Griffith Park & Silver Lake Blog.
Posted in The Land the Times Forgot on Jun 27th, 2008
One of my more popular posts is my April post on how the Times covered the Avenues gang: The LA Times has a secret crush on the Avenues gang! A lot of looky-loos have been stopping by today, too, of course, because the Avenues and Drew Street gangs are on the front page again, and [...]
Posted in The Land the Times Forgot on Jun 24th, 2008
On April 16th my neighbor had her catalytic converter stolen out of her SUV. (I had heard the loud roar when it started up, and this told me why.) I told another friend who has 2 SUVs (and it’s just her and her husband. Don’t ask.), and she said she had read in a Long [...]
Posted in Silver Lake, The Land the Times Forgot on May 6th, 2008
Late this afternoon a state official called to tell me LADWP has promised to start refilling Silver Lake at 8 AM on Wednesday. There will be a press conference. Why? Self-aggrandizement. I was very happy to get the news, but you heard it here first: I predict (very unhappily) that they will drag out the [...]
Posted in The Land the Times Forgot on Apr 14th, 2008
I can’t decide if it’s the awesome tats or the baggy duds…still stylish a decade later, apparently! It’s always First Class to get an article written about you on the front page of the Times, and this time it’s the Avenues gang that hit the jackpot. I imagine gangs all over the city are envious, [...]
Posted in Silver Lake, The Land the Times Forgot on Mar 15th, 2008
I happen to have an excellent sense of taste and smell, which is one of those make-it-up-to-you things you get when you have to wear glasses since third grade. I’ve even thought of getting a taster job at Baskin-Robbins, based in Burbank! Anyway, I promised early on that I would tell you if Silver Lake [...]
