A family friendly community with a diverse residents!…read more Offering a peaceful residential ambiance with parks and eateries nearby.

My review is for the commercial district downtown. We stopped by last Saturday afternoon, checking…read morein at Starbuck's for a while. Sitting inside, looking at the fog moving in from the Pacific, reminded both of us of the Richmond / Sunset districts in San Francisco on outer Geary. Something about the era of the buildings, the numerous telephone / power poles, and that fog (!); it all fit with our memories of our childhood haunts in The City. That being said, I'm aware there is much more to the Palisades than that time warp impression. From a drive-through visitor's perspective, it has an old school charm. Having to pay for parking on a Saturday in a small town area is somewhat annoying. Traffic can be a slow crawl through the area, and what on earth will it be like when the new Caruso development is done? Wow! Loved the mural we could see from the Starbucks, looking to the south. It added a beachy vibe to the area which surely is married to it's ocean-proximity.

This is a quiet, clean, classy neighborhood found along Sunset Blvd. I have some buddies that live…read morehere, so I come by here periodically. I also used to work in this city during undergrad. This town is not for those who seek to live in modest means. It is pricey to live here, but I find the prices well worth it. The people in this town are awesome, and it's a very family friendly place. The main artery to this town is Sunset Blvd as it goes from the 405 to PCH. The roads here are windy, and go up the mountain into neighborhoods full of stately residences. Two security firms operate here: Palisades Patrol and ACS security. The sights here are amazing. There is an overlook you can reach by taking El Medio. You will get a good sight of the Pacific Ocean, PCH, and the beach below. It's a nice place to stop by for a breather during the day, and also a good place to take a date at night. A great hiking trail begins at Temescal Canyon park, and extends though the Santa Monica mountains and into the valley. This trail, when taken in its entirety, is a good 8 hour hike. You will cross through some mountain bike trails as well. A plethora of celebrities live or have lived here. I have associated with some of them when I used to work in this town. A great town. Keep it classy.

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.

South of Carson, North of San Pedro. One of those areas of LA that don't get as much attention as…read moretheir surrounding neighbors for one reason or another. Came here so my girlfriend could buy something from OfferUp. The area we were in had many stand-alone houses. I suppose there was nothing I'd consider "disruptive". Not many hipster sightings, for better or worse. The next time I am in the area for any reason, I can add to my experience.

The neighborhood of Lake Balboa, Los Angeles was original part of Van Nuys and Encino, but has…read morebecome a residential and community hub in the San Fernando Valley including Lake Balboa Park. A few small eateries, markets, cafes and businesses sprinkled throughout, it's mostly older homes and apartments and lots of greenery and scenery. They have a city council, multiple fire stations and a weekly Farmers Market, though the Farmers Market is consider part of Encino rather than Encino/Lake Balboa - every Sunday from 8am to 1pm. Parking is really abundant especially near or around the park area. There's one major metro station Balboa station across from Birmingham Community High School who has some top notch valley alumni including Sally Field, Lisa Bonet and Malik Jackson to name a few. H.K. Valley Market is one of my personal favorite hub with the Greenland Market and Carnival Karaoke, it's an amazing mix of Asian American culture all in one giant plaza. Springbok Bar & Grill is one of the few late night spots as well as Pogo's, the dive bar on Saitcoy and Louise near Ralph's and some of the big chain staples. Other parks and local L.A. Metro busses throughout. It's very laidback and more quiet than neighboring neighborhoods in the SFV with reasonable rates for living. Very much a family friendly and/or ideal family type area to call home, though very much welcoming of all like the vast majority of the 818.

This was the celebration of the new L.A. magazine GOOD and the launch of GOOD LA, a new local…read morecommunity for Los Angeles residents. The event allowed us to check out the new cultural complex in Atwater Village. It was truly an impressive warehouse full of artsy businesses including a business for writing workshops, a yoga place, art galleries and many more. Right when you walk in, they give you several choices of designs that you could put on your shirt. If you brought a shirt, they printed cool designs on it with their screen printing equipment. This was provided by the Eagle Rock Yacht Club. CRASH Space held a craft center where you could craft, make electronic projects with soldering and sew some cool stuff. It was definitely interesting to watch people make electronic do it yourself projects. This included a DIY battery operated ipod or Mp3 charger with a usb. The Brazilian Yoga center was absolutely amazing. The ambience of the studio with its chinese lanterns, candles and meditation music made the experience unique and really helped you get into a meditative spirit. Afterwards Slate magazine held a live reading of their publication by the writers. This event was interesting and was held in a nice courtyard. Overall, this event shows that the arts, crafts, and creative spirit of L.A. is getting bigger and better every year.

