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 city. Today I talk about the time I took the Starline Malibu Celebrity Homes Tour in the name of research. Did I miss my…
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This Ugly Beautiful City, a recap episode
In my previous post, I talked about This Ugly Beautiful City being a year old. During that year I covered a lot of ground. I zig-zagged from Hollywood to Culver City, Century City to DTLA. Now it is time for a recap. When a television…
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Where to see celebrities in the wild
The Season of Celebrity is upon us. The past few weeks have brought us award show after award show, now are the final press junkets, television shows wondering who people will be wearing. This also means that many celebrities are actually in L.A. taking breaks…
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Los Angeles itinerary for parents: Friday
With so much to do in Los Angeles and holidays around the corner, you may be wondering, what should I do with my parents in Los Angeles? If this is you, I hope this series of posts, Los Angeles Itinerary for Parents, will help you…
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Tips for building Los Angeles Itineraries
How do I plan a successful trip to Los Angeles? There is a formula that I take into consideration for each itinerary I plan. I hope that these tips for building Los Angeles itineraries help when: a) Tourists visit Los Angeles b) Los Angeles locals…
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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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Old Hollywood Bonus Features: The oldest restaurant in Hollywood
This next location is famous, although you might only recognize it from movies or television shows. You might have read about its interior described in books by authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald or Charles Bukowski. If either author were to look at Los Angeles today,…
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Intro to Hollywood
I thought that I would start with Hollywood. Why? Because that is what everyone thinks of when they think about Los Angeles. It is the most touristy and I think the most misunderstood neighborhood in Los Angeles. The Hollywood I will talk about here is…