New Atwater Restaurant adjacent to Canele? Hounds: I've spotted what looks to be a new restaurant on Glendale Blvd in Atwater Village. The sign just came up and I believe it's called STRATA. Any word on this? Any new addition to my hood is exciting news to me! I've googled and searched to no avail...
January 10, 2007
Anyone Know About New Joint Called Strata?
Help out a Chowhound:
Frogtown Update: They've Got Art
Missing from all this talk about whether or not Frogtown, a.k.a. Elysian Valley, just south of Atwater Village, might be the next up-and-coming hipster hood is mention of an apparently already-thriving art scene. As the Montecito Heights blog says covering last November's Frogtown Artwalk, it "felt like Downtown probably did several years ago."MORE: FrogtownArts.com
MORE: Frogtown Artwalk Map
PHOTOS: Gallery 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
January 9, 2007
Funny Name for a Wine Bar
There's a new and seemingly decisive entry in the wine-bar, not-a-wine-bar debate over 3111 Glendale Blvd. in Atwater Village. Crispy Crust, known for its "really good" pizza by at least one guy I saw today who had ordered from the original store on Vine St., is opening a second location.
We'll see if Crispy Crust can pry Villagers' fingers from around their Giamela's slices - though this isn't exactly the same Goliath-and-David moment that awaits when Starbucks finally opens a block from hood fave Kaldi Coffee.
Wonder which place this commuter from around the corner will choose.
Big Winner in Schwarzenegger Health Plan
Insurance companies.
They can sit back and enjoy the prospect of 37 million guaranteed customers while the governor's plan throws in enough red herrings (the uninsured, the uninsurable, the immigrants, the poor, the small businesses) to keep the opposition and the media off their tails.
Now THAT'S lobbying.
Second big winner: Anyone who wanders around thinking, yeah, the one way my health care could be improved is to have greater involvement from my insurance company.
OK, we now return to our regularly scheduled neighborhood cheerleading.
They can sit back and enjoy the prospect of 37 million guaranteed customers while the governor's plan throws in enough red herrings (the uninsured, the uninsurable, the immigrants, the poor, the small businesses) to keep the opposition and the media off their tails.
Now THAT'S lobbying.
Second big winner: Anyone who wanders around thinking, yeah, the one way my health care could be improved is to have greater involvement from my insurance company.
OK, we now return to our regularly scheduled neighborhood cheerleading.
January 8, 2007
Flickr Map Tour of Atwater Village
 "The best chicken taco I have ever eaten. Period." Jess Sawrey posts 5 photos of a meal at El Buen Gusto, 3140 Glendale Blvd. Rob posts 1 photo of a bird at a high point of the Los Angeles River near the Los Feliz bridge. John Bollozos posts 5 photos of a group show at Black Maria Gallery, 3137 Glendale Blvd. Ryan Jesena posts 37 photos exploring the decaying Van de Kamp Bakery - inside and out - on Fletcher Dr. Aaron Stein posts 6 photos touring his new house - inside and out - on Hollydale Dr.Explore your own neighborhood, type in any address, at the Flickr Map page. |
Not Quite Ready for LA Burnout
But I do like the music. Aquarium Drunkard has posted a three-part "LA Burnout" music series, a 36-song time-travel trip to the late 1960s, early 1970s Laurel Canyon music scene. A must download for Los Angeles newbies and non-newbies alike.
January 7, 2007
January 6, 2007
Decoding Target Discounts: Look for the 4
 Here in the Newbie household, 100 percent of us shop at Target. Even the cats get stuff from Target. (Not SuperTarget, of course, because Southern California does not have a SuperTarget. Yet.)So here's a hint we learned years ago from a Target store manager. It seems to still hold true. Full prices end in 9. Every time Target discounts, the final digit of the price drops. The lowest the final digit will go is 4. If you see something you want and the price ends in 4, buy it. You won't get it for less. Happy clearance shopping! |
January 5, 2007
Two More Views of Frogtown
Sorry. Two more views of Elysian Valley.
First, this house. The front yard is guarded by poles hoisting American and Israeli flags. The banner over the driveway has both flags tethered by a REPENT banner with warnings about the second coming of Jesus Christ. I grew up schooled by fundamentalist Christian churches and I make no sense of this.
Second, this garden gate. Locked, but not tagged. Pretty, yes? Something that might make the hipsters glad they got in early on some premium Frogtown property, yes?
Both photographs taken along Riverdale Avenue. (All two and a half blocks of it. This is one skinny riverside neighborhood).
First, this house. The front yard is guarded by poles hoisting American and Israeli flags. The banner over the driveway has both flags tethered by a REPENT banner with warnings about the second coming of Jesus Christ. I grew up schooled by fundamentalist Christian churches and I make no sense of this.
Second, this garden gate. Locked, but not tagged. Pretty, yes? Something that might make the hipsters glad they got in early on some premium Frogtown property, yes?
Both photographs taken along Riverdale Avenue. (All two and a half blocks of it. This is one skinny riverside neighborhood).
- PREVIOUSLY: Frogtown Hipsterfication
ELSEWHERE: Frogtown: Where the Hip Kids Go? [Curbed LA]
Frogtown Hipsterfication
Here in the Newbie household, we're beginning to think the next up-and-coming hipster hood is Elysian Valley. (Sorry, Curbed LA.) And by "up-and-coming" we mean "buy now and sit for five to 10 years."
Elysian Valley is a sliver south of here along I-5, down the hill from Dodger Stadium. It's a bit like Atwater Village, but closer to downtown LA. Should it attract a few more respectful residents and pedestrian-friendly retailers, poof! Hipsterfication.Here's a recent listing from the Rental Girl:
1839 Blake / Rent $3,500.00 / Location: FrogTown / Loft Bedroom(s) / 1.5 Bathroom(s) / Warehouse Lofts / 2000+ Sq. Ft.
Located in the industrial Frogtown neighborhood of Atwater Village, this architectural 1950's warehouse has been brilliantly converted into 10 live/work loft spaces... The most desirable unit in the building, it is the south/east corner unit with 2 walls filled with glass windows, soaring ceilings, a roll up door, huge curved beams, polished cement floors, new sleek and modern kitchen and baths. A great feature of this unit is that it faces the Los Angeles River - it's in an industrial neighborhood, but the views are nature and trees! Perfect. And with secure access to the L.A. River Bike path, you can't ask for more.
Sure you can. You can ask for more than dubbing Elysian Valley the "industrial Frogtown neighborhood of Atwater Village."
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