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Riots

My girlfriend and I baked cookies for the National Guardsmen who were camped out at the bizarre fortress-like Scottish R...

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Worked In the Building

What I remember most is the tiny staircase that you had to take often because the elevators were out of order. Each floo...

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Around the World in 80 Days

Until I was 7 years old, my family lived on Stanley Drive, a block from La Cienega Park. The Carthay Circle Theatre was ...

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What a Shame, But What Memories!

I was born on Commodore Sloat Drive in 1962. I didn’t see the glory days of the ’30s or ’40s, but I do...

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Tar Pits in the Twenties

When I was about age twelve, in 1929, I lived in an apartment on Cloverdale off 6th Street. A girl friend and I met with...

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I Remember the May Co.

I remember the May Co: As a junior high student, my best friend and I would walk back and forth between May Co. and Ohrb...

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Finding Freedom at Wilshire and Fairfax

I grew up in Hancock Park, and when I was about 12 or 13 my best friend, Kathryn, and I each got a bus pass, and this wa...

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Greatest Hide 'n' Seek Place

I grew up just a few blocks from May Co. My siblings and I would play hide ‘n’ seek at May Co., and there we...

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Memories from the Beverly Hilton

Back in the day, Trader Vic’s was the place to go. At any time, you could see Hollywood A-listers and many other c...

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Nice to Students

While attending UCLA as an undergrad student, living on a student budget was always an issue. I really enjoyed that Thur...

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Nana and Ships

My grandmother, known to my brother and I simply as Nana, enjoyed taking us to Ships on our frequent journeys North from...

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I Remember

I remember the Miramar Fairmont Hotel, one block away from the ocean. This is a landmark, a lovely old hotel on the site...