This is the Frank Sinatra Mural. I don't know why it's here but it's there it's cross street from…read morethe Johnny Cash one also on the Hollywood walk of fame. I don't know much about Frank Sinatra but I know he was a singer and I think he was popular cause you have blue eyes, but here's his public art display.

Visited the following businesses in the 'City of Valencia,' Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, CA. Holy…read moreschmolly....that trip barely made me realize Los Angeles is extremely widely covered. Like another Elite wrote, prior to my review, I didn't encounter traffic driving into the 'City of Valencia,' for the Crystal shop, 'Olde World Apothecary,' and 'Valencia Town Center,' for 'Sharetea.' The freeways I drove on were extremely widely open, barely had any traffic, was super free flowing. If I need to be out here for anything I might, but possibly not. I have pics stocked somewhere down camera roll, but will take awhile to locate them.

I have lived in the Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) for the past 10 years now having moved from San…read moreFernando Valley. This may not mean much to non-local So Cal people, but a valley is not just a valley. Communities in each of the local valley areas are all different for sure and no matter where you go you have pockets of not so nice and areas of nice. So in SCV we have lived in Saugus, Canyon Country and now Valencia. Valencia is on the west side of SCV and where pretty much the most new development of business is being put in. Newhall is also part of SCV and there is a revitalization project going on there with new restaurants and a new theater. All in all I would say that Valencia is so far my favorite place to live in the SCV, for one thing I am now living a little over a mile to work, which means I can take my bike to work when I feel like it or going only very short drives to places that I like to shop (Trader Joes, Aldi...). The streets are very wide in Valencia (most of SCV included) compared to San Fernando and the traffic is almost nothing compared to areas of the other valleys. All in all yes, Awesome....! Yelp 2018 challenge (78 of 100)

This is an annual event as part of the larger Expo that the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber does each…read moreOctober. The Expo lasts 3 days but the Taste of is just one night. The Friday night of the Expo. It's free to attend but to try anything, you need to buy tickets in the form of 10 tickets for $20 or even 5 for $10. They don't advertise that price but you can do it. About 15 establishments set up shop at the Expo from Smoothie and Coffee bars to high end restaurants. Usually, you just need one ticket to get a plate from one of the booths. What you get for that one ticket can vary tremendously from restaurant to restaurant. Cowboy Cantina, a longtime 'fav' of the SCV Yelpers offered the most bang for the buck with three pieces of brisket, a 1/4 chicken and a bunch of 'pulled' pork for the ticket. That was the good news. The bad? It was sub-par as most of the reviews testify. The reason I put pulled in quotation marks was because it really wasn't pulled pork. At least not the way I know of it from down South. This was pork chunks. Was kind of like eating Spam. Rattler's was also there with a plentiful plate of 'cue including chicken, tri-tip and a roll. JamWest Foods had a plate of Jerk Chicken, Peas and Rice, Plantains and Meat Pies. Stone Fire Grill (which was barely noticeable) had an incredible Lemon Garlic Chicken dish along with Tri-Tip. I took extra at the end of the expo to take home. It was that good and was the one place I now want to go to that I haven't been to yet. Town Grind Cafe had some great Chicken Tortilla Soup and Salad along with an incredible Pumpkin Spice Cake and of course....coffee! Made you want to skip getting a cup of joe from Newhall Coffee's booth since that was all you were going to get there. Skimpers? Dessert Alert gave you one dessert of your choice. So did Babette's. Buca de Beppo offered small plates of pasta dishes and Salt Creek gave you a choice of three entrees including a Pastrami wrapped Salmon. Interesting. Una Mas offered Tamales and Quesadillas. That really disappointed me since I really did want to try some stuff from that place but the choices were so weak, I decided to pass. Garden Spot gave you a choice of a Chicken Salad or Wrap. Maui Wowi easily had the weakest choice of all with just a very tiny smoothie. I mean, it might as well have been a shot. That small. Actually you could've gotten shots of screwdrivers at RSVP Catering booths! As many as you wanted! No tickets necessary! They also had Mac N Cheese as well which I guess was what they offered for tickets but I didn't see anyone take any. Catered Affairs offers a cold soup of some kind and a fruit tart. Again, they didn't take tickets. Wolf Creek Brewing was there but since they didn't bring beer, I didn't go there. I also skipped Frankie's of Melrose since they just had meatballs and none of their great sausages like they had at the Taste of Santa Clarita. Roast House had big pieces of Chicken Marsala, the Hyatt's Vines Restaurant offered Grilled Lamb Salad and the new Embassy Suites had a variety of choices as well. Philly's Best offered samples of Cheesesteaks but I skipped since I've had their stuff before and besides which, no Phillies getups to infuriate the Dodger Blue faithful? Besides all this, there was also a bar from Vino 100 with Wine, Cheap Beer and Sodas. I skipped that and stuck with the coffee from Town Grind since it was really getting cold this October night. The Expo itself has most of its' booths going on during all this so you can shop around although unless you're looking for a loan, a fitness package or new teeth, you might as well pass except for getting all the free candy. I love Taste of Expo since it's very affordable, you get to try a lot of places you likely have never been to and make a few new friendships as well. I'll definitely be back again and again as long as I'm in the SCV.

