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Among the Dead with Author Caleb Wilde
It’s Dias de los Muertos time here in Los Angeles and many other places touched by the goofy-syncretic Catholic paganism we associate with seeing our besties, our daily barrista, and even our bosses en calavera, surrounded by bouquets of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Interviews, Offbeat LA
Tagged cemeteries, cremation, crematorium, Day Of The Dead, embalming, funeral home, Funerals, Halloween, mortician, pacemakers, pumpkin spice lattes, skeletons, skulls
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Offbeat L.A.: The Madonna Inn – Happiness in San Luis Obispo is a Palace of Kitsch
There have been weavers of magic spells since the dawn of man’s existence; those who spin gold from mere thread, create wonderlands and sprout bouquets of sweet smelling flowers from their imaginations. Some of these magicians may not even consider … Continue reading
Posted in Attractions, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA
Tagged Hotel, Madonna Inn, Nicole Kreuzer, Nikki Kreuzer, San Luis Obispo
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Offbeat L.A.: Surreality and The Salton Sea
The winds, warm and sometimes powerful, seem to whisper secrets as they exhale mighty gusts across the Salton Sea. This really is No Man’s Land. Such a haunted allegory this area does weave: creation, destruction, Mother Nature’s fickle impermanence, hope, loss … Continue reading
Posted in Attractions, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA
Tagged Bombay Beach, East Jesus, Nicole Kreuzer, Nikki Kreuzer, Niland, Salton Sea, Salvation Mountain
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Offbeat L.A.: Just a Few Miles Away- Snow in Los Angeles at Angeles Crest Highway
Southern California winters are very close to perfection. Sure, we grumble when the temperature dips below 65º and try to be happy when the rains come, knowing that to complain of rain during a drought is truly looking a gift horse … Continue reading
Posted in Attractions, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA
Tagged Angeles Crest, Nicole Kreuzer, Nikki Kreuzer, Offbeat L.A., Snow
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Offbeat L.A.: The King & I- The Annual Elvis Festival in Garden Grove and a Visit to Azteca Elvis-themed Mexican Restaurant
Elvis has not yet left the building. In fact, his iconic mythology echoes far greater and far louder than it even did during his lifetime. The cult of Elvis is very real, cutting through place and time, uniting those with very … Continue reading
Posted in Attractions, Food, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA
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Offbeat L.A.: Sauerkraut, Stout and a Side of Surreality… Old World Village in Huntington Beach
We are living in a time that is moving much too quickly. Technology is always one step ahead of us, and the gathering and processing of information comes at us from all directions, pretty much non-stop. Our outside environment, controlled by … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA
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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
Posted in Food, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA
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
Posted in Art, Attractions, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA
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
Posted in Attractions, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA
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
Posted in Art, Miscellanious, Offbeat LA
Tagged Cars, Dennis Woodruff, Nikki Kreuzer, Offbeat LA
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