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LA River and Secret Stairs tour
On my last day in Los Angeles I took a walking tour of the LA River and Elysian Valley. The area covered is roughly between Silver Lake and the river. When most people think of the LA River today — if they think about it at all — they tend to think of a dry…
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Delusion: Harrowing Of Hell
Continuing the Halloween theme in Los Angeles after going on a Chinatown ghost hunt and attending a festive funeral procession, I decided to take the plunge and check out this year’s Delusion haunted house experience. While I’d never visited previous incarnations of Delusion it didn’t really matter — this year it features an all new…
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Downtown LA Taco Tour with a local food critic
Last night I stuffed my face on six or so tacos via an Airbnb experience called Taste the LA taco scene with a leading food critic. The other guest(s) on the tour cancelled last minute to it was just me and the host, Patricia, a food critic who’s worked at various publications. The walking tour…
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LA Arts District Graffiti/Mural Tour with a local street artist
Six years ago in the “before times” as it were, when the pandemic shattered everything, I took a wide-ranging tour of the Los Angeles Arts District from a tour company that is now sadly defunct. During this trip I wanted to go a little more in depth on the street art aspect of the Arts…
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Chinatown LA Ghost Hunt from The Haunt
On Saturday night I went on a spooky adventure looking for signs of the paranormal on a tour of New Chinatown with The Haunt. The guide for our group, Rory, told us the tales of prohibition-era corruption, racist redevelopments, mysterious deaths, and unmarked graves. (See this post for more about LA’s New Chinatown.) But there…
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Watts Towers
I first learned about the Watts Towers as a kid when I randomly came across a TV movie called Daniel and the Towers on PBS. The movie tells a fictional story about a boy who slowly befriends a cantankerous oddball named Simon Rodia as he builds a set of towers and decorates them with colorful…
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Dallas wrap up and stray observations
Don’t go to Dallas during a heat wave. That’s probably super obvious advice to anyone who’s been to Dallas during a heat wave, but if you haven’t here’s the deal: in a Texas heatwave when there’s a breeze it’s not a relief. Oh no. It’s like being inside a convection oven where the breeze simply…
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Spoilers: Meow Wolf’s The Real Unreal
I’ve reviewed The Real Unreal in a previous post. While I hinted at the story and space in that review I did my best not to spoil anything. This post is all spoilers, so stop reading now if you want to go in fresh. Entry After going through the security checkpoint there’s a gift shop…
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Dallas Museum of Art
Located in the middle of downtown Dallas, the Dallas Museum of Art is a free art museum with pieces from a wide variety of places, styles, and time periods. It includes everything from works by Picasso to a large Hindu shrine. And there’s even a mummy. This scattershot approach provides a taste of a lot,…
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