Archive for October, 2016
Hollywood Wilshire AYSO grows in popularity as fall season kicks off
The fall soccer season is well underway for Hollywood Wilshire AYSO Region 78, a nonprofit, all-volunteer youth soccer organization. Region 78 covers Mid-City, Hancock Park, Wilshire, Koreatown, Park La Brea, Fairfax, West Adams, Pico Union, Hollywood, West Hollywood, East Hollywood, Los Feliz and Silver Lake. The fall season began in September and runs through mid-December. […]
HOME GROUND: The stories cookbooks tell
It’s easy to take old cookbooks for granted, easier still to think they have no value for other than a hot dish of nostalgia at the Thanksgiving table. But hidden within them are elements of culture, history, chemistry, politics, technology, economics, and fashion. Their recipes are part of the world’s autobiography. The 1933 Palatists Book […]
Beloved Italian restaurant opens neighborhood café
Gino Angelini’s superb Italian trattoria, Angelini Osteria, has been favored by locals and destination diners for 15 years. What better way to celebrate that milestone anniversary than to open another restaurant next door? Owners Gino and Elizabeth Angelini partnered with their longtime maitre d’ Gino Rindone and created Angelini Alimentari, an ode to the authentic […]
Connelly comes to Larchmont
It’s unclear if sleuthing by detective Harry Bosch or Lincoln lawyer Mickey Haller (both fictional, -ed.) has taken place on Larchmont Blvd. Author Michael Connelly has more than three dozen novels and short stories (and several seasons of the Amazon Prime TV show, “Bosch”) where these Los Angeles-based characters may have made their ways to […]
Book club keeps indie bookstore spirit alive
Having an independent bookstore in the neighborhood is a major perk for many residents. Unlike online or big box retailers, they can offer customers a curated experience and foster community. On Larchmont Blvd., Chevalier’s Books does just that through a monthly book club. The club is simple. Each month, members pick a book and then […]
Metro La Brea decking finished early
An upbeat Mayor Eric Garcetti and Metro officials held a press conference on Museum Row last month to announce progress on constructing the Purple Line extension to the Veterans Affairs campus property west of the 405 freeway. The officials saluted contractor Skanska-Traylor-Shea (STS), whose workers completed the La Brea station area decking work in 16 […]
