History, Los Angeles County

She's back! Two weeks away in the great Northwest, and what do I have to show for it? Besides a big grin and about five extra pounds, ...

This one's no secret--it's got its own website and Facebook page, both of which proclaim the address and keep folks updated on pub...

Boardner's --on Cherokee, near Hollywood Blvd--has been in business since 1942. The picture at right is recent though. Boardner's ...

Another week, another library, another children's room, another pique-assiette mosaic by Jolino Beserra. Could that possibly get old?...

Monday again? Yikes, where does the time go? Don't answer. I know. I have 3 facebook pages to update daily, a twitter feed, and my love...

Pique-Assiette means taking bits from others' plates, as near as I can figure. In mosaic, it means incorporating broken bits of cerami...

Today's guest post is from Lee Gale Gruen, a docent at the Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits , (the picture at right is of the Tar Pits...

The pictures at right are of Bunch Design's Elysian Cottage, a small house in Solano Canyon that doesn't attract much attention fr...

This is the week before my own birthday, so maybe that's why I am so struck by the number of historic anniversaries that occur this week...

A post from three years ago gives the history of the mosaic fountain outside the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, but today's p...