Frenchtown Confidential
Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.
Monday, February 24, 2020
Rémi and the Bandit
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Rémi Nadeau - freighter, hotelier, entrepreneur - is the one dead Frenchman every Angeleno should know about. In the next entry, I'll ...
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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...
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Booking Now: Lost French L.A. Walking Tour
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Did you miss my LAVA Sunday Salon back in September 2017? Did you attend the Salon, but want to know more? Did you only just recently fi...
Friday, January 3, 2020
The Trials of Simon Gless
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Simon Gless was living on Alameda Street and working as a bartender when his well-to-do uncle, Gaston Oxarat , passed away in 1886. Quiet...
Sunday, December 1, 2019
The Messy Legacy of Gaston Oxarat
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You know things didn't go so well for Rancho Los Encinos' first French owners, the Garniers. The wool market collapsed, and it was ...
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Never Give In: Philippe Garnier
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Winston Churchill said it best: "If you're going through hell, keep going." The Garnier brothers' glory days at Rancho L...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
A Vintage Glimpse at the Ville de Paris
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Once upon a time in Forgotten French Los Angeles, the best department store was the Ville de Paris/City of Paris . Founded and owned by a ...
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