White Boy/White Dog Move To Skid Row

Certified Beach Dude Moves To Downtown Los Angeles

Google Maps provides a cool feature called “Street View” where given a point on a map, you can see a panoramic view of that location- and in the “Street View” you can use the mouse to pan up, pan down, rotate left or right, or continue “walking” down the street via mouse clicks.  Of course, [...]

I just ran across this news- Will Smith and Charlize Therone are filming a movie at Cafe Pinot (a pretty good restuarant here in downtown).  They CLOSED the entire restaurant from Monday through Thursday to do the filming, and the staff gets NO pay.  I think I’m going to boycott the whole Patina Restaurant Group [...]

I found this info on the “Downtown Hound” blog… now I’m not as upset with all the noise that happened for about a week…
“Wondering about all the helicopter activity lighting up the night sky? I have it from a friend who’s former military that they are military training exercises. They are either SEALs, Airforce or [...]

I can barely walk a day without seeing a production company setting up, tearing down, or actually filming (a movie, commercial, TV show, or music video).  Many residents downtown are upset because of the generally unannounced street closures, helicopter fly-bys, and simulated gunfire and explosions.  A recent LA Times article documented this, and said in [...]

4 out of 5 nights last week, starting at approximately 5pm, 3 helicopters would start buzzing by my place.  At first I thought maybe there was a break-out from Parker Center or something, as they kept circling around 1st and Main St.  Then when one finally touched down on City Hall East, and left in [...]