Today is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People โ the occasion for this edition of No Enclave, about Palestinian Los Angeles. Although Chicagoland has the largest concentration of Palestinian Americans, California has, by far, the largest statewide population of Palestinians of any state. Most are concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area, Metro … Continue reading No Enclave — Palestinian Los Angeles
Tag: Southern California
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Map
Screenshot of Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography's map of Los Angeles Neighborhoods, Communities, and Southern California For whatever reason, one of my most evergreen posts is "New York City Neighborhoods Map," a post I wrote and map that I made when laid up in bed with a brain-fogging bout of COVID. The fog has long-cleared but … Continue reading Los Angeles Neighborhoods Map
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The Brightwell Guide to Seasonal Produce in Southern California
INTRODUCTION I grew up on what is what one could possibly describe as a "gentleman's farm." Not that we ever referred to it as such. I'd never heard that term as a kid -- and my mom, who ran show, would've no doubt rejected the title of "gentleman." My mother also mightโve objected to characterizing … Continue reading The Brightwell Guide to Seasonal Produce in Southern California
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Southland Parks — The Beaches and Public Pools of Los Angeles
Since arriving in Los Angeles in the 1990s, Iโve always been surprised at how just many swimming pools there are โ and how infrequently most of them (especially the private ones) are seemingly used... other than as bee graveyards to be occasionally skimmed by some unfortunate charged with dragging a pool rake across their otherwise … Continue reading Southland Parks — The Beaches and Public Pools of Los Angeles
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California Fool’s Gold — The Best of Los Angeles
Last year, I think, I made a map of some of my favorite places -- and places I've still yet to visit but am eager to -- in Metro Los Angeles. I don't remember what the occasion was -- or even whether or not there was one. I think that I just wanted to visualize … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — The Best of Los Angeles
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California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Santa Barbara
INTRODUCTION A year ago -- over a year ago! -- my partner and I visited the town of Santa Barbara. I meant to write about our visit for California Fool's Gold sooner, but 2020 was the year everything went pear-shaped. When the pandemic hit, many suddenly found themselves with more time than they knew what … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Santa Barbara
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Los Angeles Neighborhoods โ From Academy Hill to Zamperini Field and All Points Between
INTRODUCTION Los Angeles Neighborhoods โ From Academy Hill to Zamperini Field and All Points Between is a collected series of haiku, sijo, and Twitter-inspired descriptions of 1,036 communities in Los Angeles County. Naturally, it includes all 88 cities โ but also the unincorporated communities and census-designated places; the enclaves and exclaves; suburbs, exurbs, boomburbs, and … Continue reading Los Angeles Neighborhoods โ From Academy Hill to Zamperini Field and All Points Between
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LOS ANGELES GOTHIC It's almost Halloween. Surely one of the greatest holidays, Halloween is up there, in my estimation, with Burns Supper, Nowruz, Thanksgiving, and Thanksgiving II. I keep reading and hearing, though, that Halloween is cancelled this year, thanks to the mismanagement at nearly every level of the COVID-19 pandemic. Surely you can't cancel … Continue reading ๐ท๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏรญ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography — Map Merchandise
In recent years, I've had a lot of requests for printable version of "my map." I've made hundreds of maps but since the digital map I made of Los Angeles County has been viewed over a million times, I have to assume that that's the one most people are talking about. Of course, people who … Continue reading Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography — Map Merchandise
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California Fool’s Gold — A San Diego Neighborhoods Primer
INTRODUCTION 2019 is the sestercentennial of San Diego's founding. It's also the vigintennial of my moving to Southern California -- and yet, in those twenty years, I've probably visited San Diego no more than a dozen times. Why haven't I visited California's second-largest city more often? Certainly not out of any of the sort of … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — A San Diego Neighborhoods Primer
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