Wow. Two weeks ago I posted a short film I did with Patrick Benson on LA’s tenuous relationship with water. And as I often do weekly, I posted the link to most of the LinkedIn groups to which I belong. From a bird’s eye view, the results were interesting: I think few actually watched the [...]
At the corner of Silver Lake Boulevard and Parkman Avenue lies a 2000-square foot patch of asphalt that has lain empty for decades. Occasionally, trash is strewn across it; sometimes there are unpermitted weekend yard sales or flea markets; often cars are parked on it illegally. Years ago this space was paved over to make [...]
Los Angeles and water sure have a sordid history together. Of course there’s the 1974 movie, Chinatown, that sums up the backroom deals and violence that worked to bring water to a thirsty and ambitious Southern California. Now we are on the verge of another chapter in the “water wars,” as years of drought, increasing [...]
A few days ago I had to take my car to the shop. With my handy Flip camera, I took some random shots as I walked from Echo Park to Silver Lake, along Sunset Boulevard. I really do believe that the best way to learn a city is to walk it: whether it’s along [...]
UPDATE: Why Tabatha Coffey is a stellar business advisor! I’ve seen enough. Hand me the keys. I’m taking ooh-vah. – Tabatha Coffey, star of Bravo’s hit reality series, Tabatha’s Salon Takeover, to another clueless owner as she is gob-smacked, once again, by a poorly-run hair salon . . . I know there are far more [...]
GreenGoPost now has a channel on YouTube! We promise there will be better videos down the road, but for now, enjoy this 7 minute video of our backyard garden: and feel free to fast-forward through it! Got a video of what you’re doing in your yard? Please reply back with a video!!!
Activism. Activist. They are words that many people love to shout out. To me, they often give me the creeps. How many times have you heard someone say, “I don’t eat THIS” or “I don’t buy THAT” or “I don’t do ALLOFTHEABOVE.” My response is: it’s always easier to NOT do something. It [...]
Last night I attended the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council meeting. The evening featured Gregory Randall, the City of LA’s lone wildlife specialist . . . in a city of 465 square miles crammed with four million people. Because of the recent events in Griffith Park, where eight coyotes were shot in the aftermath of two [...]