Tuesday, July 18, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 3A: The Leonis Adobe Museum

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In the old part of Calabasas, there is a surviving remnant of LA's Wild West past. I don't mean all the cutesy, faux-Western st...
Saturday, July 1, 2017

The Monster of Calabasas: Michel "Don Miguel" Leonis

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Updated to add: I want our stories told, for better or for worse. That said, a rather unpleasant character has tried to fight me, i...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 3: The San Fernando Valley

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Continuing my series on surviving places linked to Southern California's forgotten French community, we come to a place that hits close ...
Saturday, June 3, 2017

Deed Restrictions and the Renaming of Frenchtown

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Last weekend, I gave a presentation on the French in Southern California at San Diego Mensa's Regional Gathering in Palm Springs (video ...
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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