Los Angeles Thread #11: Let's Save Vincente Minnelli's House

super pumped about seeing Bauhaus in a couple months. surprised they're not doing more than just three shows in LA but I'll take it.

I stand by this tweet. We just got word the #GettyFire in LA was caused by a downed tree branch falling on a power line. The grid ought to be a thing of the past, it needs to be decentralized. https://t.co/6m9NLnZdeX

— Joshua Frank (@joshua__frank) October 29, 2019

Marciano Art Foundation announces it won’t reopen in wake of layoffs following union drive.

Kept meaning to go there but never did.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-11-06/marciano-art-foundation-announces-that-it-will-not-reopen-in-the-wake-of-layoffs

If you need fresh produce and don't want to deal with the supermarkets and/or a multi-day wait from Instacart, etc., check around and see if your local farmer's market is operating. The Pasadena market (in the parking lot of Pasadena HS) was running full-bore this morning - everyone was stocked up.

I found toilet paper and eggs at the Colorado Blvd 99 Cent store today.

la$$en$ in echo park on wednesday had *lots* of produce, and a fair amount of eggs (tho no TP and canned goods were mostly picked over)

ralph's at hollywood/western today delivered me all the kosher for passover matzo i needed, in case anyone else is looking for that sort of thing.

As noted in the California thread.

https://abc7.com/la-councilman-jose-huizar-arrested-in-federal-corruption-probe/6261864/

The SGV was a constant Battle Of Verdun from sundown to 2am or so... I've lived in SoCal all my life and this was the most full-on 4th that I can remember. Genuinely taken aback at just how much ordinance is stashed in the average LA suburb. 1 ton in just one Irwindale house. https://abc7.com/socal-police-cracking-down-on-illegal-fireworks-as-demand-skyrockets/6256295/

Good aerial video of fireworks in LA.

Sky5 got a look at fireworks lighting up the skies for Fourth of July pic.twitter.com/nkFNUh4N8O

— KTLA (@KTLA) July 5, 2020

Apparently today the air quality is very unhealthy.

Sorry for posting the video. New at this.

That video is bonkers. I can't even imagine what it would be like to be down there.

Even more bonkers is this one: 53 minutes - covers most of LA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWFey_mVmKw

The state of the Union Station upgrade. City keeps cars prioritized (shocker).

https://la.streetsblog.org/2020/08/13/l-a-city-is-nixing-metros-pedestrian-priority-plans-for-union-station/

96 on the west side right now, fuck this noise

Hahaha

In my little transportation corner of the world, Doug Emhoff is probably best known for representing the Beverly Hills school district in their lawsuit against the FTA over the ⁦@metrolosangeles⁩ Purple Line subway project. https://t.co/kGDKzVj67E

— Laura J. Nelson 🦅 (@laura_nelson) August 21, 2020

NO pic.twitter.com/Bml4oFGzsd

— Nick Sinnott (@ndsinnott) September 9, 2020

Fairing?

A long memoir-style article with many photos about Century City, with a link to a 13-min youtube doc about it (there's also a different 25-min doc later).

https://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-old-century-city-mall.html

So cool

I’ve spent some time at the Westfield century city mall, great place

Reddit starts a "best city in LA County" war.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/pwk83s/the_battle_for_los_angeles_begins/

LA Story

Families who lost their homes in South LA when a botched LAPD operation blew up a cache of illegal fireworks this summer are moving an hour away to the High Desert because of the city's high housing costs — via @brittny_mejia https://t.co/7aYCu27jGd

— Liam Dillon (@dillonliam) November 7, 2021

I hear the desert is a hip place these days

Wrong desert, probably (I didn't read the article).

https://i.imgur.com/5A1WWy2.jpg

Damn

Dream weather.

what should we do / see / eat while we're in highland park over xmas?

getty, ocean, korean food, maybe lacma if we aren't arted out. no good dj / dance parties to speak of, everyone is breaking that week, go figure. i don't drink anymore so no bars though we might go to the eagle or something.

is it worth giving the la times my bank account info for a 6 month subscription so i can figure out what restaurants we should hit up? what are people's favorite dispensaries?