It's devastating what happened to many of the residents during the massive fires in 2024. I'm glad…read morethey are coming together to rebuild. On this visit we came to see the ceremony of the Christmas Lane Tree lighting and it packed so much that it was difficult to walk around.

North of Pasadena, the Eaton wildfire started in the town of Altadena on January 7th 2025 and…read morespread explosively across over 14,000 acres due to extreme windy conditions with gusts up to 80 mph the past week! There are apparently five fatalities on record. As of today January 13th, 2025, the entire town is evacuated. Over 7,000 structures and homes were destroyed, including the Andrew McNally House, Altadena Community Church, Scripps Hall, Bunny Museum, stores, shops, the entire downtown area. Altadena is historic for being the first middle class Black community in LA County. It is also home to many middle class Artists of many cultures. The people have now lost their only homes and livelyhoods. It is going to take a lot to rebuild their lives! Praying for the many people of southern California as the fires are continuing as I write this. It is devastating. It is heartbreaking.

And it burns burns burns the ring of fire. The ring of fire is Johnny Cash and he walks alone and…read morehe won't hurt himself today. If you come check out his mural it is located of Hollywood Boulevard.

This is where they filmed the Michael Jackson dance scene. Something interesting that I've learned…read moreabout this place is: the Wall was created only for the video clip, but they never destroyed, good news for every Michael Jackson's fans.

10 star review! No trip to LA is complete without seeing this icon! Great guy! Friendly and overall…read morerad! Can you stay forever dude!?!

Not even good enough for the poor people. Annoying and horrible guitar amateur. This warm is true…read moreto being unbearable and dedicated to selling bunk tee shirts made by anyone

"Changing the Face of Men's Health" !!…read more I love fund raising for charities- but thanks to Adam Garone and everyone at the Movember Foundation-- talking about men's health is SOOOO much easier and more fun than I'd ever imagined! Being an ex-International Cyclist-- I had heard of Movember from some Aussie friends- but didn't become involved with it until Lance Armstrong was tweeting about it in 2009. I got some people in Colorado together and made a small difference. Last year I had the AWESOME opportunity to meet Andy Leonetti (Full time Mo Bro) in the summer when he was in town to help coordinate our Denver committee. I had an absolute BLAST promoting some fun events and getting my Reach Out City group together. Because of the Movember campaign I have met so many AMAZING men and woman all with their own (sometimes VERY personal) connection to helping raise funds and awareness for Men's Cancer concerns. Movember is the reason I am aware of YELP and Laura L. (our AWESOME Yelp Community Manager here in Denver) (I represented the Movember Foundation at the Denver Yelp Helps event at the Curtis Hotel) I look forward to a much BIGGER and BETTER Movember Campaign for 2011 !! Maybe someday I will get the opportunity to visit the Movember HQ and meet Bubba Nicholson, Adam Garone and all the rest of the wonderful and helpful full/part-timers (Mo Bros and Mo Sistas) who help people like me to do everything we do.

Few years back a couple of clever blokes from Australia sat around and thought... so the sheilas…read more(women, in Australian speak) have their pink ribbons for breast cancer, the GLBTs fly their rainbow flag proudly... even that cyclist bloke who beat cancer has his yellow rubber bands... so what symbol does prostate cancer have? Nothing, other than men losing their balls and dying from the disease every year. In fact 27,000 men die from prostate cancer in the US every year. So they thought what's unique about men - amongst the not so appealing, they found one thing... the Mo. Mo. Moustache. Facial hair. Most men can grow them... most women don't want them... opinions differ as to whether you want it to be a part of your life. So there it is - MOVEMBER. Grow a Mo... get your Mo Bros (fellow men) and Mo Sistas (the women) to sponsor you. You cultivate facial hair for the month of November, and prune it into an appealing shape for a huge 'mo' contest at the end of month. November 2007 was the inaugural start of Movember USA movement. I have been a 'Mo Sista' for a number of years in Sydney, and this year I was a sponsor of my SF 'Mo Bro' in growing whatever facial hair that he can manage. ... and if you haven't caught on, the whole event is 70s inspired. Think Tom Selleck, Sonny Bono, disco dancing, mojos, naughty cops and the male lead in classic 'blue' movies with that 'wha-wha' soundtracks. The San Francisco Gala Parte was held on Wed 11/28 - it was a ticketed fundraiser event held at Ruby Skye. Turn out was around 150 and I hope this number to grow in years to come. Parties were also held in Aspen, LA, San Diego and NYC. The Movember team did put on an AWESOME party... go-go dancer, disco roller skaters and a barber on hand to 'shape' the Mo's prior judging. All attending were encouraged to dress up... 70s, disco or matching couple. Surely the Halloween costume can get another use! In amongst the silliness is a serious message - men, don't stick your head in the sand and ignore doctor visits. No one's bullet proof (its not a video game)... so get it checked out. So there it is, my spiel on Movember, the fundraiser for prostate cancer... I had a great time for a good cause, and man did I get to dress up silly or what! Hope to you see you, with your mo, next year :)