Tag Archives: Nicole Kreuzer

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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Offbeat L.A.: Dingbat Apartments- True Los Angeles Kitsch

They are as common as the dreamers that flock to our fair city in hopes of their big breaks. They are disparaged and celebrated almost in the same breath. With their utilitarian boxy structures and their lofty and hopeful names … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Pharmaceutical Itch- Skeletons in the Closet and the Southern California Medical Museum

We have tripped the light fantastic into the dark side of Los Angeles in a few Offbeat L.A. articles already. We’ve followed the Manson family’s footsteps with the Dearly Departed tour company, hiked to a failed Nazi retreat in Pacific Palisades … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: The Los Angeles Police Academy

“Once upon a time there were three little girls who went to the Police Academy”… If you recognize these words as part of the opening sequence to the ’70’s hit TV show Charlie’s Angels then you are also sure to … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Angelyne- Pretty in Pink

“You gotta have a little trash or people aren’t interested. The right kind of trash.” -Angelyne Hollywood… a neighborhood in our city that is, well, just a neighborhood. But to the eyes of the world Hollywood is larger than life, … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: The Blessing of the Animals- A Strange Easter Tradition

What are you to do if you find your llama has a bit of the devil in him? How do you assure that your cow never runs dry of milk? Who do you turn to if you simply want to … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Murphy Ranch- A Hike to Visit an Evil Nazi Hideout

Los Angeles, a blue-skied utopia where the eyes of the world are focused. It’s a place where dreams come true and where people follow the Yellow Brick Road, right? Well, as we’ve mentioned in prior Offbeat L.A. articles there are plenty … Continue reading

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Offbeat LA: The Fender Guitar Factory Tour in Corona… A Twang Heard ‘Round the World

One of the many things we have to be proud of in Southern California are the sheer number of original creations that have come out of our land of continuous sunshine and blue skies. The hula hoop, the jacuzzi, and … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Pamela Des Barres Rock-n-Roll Tour

One of the things that makes our city unique is that we are a town of celebrity six degrees of separation. Actually, to be more accurate, in Los Angeles it is more often closer to one degree or two degrees … Continue reading

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Offbeat L.A.: Dearly Departed Tours in Hollywood… Shining a Light on Death

The bright blue, sunny Southern California sky may, on the surface, seem to illuminate everything with optimism, dreams, happiness and cuddly kittens, but underneath there is a place of lurking shadows, dark secrets and buried tragedies. A place that many … Continue reading

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