You may ask yourself why? Why are we leaving Hollywood when there is still a lot to do? Why haven’t I talked about LACE, The Hollywood Museum, or Madame Tussaud’s? Why did I skip over the historic Cineramadome? And why haven’t I talked about the double-decker tour busses? It is true, there is still so much of Hollywood to learn about and experience. The truth is that I never intended to…
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Where Hollywood Began: Edendale
Before we leave Hollywood, it is important that we make a pit stop. We will head east from Charlie Chaplin’s former home to the town of Edendale which was integral in making him a star. If you are one of the many people who walk…
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Where to hear live music in Hollywood: Part II
Photo of the Hollywood Palladium in 1947, by George Garrigues. To continue with my series for where to hear live music in Hollywood, I will take you a little south and east of the Hollywood Bowl. All of these places will seem a lot more…
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Hollywood’s Everything Space: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Los Angeles is filled with everything spaces. What is an everything space, you might ask? To me, it is a place that had an original intention of what it was going to be, but took on other roles, added new features, and became more. Take…
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Where to hear live music in Hollywood: Tips for the Hollywood Bowl
One of my favorite things in life is hearing live music. Being inside concert venues, no matter the size, is my happy place. I love having shared experiences with people who are all doing something we love — seeing bands that have played the soundtracks…
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Dayhawks: Or Something L.A. that Happened
I dug this post up from the earlier incarnation of this blog and I had to share it again. Just to note, I wrote this post in 2014. I have spent more time in Hollywood in the past two months than I have in years.…
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Where to eat dinner in Hollywood
And now the final installment of the Where to Eat in Hollywood series. I hope these posts guide you when you are in this neighborhood and have no idea where to eat. Today, I will list all of my recommendations for Where to Eat Dinner…
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Where to eat Lunch in Hollywood
If you have been reading This Ugly Beautiful City so far, you know I have listed a few Hollywood restaurants. In my Hollywood 101 guide, I talked about tourist favorite Pink’s and neighboring M Cafe. In the posts that followed, I featured Musso and Frank,…
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Where to get free exercise in Hollywood
You might not automatically think of hiking when you think of Los Angeles, but you should start. You may be surprised by the fact that Greater Los Angeles is a doorway to great hiking, whether it be a day trip away, like Ojai, or right…