Frenchtown Confidential
Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.
Monday, July 4, 2022
So You Think You Hate the French, Huh?
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Dear Readers: As I type this, July 4, Independence Day, is coming to a close. This day would not be possible if France hadn't backed th...
Monday, June 20, 2022
Wait, There Was A French School Tract?! And a Henriot Avenue?!
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Modern-day Los Angeles has a number of French-language private schools. The very first is long defunct; it was founded long ago by Teresa (s...
Thursday, May 26, 2022
What's In a Name?
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I finally got a chance to start watching Bosch: Legacy .* I highly recommend it, don't get me wrong, but I couldn't help cringing ...
Saturday, May 21, 2022
The Humble Surgeon
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Those of you in the medical field may have heard the name Dupuytren. Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, a brilliant surgeon, pathologist, and profe...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Open Letter to the Los Angeles Times
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Dear Editors: I am posting this publicly because whenever I contact publications privately regarding factual inaccuracies, they ignore me an...
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Sunday, March 6, 2022
Romaine Grand and the Brick Victorian
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1030 East Cesar Chavez Avenue is tucked away in an odd little pocket of industrial Los Angeles fenced in by the 101, the 10, some rail yards...
Thursday, March 3, 2022
The Barn is Back!
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The Le Mesnager barn , long closed to the public, is finally reopening. The stone barn, built long ago by Georges Le Mesnager , was conver...
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