Once upon a time, I helped friends train for the Camino de Santiago—a pilgrimage walk in Spain–covering 500 miles/804 km. To prepare, they would plan out local Urban Hikes of at least 10 miles. In Los Angeles, this involves a lot of planning. Many of the highways cut swaths into the city, cutting off neighborhoods from each other. So many of the freeway entrances, although they involve crosswalks, are completely…
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Hiking in Solstice Canyon
From the Angeles National Forest to inner-city places like Griffith Park, the opportunities to hike in Los Angeles are endless. If I want to spend some time out in nature, I tend to head to Malibu. Today, I will give you my guide to hiking…
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Starline Tour: Malibu Celebrity Homes Tour
I love doing research for this blog. Writing This Ugly Beautiful City has given me an excuse to explore Los Angeles and do some things I didn’t do as a tourist. Activities like buying a star map or taking a hop-on, hop-off tour of the…
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Culver City Food Tour: Part Two
The previous post was getting to be a bit long for the eyes, so I decided to split the post in two. I hope you are ready to finish the Culver City food tour with me. If you received the free itinerary in my newsletter,…
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Culver City Food Tour
2020 was going to be a big year for me. I was ready to build a business around This Ugly Beautiful City. My services would include helping people by creating Los Angeles itineraries, whether that be tourists or Angelenos who and want to know their city…
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The Eames House, or Case Study House no. 8
I am sticking around the Pacific Palisades to talk about another one of my favorite places in Los Angeles–The Eames House and Foundation. But first a film. I hope this video gave you some context about why the Eames House is such an important part of…
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Five things I have been doing during Los Angeles, Safer at home: The Palms neighborhood
I never really intended to write about the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles on this blog. It is a hard neighborhood to write about in regards to it being a “happening” destination. It is pretty residential. Blocks and blocks of dingbat apartments, peppered with restaurants,…
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Modern architecture trends
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How to explore Los Angeles without leaving home: week 5
Here we are still. This is week seven for those of us in Los Angeles. We just experienced our first heatwave. It is hard to not want to climb into the Pacific Ocean and jump the waves. Finding virtual opportunities for you to explore my…