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posted on
July 25th, 2007
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Lex in LA
based in
Los Angeles

House Adventure Part II

Freebies(Photo of free door, after much stripping, sanding and painting)I learned about the joy of getting stuff for free at an early age. When my Dad lived in a tiny studio apartment on Paloma Cou ...

posted on
July 23rd, 2007
from
Lex in LA
based in
Los Angeles

House Adventure Part I

This is the first in a series of posts that I plan to write about our 1909 house ("Before photo, at right), which holds so many memories and stories. I will add posts and photos as time permit ...

posted on
June 19th, 2007
from
Lex in LA
based in
Los Angeles

Landscaping America exhibit explores the stories of ordinary people who have helped create the LA aesthetic

An exhibit that opened this weekend at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo caught my eye. The press release at the exhibit website says: “Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanes ...

posted on
June 18th, 2007
from
Lex in LA
based in
Los Angeles

"that kind of mexican"

While browsing Loteria Chicana, I came across this blog post at jenn's journeys that resonated with my own experience growing up in the San Fernando Valley as a third generation Mexican-American wh ...

posted on
June 16th, 2007
from
Lex in LA
based in
Los Angeles

Father's Day on the Freeway

“Go play on the freeway” my uncle Victor would jokingly tell me and my brothers, when, as children, we would complain about having nothing to do. In June 2003, my family celebrated our last Fat ...

posted on
March 7th, 2007
from
Lex in LA
based in
Los Angeles

Across Two Generations: A Love Affair with Los Angeles

I originally wrote this piece in Spring 2004 to memorialize my father, Tony Moreno. At the time, I shared it with family and friends who said it brought back memories of his smile and his stories. ...

posted on
March 7th, 2007
from
Lex in LA
based in
Los Angeles

Seeing through my Father's Eyes: Musings about my Dad, and his view of our Hometown...Los Angeles

I began writing about my relationship with Los Angeles after my dad's sudden death in 2003. Grieving the loss of this important person in my life, I began writing as a way to name and hold on to th ...