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Monthly Archive for October, 2008

Halloween fun in Griffith Park.

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Oh, you missed this one. Next year! Boo at the Zoo – Griffith Park The Los Angeles Zoo is transformed into themed areas for trick-or-treaters with performances, pumpkin carving, crafts and creepy crawlies. Location: the LA Zoo, 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027 in Griffith Park off the 5 Freeway. Dates: Oct 25-26, 2008 [...]

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One win, two more to go!

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I wish I knew baseball better, because I’d put it in baseball terms. And I do know the Phillies won! My father is happy. Photo ©Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times. This is so wrong I had to reprint it here. Composite city, whoever you are, you don’t do it for me. Since I didn’t [...]

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For those who haven’t been following the Griffith Park adventure, a few years ago there was a Master Plan proposed by Councilman Tom LaBonge for the future of the park. That’s okay. I like a man who sets boundaries and likes to talk about our future! However, this Master Plan includes a hotel, restaurants, a [...]

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Somebody likes me, they really really like me! Daniel B. Honigman, a Chicago guy who writes for Huffington Post, among other places,  and works for the Chicago Trib Online recently included Griffith Park, Interrupted,  in his roundup of some of the best blogs in Los Angeles!!! The only other LA blog he has listed that [...]

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I’ve been invited to contribute to a group blog: Mayor Sam’s Sister City. They’re kind of raucous and wild over there. Still, I guess someone thought I was a needed voice to whip them up even higher. I don’t know how often. I feel more at home here. But here’s my first post there. It’s [...]

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California Poppy Fields (like in Wizard of Oz)

Came across an interesting story by the AP a couple of weeks ago: East L.A. — birthplace of the lowrider, Los Lobos and Oscar de la Hoya — is to Mexican-Americans what Harlem is to the black community. Now it wants to become its own city. Commonly mistaken for a part of Los Angeles, East [...]

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