Monday, September 30, 2013

LA Times Uses Joshua Trees to Illustrate the Antelope Valley 'Cactus Curtain' Dividing Lancaster and Palmdale

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Joshua trees decorate the landscape looking south along Avenue M, which splits the Antelope Valley into two nearly indistinguishable swath...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Downtown LA Art Walk Director Joe Moller Resigns

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photo by Gary Leonard of the Downtown News The Downtown News reports that Joe Moller has resigned as the executive director of the Downt...
Friday, September 27, 2013

No Walking Tours Weekend of September 28 - 29 -Will Resume Next Weekend

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Since I have no reservations for any walking tours this weekend - and I've been too busy at The Last Bookstore to advertise for any - an...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

70's Degree Weather Predicted for This Saturday's 2 Hour Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles Starting at The Last Bookstore at 5th & Spring in the Spring Arts Tower

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The Last Bookstore  (and a  2nd floor with 50,000 books at ONE DOLLAR each!)   Presents   10:30 Summer START TIME FOR 2 hour walking tours o...

The Vaux Swifts Return to Historic Downtown Los Angeles May Not Be as Famous as Capistrano's Returning Swallows - But...

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photo courtesy of Jessica Wethington McClean ... DTLA's Vaux Swifts are a lot more reliable then Capistrano's swallows, there are...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Thousand More $1 Books in The Last Bookstore's 2nd Floor Labyrinth!

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Just One Corner of the American History Section of The Last Bookstore's One Dollar Room Summer is ending and another new flood of n...
Sunday, September 08, 2013

Wrestling Returns to the Olympics! So - What's Next??

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Not that wrestling needed to do much after the international outrage when the IOC dropped the world's oldest sport (and one of the g...

Wrestling's Presentation to the IOC Starts at... about.... 7:30 LA Time (though it is running a bit late) & the Vote Will Take Place Right After at 8 PM LA Time

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Below is the  full schedule for the 125th Olympic Meeting  in Buenos Aires, Argentine. Appropriately, wrestling has the final of the three...
Saturday, September 07, 2013

2 PM Today - Saturday Sep. 7th - Lecture on Ansel Adams' LA Photos at the Downtown LA Public Library

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Ansel Adams photograph courtesy of LA Public Library I would have totally missed hearing about this event - which I will have to miss...

Writ Large Press Opens at The Last Bookstore!

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The Last Bookstore is very excited to be hosting LAB•FEST today to celebrate the opening of Writ Large Press's space in the Labyrinth. ...

Only One More Day Before the IOC Votes on Returning Wrestling to the Olympics! Follow USA Wrestling on Twitter and show your support!

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USA Wrestling  ‏ @ USAWrestling 4m COUNTDOWN: 1 DAY UNTIL THE IOC VOTE 1: WRESTLING was in the ancient Olympics in Greece & FIRST m...
Friday, September 06, 2013

Only Two More Days Before Wrestling Is Returned to the Olympics!

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Below is the full schedule for the 125th Olympic Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentine. Appropriately, wrestling has the final of the three ...