Today is Norma Jean Mortenson Baker’s birthday but everyone knows her as Marilyn Monroe. Born in 1926, Marilyn was known as an actress, model and singer with a gorgeous look like no other. Being born in Los Angeles, she made a name for herself in the film industry with Twentieth Century-Fox and is famously popular till this day. With the fame came many problems for the star dealing with [...]
Mike D from the Beastie Boys is heading up a great event here in Los Angeles till May 6th with Transmission LA: AV Club. He invited over 15 different types of artists to create art within their realm! Concerts, nights with famous DJs and guest performances are on the agenda for museum attendees as well! The event is being held at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA with many rooms [...]
Here in Los Angeles there is many outdoor activities to do depending on the seasons. In certain seasons LA has some beautiful hiking trails and some to perfect sceneries, awesome waterfalls and famous landmarks like the Hollywood sign! LA has many trails throughout different areas ranging from Santa Monica to Arcadia so there are a lot to choose from! If you’re interested like me in trying some new outdoor activities [...]
Being one of the oldest most well known restaurant in Los Angeles Philippe’s was established in 1908 and has been on the list of places to eat at in Socal. Been open through times like World War II and the depression, its current building is actually its 2nd location. In 1951, the famous sandwich had to move to make way for the 101 freeway being built and the location used [...]
Photos Via: Cactus To Clouds The Hollywood sign was built in 1923 and since then has been an LA landmark in the Hollywood Hills that everyone has to see when visiting Los Angeles. Although in 1923 the famous sign actually said “Hollywoodland” and its purpose was far different than what it is today the sign still holds so much meaning. It’s been restored many times throughout the years and there [...]
Founded in 1939, Paul and Betty Pink opened a pushcart in Los Angeles on the corner of La Brea and Melrose. Being around during the Depression, Betty Pink’s recipes withstood the hard times and people came to buy the delicious dogs with all its toppings at 10 cents for dogs and 5 cents for soda. In 1946 the business grew from a pushcart to a building on La Brea Avenue [...]
Disneyland is famous for its mouse but also famous for is ghosts. The scary themed ride had a 6 year delay in its opening due to many reasons and one was the New York World’s Fair that had a big part in the involvement of the attraction. There’s lots of secrets throughout the attraction from a well known organ to the secret of the ghost effects and other hidden facts [...]
South Pasadena held its 7th annual Cruzn’ For Roses 2011 show and it was a big turnout! The show consists of classics and hot rods with a few other different vehicles that might look familiar to almost everyone. Walking up and down the South Pas. street was fender to fender cars with beautiful paint jobs, crazy racing bodies, old police vehicles and too many other eye candy things to list. Definitely [...]
Lexus has introduced a new hybrid to the green family and brought out the CT200h. I love the advertising that was done for this car and bringing in some big names was surprising. Lexus did some “on the road” interviews driving the new Lexus CT200h through different places and a few were in Los Angeles. Whitney Cummings interviews Rosario Dawson in this video and talks about her different experiences driving [...]
Every New Year’s Day the city of Pasadena, California puts on a world famous event called The Tournament Of Roses Parade. The Rose Parade attracts about 1 million spectators through a 5.5 mile route to watch marching bands, equestrian units and the most memorable floral floats! That number is just the spectators along the parade route and along with that there is as many as half a billion people watching [...]
