Frenchtown Confidential
Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Come Hear Me Speak at uRGe!
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I am thrilled to announce that I will be giving a presentation on Southern California's forgotten French roots at San Diego Mensa's ...
Friday, April 28, 2017
We're Still Here, Part 2: Chinatown
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Moving on to another of LA's older neighborhoods... The French community was, as I've noted previously, originally concentrat...
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Sunday, April 16, 2017
We're Still Here, Part 1: Olvera Street and LA's Old Pueblo
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The acknowledged foremost authority on Frenchtown, Helene Demeestre, has called at least one of her Frenchtown lectures "Without a Tra...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
International Women's Day Special Edition: Dr. Kate Brousseau
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I realize this blog doesn't have a strictly linear timeline. Sometimes, one location will have a story spanning centuries; sometimes sev...
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Raymond Alexandre and the Roundhouse
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Continuing the theme of French sailors who settled in Los Angeles... The Roundhouse, circa 1865. Alexandre's "Roundhous...
Saturday, February 18, 2017
The Captain and the Tar Pits
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When the words "French sea captain" and "Los Angeles" are mentioned in the same sentence, the name of former Mayor Josep...
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Sophie Baric's Gruesome Discovery
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Sophie Baric* and her sea-captain husband, Charles Baric, lived in the Plaza, close to the Old Plaza Church. They were good friends with the...
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