Clayton Moore. That was his real name. The actor. . . . the one who played the original Lone…read moreRanger. But no matter how you look at it, he WAS the LONE RANGER. The one & only one. He wasn't acting. He became the legend. He was the good guy. White hat. He spent his life as the Lone Ranger. He believed it wasn't a part, but who he was. So did many of us. Oh, I know that unless you are into old TV shows most of you are far too young to have a clue who the Lone Ranger was . . . the masked hero? The one with the horse named Silver and the sidekick named Tonto? Well, he WAS the real deal, the real hero, the real good guy. He would ride in and save the day. We need heroes like him today. And then the Hollywood machine decided to make an updated Lone Ranger flick and wanted to take Mr. Moore's mask away. Said he couldn't wear it anymore. Demanded it. Even went to court and told him that he didn't have the right to wear "the mask." They thought they could make an updated film in Santa Fe of the Lone Ranger and make money on it. So they took away Clayton Moore's mask. But we protested. Us old TV fans. Those of us who grew up watching the original Lone Ranger, Silver & Tonto TV shows. Those of us who thought he was REAL when we were kids. Those of us who believed that good would overcome evil. Just bring in the Lone Ranger and life would be all right. But the Hollywood machine won. Clayton Moore lost the right to wear his mask. The last news photos of the Lone Ranger / Clayton Moore are of him in sunglasses. A sad day for good overcoming evil. Money won. Does anyone remember the remake? But we fought hard. We lived in Santa Fe. We protested. We named our youngest son after Clayton Moore. The Lone Ranger will ride forever . . . . in our memories . . . in our belief in good overcoming evil. Clayton Moore. The last and only Lone Ranger . . . a true Hero. Hi-ho Silver! Away!

I'm so very grateful to Rachel C., who wrote the first review of this character/actor, because I…read moredidn't know that one could write a review of anything other than places to eat and places to sleep on YELP. So, now that she's "educated me," I'll add my own 2¢ to this page. The television series is one year older than I am, because it premiered in 1948 (in TV's infancy), while I didn't make my own "debut" until 1949. The radio series began in 1933 at WXYZ in Detroit, the brainchild of George W. Trendle Sr. (the station owner) and staff writer Fran Striker, who wrote most of the radio plays. When I moved to Honolulu, Hawaii (1981) and joined Mensa® in 1986, I had the honor of meeting (and becoming friends with) George W. Trendle Jr. (also a Mensa® member), the son of one of The Lone Ranger creators and the person who, as a retired attorney today, owns the exclusive rights to THE GREEN HORNET character, who is Britt Reid, the great-grandnephew of John Reid (The Lone Ranger's true name). I grew up listening to the Ranger's adventures on radio and later, the television series (plus 2 major motion pictures) and the one reason that this character was slightly more popular with me than Superman, was because he solved crimes and captured "the bad guys" using only his wits and his superior fighting abilities. In short, he was a normal human being just like me, who could not see through walls (nor fly through them). The character was (and still is!) as the late FBI Director John Edgar Hoover once said, "The single greatest force for good, in the United States of America!" I agree. But here is another thing that the character taught all of us kids who "came of age" in the 1940s, 50s and 60s: It is perfectly OK to have a best friend who is NOT of your own race. Because of the influence of The Lone Ranger and Tonto on my youthful mind, I matured knowing that regardless of skin color or ethnicity, "There is only ONE RACE, and it is the HUMAN race." On June 15, 2013, one of my very best friends astounded me by presenting me with "THE LONE RANGER COLLECTOR'S EDITION," (UPC: 0-37117-07053-4), which he purchased at Best Buy®. I now have all 221 TV episodes of the Clayton Moore (& John Hart) series, plus both movies that starred Clayton Moore, along with all kinds of information about the character, its origins and little-known facts that I can share with others. For those who have small children, this is a character to whom your kids need to be introduced and exposed. His adventures, 80 years later, are truly wholesome fun for everyone!

Driving to downtown LA we came across all kinds of public art. The butterflies girl Mural I don't…read moreknow what's going on here because a bunch of butterflies in a girl and I'll just gonna hang it on the side of the building but it's kind of cool to see.