I’ve intended to visit. The only problem is that it keeps growing! Every time I visit one, I discover another that I need to add. I know it’s a good problem to have but […]
In less than one month, on December 7, 2021, will be the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor – an event that brought our country into war and forever changed life in the United States. Though long before my time I nevertheless know […]
Thanks to my obsession with classic films I’ve learned a great deal about the studios behind them. Whether it’s MGM, Warner Bros. or Disney I could tell you its whole history, but one studio I know next to nothing about is 20th Century-Fox. Perhaps it’s […]
A few years ago I was rifling through the stacks at the Montrose bookshop Once Upon a Time and came across the title 10,000 Steps a Day in LA: 52 Walking Adventures by Paul Haddad. On a whim I bought it and it’s since become […]
When I was a teenager my best friend gifted me a film noir themed day planner as we both were classic movie fans. At the time, I was mostly into Abbott and Costello and MGM musicals and when I flipped through the book I realized […]
I’ve long been fascinated with California’s culinary history. So many significant restaurants and fast food spots have originated in the Golden State. In fact, a few years ago my friends and I went on a fast food road trip to visit some old school locations […]
