If you read my last post about where to eat in downtown Culver City, you may wonder how you can stay in the area to eat all the recommendations I mentioned. These next few hundred words include my recommendations for things to do in downtown Culver City–between all the eating. A few years ago, I wouldn’t have thought there were enough things to do here to be worthy of its…
Old Hollywood
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Santa Monica Time Travel: Annenberg Community Beach House Tips
One does not have to travel too far from Route 66 or the Santa Monica Pier to travel back to Santa Monica’s past. Just off the Third Street Promenade are the Fairmont Hotel and Bungalows, where contracted players from MGM stayed, including Greta Garbo. In…
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Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
This is the first post in the series of my favorite places in Los Angeles. The subject of this post reveals the unexpected in Los Angeles. In a city known for its traffic and smog, you can find pockets of beauty and nature hiding between…
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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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Award Ceremony Itinerary: Movie Premieres and Costumes
Today I continue on with my recommendations for things to do in Los Angeles for Awards Season. If you are in town for Oscar weekend or coming to L.A. for fashion and film, I have a lot of ideas for you. In this post, I…
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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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Hollywood: Hidden Doors Part II
Welcome to my second installment of Hidden Doors. In this series, I will be your guide to speakeasies hiding a stone’s throw from the most touristy areas of Hollywood. If you missed my first Hidden Doors installment about the Magic Castle, click here. In this…
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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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Hollywood Bonus Features: Time travel
So you have done Hollywood 101; maybe you have done it a million times. Once you have walked the Walk of Fame and marveled at the footprints in cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, you do not need to write off Hollywood completely. You…