![[LA Weekly] Highland Park Kitchen Opens on York Blvd. + What’s Happening in Highland Park](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/highlandparkkitchen-d-solomon.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Weekly] Highland Park Kitchen Opens on York Blvd. + What’s Happening in Highland Park")
D. Solomon fries and sliders Highland Park Kitchen on York Blvd. had been open for only about ten days in early March before a front page L.A. Times article declared Highland Park a soon-to-be “outpost of hipster cool” with York Blvd. its “ground zero.” In recent years, the northeast L.A. neighborhood has seen an influx of hip, trendy businesses in an area … Continue reading
![[LA Weekly] Eat This Now: Pambazo at Metro Balderas](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/105.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Weekly] Eat This Now: Pambazo at Metro Balderas")
D. Solomon pambazo at Metro Balderas Angelenos who visit Mexico City inevitably return home on the hunt for certain foods. Squash blossoms. Huaraches. Mollejas. And the mighty pambazo. While the sandwich can be found in various regions, it’s especially ubiquitous on the streets of el Distrito Federal. Variations abound, but pambazos are essentially sandwiches stuffed with fried mashed potatoes, … Continue reading
Life in Los Angeles can be, in a word, random. And that’s why we love it, right? We love driving through Highland Park on the way to Vietnamese eatery Good Girl Dinette after visiting a friend’s garage sale and coming across the brightest liquor store wall we’ve ever seen. And yet, not so random – the … Continue reading
A journey one hundred years back to the age of kerosene lamps and cross-country train expeditions, preserved in central Los Angeles By: Daina Beth Solomon Issue date: 11/25/08 Section: Features What is that cluster of Victorian buildings by the Arroyo Seco that drivers see from the Pasadena Freeway? A movie set? A Victorian-style theme park? … Continue reading
By: Daina Beth Solomon Issue date: 10/15/08 Section: Entertainment Northeast Los Angeles is blessed with religion. The area surrounding Occidental is a landscape of world religions. An informal internet inventory revealed over 100 religious centers within Occidental’s 2.5 mile radius. There are eight Seventh-Day Adventist churches, seven Foursquare Churches and three Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Halls. … Continue reading
By: Daina Solomon Posted: 9/24/08 It’s a perfect Saturday night at Oxy, looking out over the twinkling city from the cool, dark grass of Stewie Beach. But as lovely as it is to enjoy the sparkle of Los Angeles from the Occidental Campus, it’s time to hit the streets. Fun has many faces on this … Continue reading
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