Monday, August 21, 2017

Excerpts from "Frenchtown! The Musical": Part 1

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I am pleased - thrilled, really - to announce that I will be speaking at LAVA's monthly Sunday Salon on September 24 . It's a free e...
Monday, August 14, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 3C: The Le Mesnager Barn

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On the northernmost edges of Glendale, just past the Crescenta Highlands neighborhood, intrepid explorers will find Deukmejian Wilderness Pa...
Sunday, August 6, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 3B: Rancho Los Encinos

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Moving on to the next historic location in the Valley, we find a very special property that many Angelenos don't even know exists.  ...
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 ...