Frenchtown Confidential
Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.
Monday, March 16, 2020
Lessons From the 1863 Smallpox Epidemic
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One of the most important reasons to study history is to learn from the past. You know what they say - those who do not learn from the past ...
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Lost French Los Angeles Tour Going Dark Through April 11
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I love giving my Lost French Los Angeles tour, and I am deeply grateful for the support it's received. However, in light of the COVID-...
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...
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Merci France-Amérique!
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I am thrilled to announce that France-Amérique magazine, published in New York in both English and French, recently interviewed me about thi...
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 ...
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...
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