Tag: hollywood

  • Hollywood History walking tour

    This morning I took the LA Metro to Hollywood and Vine, the meeting place of another Downtown LA Walking Tour, Hollywood History. The name of the tour company is kind of a misfit here as Hollywood is not located downtown. The first thing anyone should know about Hollywood Boulevard is — if the two wax…

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  • Barnsdall Art Park and a curious encounter with the legacy of L. Ron Hubbard

    Once I’d finished sipping my little cup of espresso at Blue Bottle, I hopped on another bus; this time to Barnsdall Art Park in East Hollywood. It’s a unusual park on the top of a hill, featuring a house built by Frank Lloyd Wright. There’s a not particularly large patch of lawn outside the fence…

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