Archive for the ‘Local neighborhoods’ Category
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Raising Pitchforks Against Our Own Best Interest
14 May 2015The 405 interstate scissors down Los Angeles’ westside, demarcating an archipelago of geopolitically distinct communities that all share one singular,…
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Diffuse Thanks, Specially Directed
26 Nov 2014Non-secularists lay no rightful claim to mediate ethical or moral behavior, and by the same token secularists ought to be…
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Neighborhood Living
16 Oct 2014Who says a megalopolis like Los Angeles shouldn’t enjoy a Village Green with parade and watermelon-eating contest? Not that these…
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A Tale Of Two Restaurants
26 Jun 2014Two restaurants operate within a block of downtown Mar Vista, illuminating old and new Los Angeles in high relief. Pepy’s…
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Our Own Effort Is The Common Thread In Democracy
23 Jun 2014I think some of those who moan loudest about the dissolution of the social fabric are themselves most complicit in…
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Smooth, dark and functional – resurfacing one’s way to a more beautiful corridor
02 Sep 2013Since towing a life’s possessions past that tall desert thermometer 19 years hence, my Palms/Mar Vista stomping grounds have been…
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Fun, Learning And Service: One Big Benefit Of Big Government
25 Jul 2013Forget “BayWatch”, think KidWatch Extraordinaire. Who knew those quintessential singles, the famous First Responders of our surf-churned Pacific frontier, were…
