LAUREL CANYON—If all you do is read the Calendar section of the LA Times, and rely on film critics to cultivate your taste, then you’re really missing out.
LAUREL CANYON—Did you know that men are supposed to have nine daily servings of fresh fruits and vegetables? Do know that the old food pyramid had been debunked for Americans?
LAUREL CANYON—He has the lower canyon abuzz with gossip, and not because he is a sinister coyote. There have been multiple sightings of a coyote-like animal with big ears.
LAUREL
CANYON—A place called Indian Rock in what the Norte Americanos first
called No Man's Canyon was surely going to catch my curiosity. The
Tongva Indians of Nopalera often hunted in this gorge.
LAUREL CANYON—Laurel Canyon in the middle of a water war? Seems
hardly possible. But there is an undeniable trail of water that has been snatched,
which is now graciously being sold back to us.
LAUREL CANYON—We’ve
all heard of book clubs, and mommy and me groups. Everyone tells us that
getting together for mutual support and to share interests is important to your
soul.
LAUREL CANYON—I just knew it! I had picked up a pine cone from the ground a while ago. Not just any pine cone, but one with pinoli nuts inside. I said to myself, “How is this possible?
LAUREL CANYON—Laurel
Canyon is the showcase for architectural styles through time.I was reminded of this with the passing of Julius Shulman, the famous photographer, whose pictures have become iconic.
Many of us who have lived in the hills for years gripe about new houses being built that are HUGE, and LOOM over the street – architects call it “massing”.They might as well be
New York City skyscrapers.
LAUREL CANYON—I’d heard rumors that Laurel Canyon typified the hippie lifestyle, but what happened to the generation of flower children? Tree-hugging young adults who lived the Kumbaya lifestyle?
HOLLYWOOD—Down this inconspicuous lane lies real Hollywood history.You’d never know just driving by. The house at 3100 Torreyson Drive is a small part of the Errol Flynn legacy. It was built in 1941.
MELROSE—I first saw Katy Park-Wilson’s photographs as part of a four-person exhibit at the Seyhoun Gallery on Melrose. The curator for the exhibit, and gallery owner was proposing a challenge.
LAUREL CANYON—How typical is that of
LaurelCanyon?An Unofficial Mayor that blushes when you mention his honorary title.Everyone will tell you he’s the chief pep squad leader and rha rha guy for
LaurelCanyon....
LANKERSHIM—Sometimes you come across a morsel of
invidious information. Ya just can’t let it go. Up in the hills -
of all places – a monument to J. B. Odd, when you know the Lankershims
owned The Valley.
LOS ANGELES—I’d heard that J. Boon Lankershim (his
family owned most of the Valley) was buried somewhere near Woodrow Wilson and
Mulholland. Just how hard could a stone marker be to find?
LOS ANGELES—Parents with kids at Wonderland Avenue Elementary School know there’s a new Sheriff in town. The rest of us are probably clueless to the changes the new principal has made.
I’m bundled up.In the morning I see the hoarfrost on the ground.Can this is springtime?Is this how the canyons are gonna do global warming?It’s barely February for crying out loud.
I was recently meandering on Mulholland near our local Fire Station when I noticed a bunch of cars parked on a pull-out on the south side of Mulholland.Of course, I had to stop and chat with the security guard.
The time frame: when hippies are in their heyday, and
LaurelCanyon is smack dab in the middle of that movement. President Nixon has drafted 500,000 young men soldiering in
Vietnam.
Local wines from
LaurelCanyon.Is this question, or a statement?Is it possible that in and among all the other intriguing botany
LaurelCanyon has the “goods” for local wine?Stranger things have been known to happen.
The good news is that you really don’t have to. Living in the Hills does mean that there is no walking to the corner store. You’re thinking that the sacrifice is worth it. You’re two or so miles from…
