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At Kenneth Hahn park there is a cool hidden Hummingbird garden. It is free to enter the park on weekdays and no cost at all to park your car. No reservations needed. Feel free to get as close as possible … Continue reading
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Many people, including locals do not know The Hollywood Bowl is actually a park. No this won’t count towards my one park visit because it is so far from what we think of as a park. This has been one … Continue reading
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With spring comes lots and lots of wildflowers to carpet the hills in a myriad of beautiful colors. Especially after a good rainy winter. One merely needs to go to Griffith Park or even Baldwin Hills to see yellow and … Continue reading
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Los Angeles Fire Department Museum Kids and adults really enjoy the Los Angeles Fire Department Museum. They have everything Fire Department related. Besides firefighting gear going back to the 1800s they have a whole room full of model fire engines … Continue reading
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You never have to look far for cool and free things to do in Los Angeles. In fact flying into Los Angeles, this is the first thing you see which stands out from all other cities. Everyone has seen the … Continue reading
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The Korean Friendship Bell is among the largest bells in the world and was a gift from The Republic of Korea and was placed in 1978. The Korean Friendship Bell honors Americans who fought for Korea’s liberty and celebrate the … Continue reading
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On a recent outing to explore more free things to do in Los Angeles we visited the Old Mill in South Pasadena right near the Huntington Library. This charming old structure was a working mill that processed corn and wheat … Continue reading
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Santa Monica Airport Viewing… Los Angeles is filled with aviation history and we could write a whole book about things to see and do around LA County involving planes but we had to pick one it would be Santa Monica … Continue reading
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We found this place by accident and boy are we glad we did… Whale watching is a great way to experience the Los Angeles Ocean. Last weekend I was headed out to walk along the Palos Verdes Peninsula with Dashing … Continue reading
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The “Spadena House” AKA “The Witch’s House” This is one cool mobile home. Okay it isn’t exactly mobile but was moved once from Culver City in 1926 after spending 5 years in silent films a few miles away in Culver … Continue reading
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Point Vicente Lighthouse is an awesome place to stop on the second Saturday of every month except March when it coincides with Whale Day on the first Saturday of the month. This turned out to be one of my favorite … Continue reading
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Palisades Park stretches along the 1.6 mile bluff overlooking Santa Monica Bay and is a great place to take a leisurely stroll. Free parking is available on the east side of Ocean Avenue at the north end of the park … Continue reading
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As you can see from the pictures Paramount Ranch is a movie set which still gets used for filming from time to time. When I set the standards for this little challenge to find totally free and fun things to … Continue reading
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Hey it’s Rose. I want to tell you about Lake Hollywood. Lake Hollywood is great for exercise and a great place to teach your kids how to ride a bike because the path around Lake Hollywood is flat, it’s quiet, … Continue reading
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The La Brea Tar Pits is a great place to picnic and let the kids run around anytime but the George C. Page Museum on the ground is fantastic for seeing lots and lots of fossils. The museum is also … Continue reading
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This is another one of those free things to do in Los Angeles which very few life-long Angelinos know about. City Hall is a very stately art deco building built in the 1920s. It really is a magnificent building up … Continue reading
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Today’s location is the newly opened Baldwin Hills Overlook. This has to be… The Best View In Los Angeles! LA has some of the best city views in the world. The city lights from offshore are one of my favorites … Continue reading
