Riviera Village Redondo Beach, California You won’t find a GAP among the unique stores and restaurants of Riviera Village Riviera Village encourages visitors to “think outside the mall.” That’s its appeal. The village offers six blocks of unique shops and restaurants that offer items you haven’t seen a thousand times in the big daddy corporate [...]
Jessica has two tips for travelling in California: you can't stay in a hostel in L.A. if you're an American, and you can't do anything quickly in Southern California.
Stopover 1: Los Angeles Eleven hours and three movies after some tearful farewells back home, we touched down in LA: alleged City of Angels. I have a habit of singing any songs relating to a place upon arrival, so it was time for some Red Hot Chili Peppers while waiting at passport control… shame I [...]
Who hasn’t heard of Los Angeles’ sunny weather? We do have that all summer long, but January through April, the snow sifted on the mountains from winter storms is visible from the city. True, the snow isn’t falling in the city itself, but local news crews have captured on tape frozen flurries falling on the [...]
Sorry You Missed All The Fun Last month’s Democratic Convention was wild, contentious, issue oriented, and not at all what LA is about. While we do have our share (and them some) of riots and civil exuberance, Los Angeles is so much more than the sum of our soundbites. Los Angeles is not Hollywood and [...]