Archive for July, 2023
Hollywood Bowl; ‘A Case for Love;’ Getty House reception
The 2023 Hollywood Bowl season is underway, and many locals have been enjoying “summer under the stars.” In early July, there were thousands of glowing lightsabers as Los Angeles showed up to enjoy conductors Gustavo Dudamel and John Williams leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a three-day celebration of Williams’ music. The sold-out July 9 […]
Gabrielle Bullock: building diversity and inclusion from early on
Most 12-year-old girls are interested in friends, listening to music and, maybe, boys. When Gabrielle Bullock was 12, she was interested in changing the world — one building at a time. “I had some artistic ability through heredity,” the Windsor Square resident and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects says, noting that her mother […]
Christine Meyer: An under-the-radar leader in our community
Christine Meyer, or Christine Bennett to those who knew her as a child, moved to the United States for the first time when she was 11. Her mother was French, and her father was a press attaché at the American embassy in Paris for many years. During the first two decades of her life, Meyer […]
Ice Cream and Cookies Land — then and now
When I was growing up in Windsor Square in the 1950s and 1960s, you could get ice cream in the Larchmont shopping block at Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors. In my years living here, the Baskin-Robbins store was in two different locations, one on each side of the Boulevard. (We also could get donuts at Winchell’s, now […]
See Los Angeles history through the ‘windshield of the car’
Diane Isaacs was among the first to sign up to be a docent at the Petersen Automotive Museum after it opened its doors at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in June 1994. “My interest was not so much in cars, but rather the history of Los Angeles through the windshield of the car — which […]
