Category Archives: Offbeat LA

Offbeat L.A.: Surreality at the Orange County Fair

The County Fair… Just reading those three simple words conjures up magical summertime childhood memories for everyone, no matter where in the United States you may have been raised. Sticky cotton candy, dusty live animals, high-in-the-sky ferris wheels, not-so-spooky fun … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Magic Classes at the Magic Castle with Mark Wilson and Nani Darnell

Beautiful, mysterious Los Angeles, how I love you so. Perhaps I love your secrets most of all. The world of private entryway and “who you know” and secret passwords and private invites may be off putting to some, but I’ve … Continue reading

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Love Community Style: Cherrywood/Leimert Block Club BBQ

Leimert Park Village has been in the news lately! What few people know is that Leimert Park is a beautiful, peaceful and quiet neighborhood nearby. Nevertheless, the block club members are known as citizen activists since the club’s beginnings in … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: The Hollywood Show… A Convention of Surreal Star Sightings

As most of us fully realize, in the United States we live in an easily disposable culture. Many people focus on the newest, shiniest, trendiest things while forgetting about what was valuable in the recent past. Often when something becomes truly … Continue reading

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These Waves are for the Dogs! Loews Coronado Bay Surf Dog Competition

The 8th Annual Loews Coronado Bay Surf Dog Competition was held this weekend at the Imperial Beach, California, Pier. Photos by Paula Lauren Gibson/AfroPix

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Offbeat L.A. event: The Great Horror Campout

I have to admit that I do love a good haunted house. In fact, every October you can find me geeking it up, gathering friends and attending as many fright events as I have time for. So when The Great … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Attack of the Giant Donuts – It’s not just Randy’s: The History of Los Angeles’ Big Ones

Doughnuts have been around far longer than our city, or even our country for that matter. Ancient Greeks and Romans served fried dough bits with honey, Medieval Arabs dipped theirs in sugar syrup, Renaissance-era Europeans began stuffing their version with … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Sexy Space Age – The Theme Building at LAX

Poised in the center of Los Angeles International Airport like a flying saucer that has just landed is the iconic Theme Building. Looking at the graceful lines of its space age architecture summons memories of early Sci-Fi movies, and if … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Police on my Back- The Los Angeles Police Museum in Highland Park

Besides being renowned for our relentless sunshine and our parade of endless celebrities, another thing that draws the eyes of the nation to the sprawling City of Angels is our police department. Whether hitting the beat with Jack Webb’s Dragnet … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Rockin’ Bones- Los Angeles Cemeteries… Visit the Stars

  Take me to the cemetery and “We’ll hear the dead people talk. They do talk there. They chatter like birds… but all they say is one word and that one word is ‘live.’  They say ‘live, live, live, live, live.’ … Continue reading

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