Tag: Los Angeles

• A Sunday Morning -Inaugural Entry

  

  Get cozier with Sunday Morning bedding and robes. Stay cozy and catch up with Marinarena.com Current Mood: Content It’s nicely overcast in Socal -and loving it. Time change, finally. Enough of summer dragging into autumn. Over it. Relaxing day today with NFL football but boo- my fantasy game is looking good so far. Just voted.…

  marinarena

  November 1, 2020

  Blogging, Travel

  California, cruise, cruise travel, holiday gifts, holiday guide, holidays, Los Angeles, orange county, Seal Beach, So Cal, travel, travel blog, travels

• 20th anniversary of the Aquarium of the Pacific: A summer to-do for kiddies & adults in Long Beach

  

  On Jun 20, 1998, Long Beach’s pride and joy, Aquarium of the Pacific, made its debut. Since then, the venue has become a touted favorite among locals and out-of-towners of all ages. Sharks enthrall us, tuxedo penguins amuse us and seals make us go “aww” and gaga. Moreover, AOTP is a highly commendable marine institution making…

  marinarena

  June 20, 2018

  Blogging, Travel

  20th anniversary, amusement, Aquarium, Aquarium of the Pacific, California, California travel, childrens’ activity, family travel, family vacation, fish, kids travel, long beach, Long Beach travel, Los Angeles, marine, marine attraction, sharks, staycation, summer travel, travel deal, travel deals, weekend getaway

• Go On a Jackie Collins Tour

  

  We lost our favorite high-class Hollywood gossip gal, Jackie Collins this year to cancer. However, the LA glam world she knew and adored goes on and we’ll have her juicy novels to devour Read my latest Jackie inspired L.A. travel article on The Culture Trip !  

  marinarena

  October 20, 2015

  Blogging

  Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills Travel, BH, culture, culture trip, glam, glamor, glamour, Hollywood, Hollywood CA, Jackie Collins, LA, LA travel, Los Angeles, Los Angeles travel, luxurious, luxury, luxury travel, Spago, travel, West Hollywood

• New Article: Discover Little Ethiopia

  

  LITTLE ETHIOPIA IS A SMALL LOS ANGELES ENCLAVE WITH A BIG HEART, TASTY CUISINE AND BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. GET TO KNOW THIS COMMUNITY. READ MY LATEST ON THE CULTURE TRIP: Little Ethiopia  

  marinarena

  September 10, 2015

  Travel

  Africa, African, art, arts, California, culture, culture trip, dining, Ethiopia, Ethiopian coffee, Ethiopian cuisine, Hansen’s Bakery, LA, LA dining, LA food, LA foodie, LA neighborhoods, LA restaurants, LA tourism, LA travel, Little Ethiopia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Los Angeles restaurants, Rahel’s Ethiopian Restaurant, restaurants

• Hollywood’s Famed Street Art: Mirth of Melrose Ave.

  

  Down a stretch of Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles are vivid, joyous expressions of art. They are displayed on several walls, storefronts and everyday street objects. These depictions are envisioned by a bevy of talent, including world-acclaimed commissioned artists. Here we stroll down Melrose, between Fairfax and La Brea to appreciate spray-painted scenes of mirth.…

  marinarena

  July 22, 2015

  Art, Blogging, Publishing, Travel

  art, Hollywood, local art, local artists, Los A, Los Angeles, Los Angeles art, Melrose, Melrose Ave, Melrose Avenue, Monopoly Man, mural, mural art, murals, paintings, street art

• What’s the Word Along Metro: Rail Line Art in Los Angeles

  Riding the rail lines for several years in Los Angeles, I have been fascinated and touched by art pieces, particularly along the Green Line. Read about the standout works of Metro art in my latest Culture Trip here Metro Green Line runs south of downtown Los Angeles, from the L.A. suburb town of Norwalk, through…

  marinarena

  March 26, 2015

  Blogging, Travel

  art, arts, Los Angeles, Metro, rail, rail lines, transit, travel

• Hollywood … Poetically : Hollywood Haiku (1 and 2)

  Visit My Hollywood Travel Tip Page Hollywood Haiku #1 A tourist remorse: In these parts, slim chances to meet a celebrity. Hollywood Haiku #2: Welcome to Hollywood Newcomer remorse Most of the town is broken Far cry from your dreams.

  marinarena

  March 13, 2015

  Poetry, Travel

  California, city, Hollywood, LA, Los Angeles, poem, poetry, tourism, town, travel

• My First Culture Trip

  Read and learn more about the Los Angeles you don’t know. Check out my first article on The Culture Trip, the best of art, food, culture and more online. Hidden L.A.

  marinarena

  February 23, 2015

  Travel, Writing

  city, culture, hidden, LA, Los Angeles, museum, neighborhood, off the beaten path

• Get to Know A So Cal “Girl”- Culver City

  Discover Ms Culver City on my Virtual Tourist page the artsy studio gal who likes to be behind the scenes — Culver City –Home to Sony Pictures, Jeopardy & Wheel of Fortune!

  marinarena

  February 16, 2015

  Blogging, Travel

  America, California, Culver City, Los Angeles, sony, Sony Studios, TV studios, United States of America, US, West Side

• Conversation on L.A. to a N.Y. Transplant

    The pace is slower, “chill” or “laidback”, as we say. Relax a little. Get back to your wheels. Metro gets ya ’round but is decent at best. Cabbies exist here- just in downtown and Westwood, though you can’t hail them- “What the hell!”, you say. I know… …and then there’s the pizza It ain’t…

  marinarena

  January 8, 2015

  Poetry, Travel

  America, CA, Cali, California, cities, city, colloquialism, funny, LA, Los Angeles, New York, New York City, NY, poem, poetry, transplant