‘Los Angeles’ Archives
October Art Happenings in LA
October is set to be the most happening art month in Los Angeles, with two massive events across the LA county: the World Festival of Sacred Music, which opens with the free and amazing Honoring the Sea on October 1st on Santa Monica Beach; and Pacific Standard Time, a [Read More]
Photo of the Day: Japanese Garden at Descanso.
One of my absolute favorite places in the Los Angeles area, Descanso Gardens is an enchanting wonderland of shaded woods and fragrant flowers. Entering the gardens instantly takes me to a different world, where time stands still in the Camellia forests. If nature inspires [Read More]
Photo of the Day
A Perfect Rose, Huntington Gardens, California “The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.” ~ D.H. Lawrence Bookmark on Delicious Share with Stumblers Tumblr it [Read More]
Top Ten Best Gourmet Finds For Your Buck in Venice & Santa Monica
I recently did another guest blog for Got Saga on the best gourmet finds for your money in Venice & Santa Monica. Here it is. Enjoy! Bookmark on Delicious Share with Stumblers Tumblr it [Read More]
Top Ten Places and Things To Do in Venice and Santa Monica, California
(This post was originally written as a guest blog entry for Got Saga) Los Angeles may be best known for Hollywood and Disneyland but you won’t get to see the real LA in these places. In fact, the real LA is not easy to define, as the city is vast and composed of [Read More]
Mardi Gras in Los Angeles
It was Big Fatty, or Fat Tuesday, last week – the final day of Carnaval celebrations around the world. I can’t resist posting this video footage I shot at a Fat Tuesday celebration thrown by my friends from Swing Brazil Tribe at Zanzibar in Santa Monica, CA. [Read More]
Celebrating the best of Rio de Janeiro in Southern California
Every third Sunday of September, SambaLá Samba School presents a Brazil-style Street Carnaval party on the streets of downtown Long Beach. The Carnaval has grown to be the second-largest all-Brazilian event in the US, only behind New York’s Brazilian Day. It’s [Read More]
A Venice Life
What is it about Venice, California, that draws in the artistic, the spiritual, the bohemians, and the dreamers? Perhaps it’s the ocean, or the sunshine. More likely, it’s the palpable collective intellectual and creative energy of the community. Always bohemian at the [Read More]
Yemanja Dance
Swing Brazil Tribe and Viver Brasil dance company of Los Angeles, CA dancing the movement of Yemanja, the Afro Brazilian Goddess of the Sea. Part of Honoring the Sea, closing ceremony of 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music. Location: Santa Monica, CA. Bookmark on Delicious [Read More]
Honoring the Sea 2008
Honoring the Sea Procession in celebration of Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian Goddess of the Sea, led by Vida Vierra’s Swing Brazil. Part of closing ceremony of 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music. Location: Santa Monica Beach, CA. Bookmark on Delicious Share with [Read More]
