San Francisco from the Hamon Tower on Flickr.
Huell Howser, the folksy host of “California’s Gold” and other popular public television travelogue programs, has died. He was 67.
Famed for blurting out “That’s amazing!” or “Oh my gosh!” during interviews, Howser, who died last night, had recently retired from making original episodes of “California’s Gold,” in which he traveled around the state tracking down interesting people and places. The program aired statewide on public TV stations.
The Tennessee native’s retirement was announced on Nov. 27.
Photo: Howser interviews a student at Evans Adult School in Los Angeles. Credit: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
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R.I.P. Huell Howser (1945-2013), California’s long-time TV gem and first person ever allowed to film inside an In-and-Out store.
RIP Huell Howser. Thanks for everything.
We decided to end the year by looking back at our ExperienceLA Flickr Pool Photo submissions. Over 1300 photos were shared to our pool this year!
A Los Angeles Christmas Cityscape Flickr: http://flic.kr/p/dEfoc5
Pink’s Hot Dogs on Flickr.
The Mayor Dog, The Patt Morrison Veggie/Vegan Dog, and French Fries
Advent Calendr | December 20
Agate Cameo Ring, Roman (in a modern gold setting), A.D. 400–500. The J. Paul Getty MuseumTODAY’S CANDY: A hand pinches an earlobe, an ancient Roman request for attention.
The Grandeur of Bullock’s Wilshire Tea Room
Bullock’s Wilshire was the showpiece, the jewel in the crown, the “cathedral of commerce” of the Bullock’s department store chain. Opened in 1929, this green copper-accented, art deco wonder was an innovative masterpiece, both inside and out. Built in the shape of a grand church, the store was the first to cater to automobile culture. Guests drove through a wrought iron gate into a painted porte-cochere, where valets whisked their cars away to be parked. One particularly eccentric customer, legendary entertainer Mae West, preferred to shop from her car, causing busy shop girls to run to and fro with big-busted dresses and long minks …
… A Miss Larson oversaw the tea room, and made sure it lived up to the “Bullock’s ideal” of excellence in service and presentation. The menu was light and refreshing, perfect for active shoppers and a welcome respite from heavy mid-century food. It featured such tea-time fare as finger sandwiches, pecan rolls, an assortment of fresh bread, including orange, date and nut, and cheese, and its famous Cantonese chicken salad with strawberry dressing. For dessert, fluffy coconut cream pie was a specialty, as was French chocolate layer cake, and a cream cheese ring with assorted fruit.
(Source: kcetliving, via intellichick)
Social Malpractice Publishing is exhibiting at the first ever Los Angeles Art Book Fair at the LA MoCA! Come on by January 31st through February 3rd to see an obscene amount of artist books, and maybe even give Jeffrey Deitch a pinch on the behind!
Presented by those lovely folks at Printed Matter.
Which New Restaurants Are Coming to LAX?
…What’s awfully nice about the whole thing isn’t that they’re just responding to criticism of having no quality options by simply putting in a new Wolfgang Puck’s or some other name-dropping eatery and calling it a day. Instead, they’re actually taking established Los Angeles icons and bringing them to those making a first impression of the city. “Get a little taste of L.A. during your short layover,” seems to be the thought process here…
(Source: kcetliving)
