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North America » United States » California May 14th 1988

May 14, 1988 *City official name :Beverly Hills *Founded date : *Location :California State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. It is part of the so-called "Golden Triangle" of Beverly Hills, Bel-Air and Holmby Hills. It is bordered on the north by the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, on the east by the City of West Hollywood and the Fairfax District of the City of Los Angeles, on the south by Los Angeles and on the west by Westwood Village and Century City, which are neighborhoods of Los Angeles and not separate incorporated cities. As stereotypes might suggest, Beverly ... read more
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles February 10th 1988

Geo: 34.0533, -118.245... read more
Harpo Marx
Disneyland

North America » United States » California » San Francisco August 28th 1986

There's no feeling in the world, the lovely reader, to compare with heading overseas for the first time, away from family and friends with no real time frame in mind for returning home. It can feel a bit terrifying but is also an exhilarating experience, full of anticipation for what lies ahead laced with a degree of apprehension due to fear of the unknown. The period of preparation leading to a long trip overseas galvanizes a prospective traveller like little else can, and it was with all these conflicting emotions swirling around in my head that I boarded a flight over the Pacific ocean destined for the land of opportunity, the United States of America. To paraphrase the famous song ... California here I come! I arrived at San Francisco airport after clearing US customs formalities ... read more
Sydney airport farewell
Posing with my friend
At the airport

North America » United States » California August 10th 1985

Living with our grandparents (mom's parents)... read more

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Pasadena January 1st 1985

The Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena is a well-known celebration of New Year's Day. Susan and I went to see the parade on New year's Day 1985. (It's the only time I have seen it in person.) It really is quite a spectacle, with themed flower-bedecked floats, marching bands, and costumed equestrian units.The Tournament of Roses and its parade began in 1890 as a way for citizens of the new city of Pasadena to show off Southern California and its mild Winter climate to the folks "Back East". Floats began as carriages decorated with flowers. Today, the self-propelled floral floats are elaborately decorated in an array of different blooms and plant ... read more
An American Duet
Valley Hunt Club
America Sings

North America » United States » California » Ventura December 27th 1984

During our Christmas visit to see my mother and and in Los Angeles in 1984, we ll took a day trip up the coat to Ventura and Santa Barbara. After a morning coffee break at Oxnard, we arrived in Ventura. The city of Ventura is the gateway to California's Channel Islands. Most of the northern islands of the chain are part of Channel Islands National Park. The park headquarters, at Ventura Harbor Village, has interpretive displays about the islands and their flora, fauna, aquatic life, and ecosystem. (The Channel Islands themselves can be reached by private boats or through park tours. There are beaches and hiking trails on the islands.) We spent some time viewing the displays at the visitor center, which Susan said reminded her of the one at Assateague National Seashore in Virginia. It ... read more
Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center
Ventura Harbor
Ventura Marina

North America » United States » California » Santa Barbara December 27th 1984

Arriving in Santa Barbara, our first stop was to visit the mission. Mission Santa Barbara, Virgen y Martir was founded on December 4, 1786 (the Feast of St. Barbara) as the tenth of California's twenty-one Spanish colonial missions. As were all of the missions, Santa Barbara was founded to extend Spanish colonization along the Pacific coast and to educate and Christianize the Native American tribes of California. The impressive church one sees today is the fourth constructed at the mission. It was begun in 1815 and completed in 1820. It is unique in several ways. Santa Barbara is the only California mission church with two towers. Its classical facade, attributed to Mexican master stonemason José Ramierez, was based on designs in Vetruvius' book of Roman Architecture. (How that book was known in that time and place ... read more
Mission Santa Barbara
Mission Santa Barbara
Altar

North America » United States » California » Sylmar December 20th 1984

During our Christmastime visit to Los Angeles, my mother and my aunt both wanted Susan and I to see the Nethercutt Collection, commonly called The Tower of Beauty or San Sylmar. The had been there on a women's club visit. The plain office tower-looking building in the Sylmar section of Los Angeles houses the classic automobile, crystal hood ornament, and mechanical musical instrument collections of J. B. Nethercutt (1913-2004), co-founder of Merle Norman Cosmetics. The building and private museum opened in 1972. Admission was by guided tour and reservations were necessary. The Merle Norman company described the building as "a treasure house of functional fine art." The company encouraged the public to see all these things for free, it was explained, because it has the philosophy that beauty is to be shared and enjoyed by everyone. ... read more
Nethercutt Collection
1923 Voisin
Nethercutt Collection


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