In highland park: taiwanese food at joy

People seem to like Salazar in frogtown and it’s outdoors if that’s a concern. I thought it was just fine but I don’t eat meat.

both of those sound nice. not too concerned about eating in as we'll both be boosted. i'm assuming masks are de rigueur.

if you're here on 12/19 I'm opening for El Vez the Mexican Elvis at Zebulon (next to Salazar) and his legendary Mex-Mas show!

yes to masks (pretty well observed indoors ime). i think (?) vaccination checks are required but i have literally never xp been checked.

n.b. we will have a car (though will definitely be using metro) and no previous commitments so anything in the greater l.a. area is a possibility.

xp would have loved to catch you! we're there 12/23 - 12/27

no idea what to expect in LA but I was required to show proof of vaccination at a noodle restaurant in Berkeley a couple weeks ago

What kind of food do you like to eat? Check out villas tacos if they're open when you're in town

all of it lol. mexican, thai, korean, indian/pakistani, chinese. will be looking for a good koreatown place, probably bbq.

also maybe a good but $$-$$$ (not $$$$) italian place because my bf loves italian

probably need to do zankou tbh

LACMA is half torn down, but I suppose the other half is open. MOCA downtown, and the Broad (rhymes with road) downtown, though reservations are good for that (there is a wait line if you don't have them).

maybe rossoblu in the fashion district for $$-$$$ but not $$$$ italian

i've been, it was good, but i'm an easy lay for italian.

i think in outdoor areas at least you don’t need to show vax proof. ate out in Glendale the other week and was not asked.

don’t love salazar tbh. outside of the stuff I told you about, I’m fond of la farfalla in los feliz, unassuming little italian joint on hillhurst.

artwise, have heard good things about the Black portrait show at LACMA, the “witch hunt” show at the hammer, and the pipilotti rist show at MoCA, but have not yet been to any of them

oh cool, thanks! didn't want to overload you with requests on fb :)

black portrait show sounds really cool. think we'll try to do lacma & the getty.

i should know this but for hanging out and zoning out to waves should we do - venice beach, william rogers / santa monica, or malibu? or somewhere else? tidepools and a bit of wildness are a plus.

lol i love giving recs!

beaches: the malibu beaches are my fave. lots of good small less-peopled ones but you’re coming off-season so crowds won’t be a huge issue anyway i think. there’s a gay-ish stretch of will rogers beach known affectionately as “ginger rogers beach” that i like, it’s near patrick’s roadhouse. love el matador beach too. rancho palos verdes has some stunning beaches (area itself is sorta weird tho)

Museum of Jurassic Technology has reopened and is a must if you haven't been. I'm somewhat at a loss for a good $$$ Italian place but you could have a great time eating your way west down Sunset Blvd. starting with Guisados in Echo Park and then stopping at El Cochinito (Cuban) and Hoy-Ka (Thai). I'm also at a loss for a Korean BBQ place since my go-to (Soot Bull Jeep on 8th) raised their prices and cut quality.

Union in Pasadena is excellent $$$ italian. we had our most recent anniversary dinner there.

you could have a great time eating your way west down Sunset Blvd. starting with Guisados in Echo Park and then stopping at El Cochinito (Cuban) and Hoy-Ka (Thai)

this sounds like a good time. definitely need some thai food at some point.

will peep the museum of jurassic technology, thanks for the tip.

union looks amazing but for some reason all the prices on their menu online are at $0.00 lol. the hillhurst place looks fab too.

donna, it looks good from the map, but would you say that ernest debs park is good for a run?

not a runner but…probably? it is kinda steep in some spots. the main entrance of the park you’d probably have to drive to but you can access a different part of it through the park by our house. it’s a really nice park either way, love the little pond that’s up there.

cool!

thanks everyone for chiming in :)

I (and my 4 year old) like the tide pools at topanga beach in Malibu. There’s not much to see except what seems like a pretty serious surfing bro scene at high tide though.