INTRODUCTION Screenshot of Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography's map of Los Angeles County and Southern Califonria Los Angeles was founded on this day, 18 February, in 1850. A majority of insufferable pedants will have just jumped to the comments to let me know how wrong I am and that “Los Angleles” refers not the Los Angeles … Continue reading Happy Birthday “Los Angeles”; Land of History, Myths, Villages, and 19 Million Metropolitans in Search of Suburbia
Month: February 2026
Chinatowns, Soft Power, and the Lunar New Year
Happy Lunar New Year -- the year of the Fire Horse! The Lunar New Year widely celebrated in Korea, Mongolia, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Tibet, and Vietnam... and historically, Japan. Although China is a diverse country and with people such as the Dai, Miao, Kazakhs, and Uyghurs (who mark other dates as the beginning of the new … Continue reading Chinatowns, Soft Power, and the Lunar New Year
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No Enclave — New Zealander Los Angeles
New Zealand is a volcanic archipelago in the South Pacific. The remote land was notably the last major landmass to be settled by humans (about four centuries after Iceland). Although Australia is home to the largest diaspora population of New Zealanders (or “Kiwis”), by a significant margin, Los Angeles is home to the largest population … Continue reading No Enclave — New Zealander Los Angeles
Eric Brightwell 