Showing posts with label downtown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label downtown. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2020

We Need to Talk About Taix

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Sometime around 1870, a family of bakers and sheepherders from the Hautes-Alpes left France, emigrating to Los Angeles. For decades, custo...
Sunday, March 1, 2020

The Crazy Life of Rémi Nadeau

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Born in Canada to French parents, Rémi Nadeau is the one forgotten Frenchman every Angeleno should know about. After all, he helped to put ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Domingo Amestoy, 30,000 Sheep, and the Skyscraper

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Born in St. Pierre d'Irube, France, in 1822, Dominique Amestoy left home for Argentina at age fourteen. Many French Basques went to Arge...
Saturday, May 11, 2019

They Paved Frenchtown and Put Up a Parking Lot

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One of the most frustrating things about digging through Los Angeles history is finding out something with character, charm, historical sig...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Watch My LAVA Sunday Salon!

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If you couldn't make it to my September 2017 LAVA Sunday Salon, it's now available on Youtube . As always, much love to Kim and Rich...
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Early French Restauranteurs of Los Angeles: Victor Dol

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Los Angeles is, for many foodies, a dream destination. Year-round access to good fresh produce (and good wine)? Check.  One of the mos...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Come Hear Me Speak!

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As I've mentioned a few times over the last few months,  I'm speaking at StaRGazing 2018 , Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa's annu...