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Offbeat L.A.: A Cherry on Top – Fosters Freeze, the History of California’s Original Soft Serve
I scream, you scream, we all scream for… Soft Serve! Perhaps the words don’t roll off the tongue as romantically as ice cream, the much denser, higher milk-fat frozen treat that we all love and adore, but Soft Serve conjures … Continue reading
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Tagged Fosters Freeze, ice cream, Nikki Kreuzer, Offbeat LA
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Offbeat L.A.: The Bewitching Mosaic Sculptures of Queen Califia’s Magical Circle in Escondido, CA
It is not hard to enchant me. I am captivated quite easily by things of beauty, places of mystery, anything that calls to my heart, my soul and my imagination. And yet the spellbinding mosaic sculptures of French/American artist Niki … Continue reading
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Tagged Nik de Saint Phalle, Nikki Kreuzer, Offbeat L.A.
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Offbeat L.A. ROAD TRIP: The Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada
The desert winds, warm and caressing, whisper secrets as they blow across the sun-bleached Western Nevada landscape. This terrain is a place for loners and outcasts, a final resting place for slowly rusting abandoned vehicles, a location where cold-blooded serial … Continue reading
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Tagged Clown Motel, Desert, Nevada, Nikki Kreuzer, Offbeat LA
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Offbeat L.A.: Cast Me in Your Next Film! Actor Dennis Woodruff, A Hollywood Legend and His Tricked Out Cars
Los Angeles has long had a reputation as a center for oddballs. The longstanding east coast joke about tipping the country and all the weirdos falling to the “Left Coast” is thankfully not entirely untrue. The weirdos are our blessings; … Continue reading
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Tagged Cars, Dennis Woodruff, Nikki Kreuzer, Offbeat LA
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Offbeat L.A.: Happiness is a Warm Gun – LAX Firing Range in Inglewood
Guns are a hot topic. Tied to political rhetoric about what so-called freedom represents, involved in innocent deaths and an idea of self-protection, their mere availability or threat of denial can cause the bitterest of arguments. I had never shot … Continue reading
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Tagged Guns, LAX Firing Range, Nicole Kreuzer Offbeat LA, Nikki Kreuzer
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Offbeat L.A.: Get on Your Pony and Ride – Sunset Ranch in Griffith Park
One of my very first adventures in sunny Los Angeles after I arrived, half a lifetime ago, from grey-skied Buffalo, NY was a horse ride up in Griffith Park at Sunset Ranch. It was the first time I said the … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood, Nicole Kreuzer, Nikki Kreuzer, Offbeat L.A., Sunset Ranch
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Offbeat L.A.: Six Halloween 2015 Picks… Kitschy, Campy, Creepy, Historic, Retro & Creative
While autumn settles into the East Coast with cooler temperatures and multi-colored leaves in early September, we brave Angelenos often suffer our hottest heat waves well into early October. After a few weeks of 100 degree scorchers we are eager … Continue reading
Offbeat L.A. Video Explores the Technicolor Beauty of the Mosaic Tile House in Venice
The beach side neighborhood of Venice has long had a reputation as an artistic community. As a mosaic artist myself, I was intrigued by an amazing house in Venice, known as the Mosaic Tile House, fully glistening with gorgeous mosaic … Continue reading
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Tagged Mosaic Tile House, Nicole Kreuzer, Nikki Kreuzer, Offbeat L.A., Venice
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Offbeat L.A. Meets Hollywood Billboard Queen Angelyne in a Rare VIDEO Interview
Angelyne, the infamous Hollywood Billboard Queen was one of the earliest subjects of this Offbeat L.A. column in an article called Pretty in Pink. However, catching her in a rare video interview was quite a feat. We were fortunate to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Attractions, Events, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA, Upcoming Events
Tagged Angelyne, Nicole Kreuzer, Nikki Kreuzer, Offbeat L.A., velveteria
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