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Mt. Baldy is LA’s Most Infamous Mountain… and the 3rd Most Deadly in the Country

Featured image credit: Eric T. Gunther Jagged, snow ravaged peaks scrape frosty clouds; a steel gray contrast overpowering blue skies. Blankets of deceptively powdery snow, punctuated by puma prints, blanket thick, unyielding slabs of ice. Silence is broken by the cascading rustle of falling ice shards and frozen boulders gaining shudder-inducing inertia. No, we’re not in Nepal. N...

The Strange, and We Mean STRANGE, Curse of Griffith Park

Featured image credit: Griffith Observatory If there’s one neighborhood in Los Angeles that definitely lives up to its name, it’s Los Feliz. Located in close proximity to downtown and burgeoning neighborhoods like Silverlake, Glendale, Studio City, and Hollywood, it’s central to a good portion of the city’s most popular attractions. The hardest part is prying one...

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Enjoy St. Patrick’s Day in LA at Your Fav Local Irish Pub and Beyond

On March 17th, the green beer flows like the raging LA River to the thirsty revelers of Los Angeles. And thanks to the rainfall, this is the only year we can use that comparison, so we hope you enjoyed it! With St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Friday, your local Irish pub will no doubt be packed to the gills. Fortunately, there are a few places pulling out all the stops to make it worth the...

The Boisterous Pasadena Parrots Hold a Unique Key to the Future

When you’re browsing through homes for sale in Pasadena, wild parrots are likely the furthest thought from your mind. But believe it or not, parrots are a very real part of life in Pasadena… and much of the Greater Los Angeles area. While they aren’t a natural part of Los Angeles wildlife, wild parrots are so prevalent in our city that no one short of Mother Nature herse...

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10 Must-See Los Angeles Concerts in August

Los Angeles is arguable one of the biggest entertainment hubs of the world, and our city is in no shortage of fun events coming up including these must-see concerts in August. Mark your calendars, and prepare your sing-along voices for these must-see Los Angeles concerts. 1) Drake and 21 Savage at The Kia Forum Photo Credit: Edmond Sadaka/SIPA/REX/Shutterstock via TimeOut.com Dates...

There are Not One But Two Southern California Desert Regions. Here’s How to Tell Them Apart.

Los Angeles may not be the desert that so many people claim. At least not all of it. Parts of the greater LA area encompass portions of the SoCal desert. For those unaware, we actually have two deserts in Southern California and three distinct deserts making up the California desert environment. Not too far off from the city, you’ll find the Mojave and Colora...

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Meet What Many Believe to Be the Oldest of the Palm Trees in Los Angeles

Photo credit: Stuart Guest-Smith If you’ve visited Exposition Park in the last hundred years or so, you may have overlooked one of LA’s most unassuming luminaries. Yet, just in front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum stands the oldest of the palm trees in Los Angeles. Or perhaps we should clarify the oldest known palm tree in LA. If age ain’t nothin’...

The 3 Most Interesting Attractions in Las Vegas’ Area 15

Featured image credit: Troutfarm27 Las Vegas’ Area 15 has been inspiring eye-popping, or eye-rolling, depending on who you ask, responses since it opened its doors in 2020. Part arcade, part shopping mall, part immersive art installation, the Instagram-baiting complex has seamlessly integrated itself into the fabric of the Las Vegas tourist scene in a relatively short time. There&...

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Beyond the Purrrfectly Pink Doors of the Trixie Motel Palm Springs

If you think that Palm Springs could do with a little more… strike that… A LOT more pink, you’re in luck. The prodigiously pink Trixie Motel opened its doors to guests on Thursday, September 1st. For some, it’s yet another boutique hotel to consider for the next weekend getaway. But to others, it’s an unabashed oasis of killer kitsch in an enclave that ...

The Elegantly Haunted Queen Mary Keeps Legends Alive in Long Beach

Featured image credit: Russ Allison Loar The Queen Mary has quite the reputation. No, we don’t mean a disgraced monarch. We’re talking about the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary permanently moored in the Port of Long Beach. You know, the allegedly haunted Queen Mary? She ferried the world’s ultra-wealthy across the globe’s blue highway for nearly three decades und...