Chuck Palahniuk at the Largo

May 25, 2010 by

The world is full of lovely stories, but this last Tuesday evening at the Largo at the Coronet, wasn’t an evening we were going to hear any, Chuck Palahniuk told the sold out audience. Palahniuk [...]

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Hollywood/Highland Walking Tour

Mar 13, 2010 by

Travelin’ Local is proud to announce the completion of our first e-book. We’re taken our love of Los Angeles and its eclectic neighborhoods and places, and put them into an e-book form, and also creating [...]

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PBS and Jim Henson Studios Join Forces to Bring Geography Home

Feb 05, 2010 by

Back in the day, when I started the 7th grade, the first assignment that my geography teacher requested from the class, was to write down all of the US State’s 50 capitals. I was the [...]

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TV Nominees Slug It Out For Golden Globes

Jan 17, 2010 by

The Hollywood Foreign Press might not see TV the same way you do.  They might not think about TV in exactly the same way that the folks who vote for the Emmys do either, but [...]

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Can you Predict the Golden Globes’ Film Winners?

Jan 16, 2010

If you aren’t clued in yet, the 67th Annual Golden Globes will be announced tomorrow, this Sunday, Jan 17th 2010 (live telecast on NBC at 5 PM PST and 8 PM EST).  This year’s film [...]

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Jay Leno and his “other” Obsession

Jan 13, 2010

“Leno is a gearhead. His warehouse boasts century-old steam-driven cars, classic Bugattis and Duesenbergs, and dozens of sports cars, muscle cars, hot rods and motorbikes.”

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Fun Street Art at Hollywood and Edgemont

Aug 26, 2009

Every day in Los Angeles I’m amazed at the number, type, and uniqueness of our city’s small details that frequently we take for granted. For example, today– at the corner of Hollywood and Edgemont—I saw [...]

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House

Aug 24, 2009

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House is located in Hollywood, at the top of Olive Hill in Barnsdall Art Park. The Hollyhock House was Frank Lloyd Wright’s first Los Angeles Architectural project. It was commissioned by [...]

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Walking the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Jun 30, 2009

Starting at the corner of Hollywood and La Brea, the Hollywood Walk of Fame is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the Los Angeles area. Being an atypical LA resident, I decided it was [...]

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A Quick Tour of the Hollywood & Highland Center

Jun 27, 2009

Do you like to shop? That’s a rhetorical question to Angelenos, and others, of course. Yesterday, I went, I came, and I conquered in my search of the total Hollywood Walk of Fame experience, and [...]

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Hollywood and Vine: Where Old Meets New

Jun 25, 2009

Hollywood and Vine is one of Los Angeles’ most famous intersections. Who would have thought that one intersection could be packed with so many attractions–both new and old. Beginning in the 1920s, Hollywood began to [...]

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Hiking to the Hollywood Sign

Jun 09, 2009

I’ve always been fascinated by the Hollywood sign. And even more important to me—I’ve always wanted to see it up-close. This Saturday, I got pretty close. I went into the Hollywood Hills going north on [...]

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