Native Intelligence archive
for December 2012

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Jerry baby

Jerry-Baby-2013-ONLINE.jpg Happy New Year everybody.

King Eddy last call

LAO__kingeddy2.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears on Thursdays at LA Observed.

Merry Christmas mannequin at Wacko

xmas-mannrquin-jg.jpg Found color for Christmas inside the Wacko store on Hollywood Boulevard.

Ejilah Wood

LAO__henry's-tacos.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears Thursdays on LA Observed.

LA Sketchbook: Trigger lock

qqxsg TriggerLock Calif.jpg The latest for LA Observed from editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg.

Backstage at the Nutcracker with Tiler Peck of the NYC Ballet

tiler-hair.jpg Tiler Peck came back to California last weekend to be the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Pacific Festival Ballet production of "The Nutcracker" in Thousand Oaks. We hung out backstage with the principal dancer of the NYC Ballet.

Loft housing

LAO__busbench.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears on Thursdays at LA Observed.

LA Sketchbook: Supermajority

qqxsg-Supermajority1.jpg The latest for LA Observed from editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg.
mark-mcgwire-iooss-si.jpg Bonds, Clemens, Sosa, McGwire — they're all there. The steroid generation of players may well have saved baseball.

Downton Abbey does LA

downton-line.jpg The Downton Abbey roadshow came to town Friday night to promote the show's third season coming up on PBS. More than 300 fans filed into the Pacific Design Center to see and hear Hugh Bonneville, Joanne Froggatt and other cast members. Photos and chit-chat were encouraged.

Zack Greinke isn't worth $147 million, but does it matter?

The Dodgers are about to spend a fortune on an above-average No. 2 starting pitcher. He makes them better, but at an enormous cost that they can seemingly afford.

Streetscape: Hollywood Mennonites

hollywood-mennonites-jg.jpg A choir of Mennonites sings on the Hollywood Boulevard sidewalk on Saturday afternoon.

Stanley Cup and shuttle

LAO__Stanley.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears on Thursdays at LA Observed.

7 hours of 'Gatz' leaves her wanting more

gatz-stage-iris.jpg Redcat and NYC's Elevator Repair Service bring every word of "The Great Gatsby" to the LA stage. After it was over, I couldn't wait to get home and finish the novel.

The enduring cool of tap

anything-goes.jpg It wasn't the usual ladies room chatter the other night during intermission of "Anything Goes" at the Ahmanson Theater. "Damn, why didn't I take tap?" one woman said. Others murmured in agreement.
KCET control room
kcet-rehearsal-control.jpgA peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
whitts-wood-yard.jpgElon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
bcam-stairs.jpgThe Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
hockney-arrives-lacma.jpgThe artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
mountain-lion-family-martinez.jpgFrom Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
The power of 'pluribus' plays
Allegiance-9-(1).jpgDon Shirley on theater in LA
Macy's winds down
mannequin-graveyard-macys.jpgThe store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
westwood-sky-lao.jpgWestwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
la-luz-del-mundo.jpg Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
loves-bbq-valley-relics.jpg Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
melissa-barak-cost-iris.jpg Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Engine Co. 17
engine-co-17-side.jpg Inside the long-closed Arts District fire station on Santa Fe Avenue.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
wilshire-grand-lobby-wall.jpg Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
barnsdall-park-trees.jpg Under the trees.
Inside Hollyhock House
hollyhock-columns.jpgPhoto taking was allowed for one weekend. So we did.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
el-milagro-market.jpgProductos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
June 6, 1968
rfk-hearse-wide-lapl.jpgThe body of Robert F. Kennedy leaves Good Samaritan hospital. More pics
Streetscape: DTLA
spring-street-bike-lane.jpgSpring Street bike lane.
Palm weeds of Santa Susana
santa-susana-palm-weeds.jpgOak trees, sandstone ridges and fan palms? Ugh. More
Streetscape: West LA
405-at-smblvd.jpg405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
grman1.jpgThe hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
arcana-books.jpgIn the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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