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Featuring Music by:Maria Elena Gaitan, celloNailah, vocalsCurtis Robertson, Jr., guitar& Spoken Word by:Peter J. HarrisAmalia OrtizBryan SandersSaturday, August 23, 2008 starting at 7:00 pm"The Black/Brown Dialogues", featuring Inspiration House PoetryChoir, honors healthy and ethical cultural d...
08/20/2008
Some people wrote short descriptions for their sponsored communities, some wrote long, some inserted multiple images .... no matter, the description box needed to be a uniform size ..... So if you added a bunch of images, or wrote a lengthy  description, your community description will display wi...
08/20/2008
Oh my goodness.  When did the change take place??? I think the new new Localism look is much improved!! I really, really like the serif font..... and the little "tag" icons. Very cool.....
08/20/2008
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It's true.  Iconic Highland Park restaurant, Villa Sombrero, cop hang-out and home of amazingly potent Margaritas, has shuttered its windows, and closed its doors. The sign posted on the door reads: Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez recounts a final visit here. As many locals here, I have fo...
08/20/2008
Highland Park Walking TourSaturday,, August 30th, 10:00 am - 12:30 pmSponsored by the Los Angeles Conservancy http://www.laconservancy.org/tours/tours_main.php4#holidayThis tour explores the rich and varied architectural and social history of the Sycamore Grove area of Highland Park, one of Los A...
08/20/2008
I found this interesting.  In today's Los Angeles Times (Sunday Edition) there are two full page, full color ads  evidently paid for by local realtor associations. The title of the first one reads "In my line of work, the market changes every day.  It was nice to work with someone who could relat...
08/17/2008
The intersection of Aldama Street and Milwaukee Avenue in Highland Park is primarily a residential area, a mix of apartment buildings and modest single family homes. There are, however, two small mom-and-pop style markets on Aldama.  The larger of the two markets is Los Paisanos on the corner of ...
08/17/2008
On my post here:  http://activerain.com/blogsview/644202/Localism-Community-Descriptions,  Pam Dent asked about placing images in a sponsored community description. I answered I did it the Old School Way, with an HTML tag. And then,,,,, the heavens opened, and the moment of epiphany cam...
08/16/2008
Has anyone else put off writing up your Localism community descriptions? I kept thinking, "Oh, the description editor tool will be difficult and wonky".  "Oh, it probably won't allow me to make edits".  Wrong.  The editor tool is prefectly OK.  The text can be edited, and re-edited, and re-edited...
08/15/2008
The Churches of NorthEast LA present: PEACE in the NorthEast Community March and Resource Fair Saturday, August 16 10a-5p Gather: 10:00am Highland Park Senior Center, 6152 N Figueroa St March: 11:00am York Blvd just below Figueroa St Resource Fair: 12:00noon - 5:00pm Victory Outreach 4160 Eagle ...
08/14/2008
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