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 region-wide collaboration dedicated to the...
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 and beauty opens the heart, then Descanso is my muse. ...
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
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
(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 multi-cultural...
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. I used my Kodak Zi8 videocam and...
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 a fun-filled party full of lively rhythm and dance that only the Brazilians...
