Frenchtown Confidential

On this day in 1789, the French Revolution began. I an pretty open about having a complicated relationship with La Fête Nationale/Bastille D...

Every Angeleno knows William Mulholland is credited with bringing water to Los Angeles. Few, if any, are aware that for about forty years,...

For years it was assumed that El Aliso - California's first commercial vineyard and winery - had stood on, or at least roughly on, the ...

Recently, I was contacted by the West Adams Heritage Association regarding their annual Living History Tour of Angelus Rosedale Cemetery...

If you read my first installment of this theatrical theme, you know there isn't *really* a musical about Frenchtown. My short-term obje...

It may seem odd to some of my readers that the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County  would have, let alone display, anything relate...

The acknowledged foremost authority on Frenchtown, Helene Demeestre, has called at least one of her Frenchtown lectures "Without a Tra...