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October 2, 2007

It was scorching hot in West Hollywood on Sunday for the West Hollywood Book Fair, much too hot for the heavy, dirty jeans and tight, thick t-shirt I was wearing. I don’t know if it was because of the hangover I was nursing, the fact that I arrived a little late, or just the heat, but at 12pm when I arrived at West Hollywood Park near the Pacific Design Center, I had some trouble......

Continue Reading "WeHo Book Fair Part I: The Robertson Salon, Sponsors, and Queer Renegades"

October 1, 2004

Hollywood Park racetrack is the Southern Californian version of the "Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?" brainteaser. The misnamed landmark is located in Inglewood, not Hollywood, and it's a race course, not a park. There is some tangential Hollywood connection since it was founded in 1938 as The Hollywood Turf Club by many film stars, directors and producers. We're not sure what the excuse is for Bellflower's Hollywood Sports Park and many other establishments that......

Continue Reading "LAist Quiz: Inaccurate Place Names in SoCal"

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