Around LA Observed

In case you missed them:

• Bill Boyarsky spent a delightful evening with Norman Corwin, the 99-year-old "Los Angeles literary treasure," at the Barnes & Noble in Westside Pavilion.
• Visiting blogger Jonathan Freund sent in a fun piece about his collaboration with the late Larry Gelbart, who worked hard to make people laugh.
• At Native Intelligence, Veronique de Turenne files a dispatch from the Frogtown art walk. She also enjoys weekend tomato heaven out in Malibu, and did a nice Sunday Then and Now in the L.A. Times on the landmark Village Green in Baldwin Hills.
• Jenny Burman and family got away from Chicken Corner to take in Monterey.