Frenchtown Confidential

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

Monday, December 2, 2024

All About the Amars

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Le Guide Français claims that Edouard Amar's name "was once synonymous with San Pedro". I suspect this is a slight exaggeratio...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Gone Too Soon: Pierre Louis Eschardies

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Pierre Louis Eschardies Jr., known as "Pete" to his friends, had it all, or was about to. Tall, dark, and athletic, Pete was born ...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

The French (and Italian) Funeral Home

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It's not exactly a secret that San Francisco had quite a large French community of its own. Hell, San Francisco had an active French Hos...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

Jean Trébaol Vanishes

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Sometimes, people just disappear. It's much less common in the digital age. It would have been relatively easy to vanish without a trace...
Monday, September 18, 2023

Clementine Lamer Did It Her Way

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Clementine Lamer wasn't meant to live an ordinary life. How many Angelenos throughout history could accurately claim that they were born...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

What's REALLY Going On With Taix?

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I won't rehash the entire lengthy saga of the battle for Taix French Restaurant. That would take far too long. Here's the Cliffs No...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Some Forgotten French Papers of Old LA

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One of the most annoying aspects of researching French LA is that some historical documents, especially those written in Northern California...
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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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