Frenchtown Confidential

Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.

Friday, July 17, 2020

Next Webinar 8/2: French Angelenos and Early LA's Water Struggle

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Every Angeleno knows William Mulholland is credited with bringing water to Los Angeles. Few, if any, are aware that for about forty years,...
Sunday, July 5, 2020

Forgotten French LA Virtual Tour 7/12

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Back in March, I canceled and refunded all Lost French LA tours through mid-April. I had hoped to be giving tours again by June at the lates...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Ten Highball Glasses and Seven Cafés de Paris

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I was practically raised in antique stores, and I still like to "treasure hunt". Shortly after starting this blog, I found one o...
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Thursday, June 18, 2020

Cerro Gordo Needs Some Help

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Regular readers will know a bit about Cerro Gordo from my entries on Victor Beaudry and Remi Nadeau . The silver lead bullion mined at Cerr...
Monday, May 25, 2020

It's Not Too Late to Save Taix

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Regular readers (and anyone paying attention) know that Taix's longtime home, a French Country-esque building on Sunset Boulevard, is do...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

The King of the Castle

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It's no secret that the Pyrenees Castle is up for sale . It's been on the market for so long that the asking price was recently redu...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

The Other Rémi Nadeau

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(Dear readers: the ads are only supposed to appear in the sidebar. I am trying to get that fixed.) When I began researching Old French Los...
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C.C. de Vere
I'm a native Angeleno and my primary ethnicity is French. Searching for my own roots led me to discover a long-ignored French community in my native Southern California. Now I'm telling its stories.
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