I like to do things. I like to go places. When my friend suggested we hit up the L.A. River by Downtown Los Angeles in search of something a little different, I was like, “There’s a river in Los Angeles? For real though?” We hopped on a bus and headed waaayyy east of West […]
The power went out in my gayborhood the other day. I’m talkin’ about ALL fuckin’ day. The south side of Santa Monica Blvd, east of Westborne Dr and west of La Cienega Blvd was completely left in the dark. And I couldn’t find a candle to see the light anywhere inside my apartment— but […]
For those of you not in the know, today is World AIDS Day. Every year, the city of West Hollywood places a single red rose next to a plaque with a person’s name who was lost to AIDS on Santa Monica Blvd. It’s easy to forget the those names are there if you walk up […]
GHOSTS OF WEST HOLLYWOOD I was just a kid in the mid 80s when I first rode down Santa Monica Blvd, past La Cienega Blvd in the heart of West Hollywood’s Boystown. My stepfather was behind the wheel. I felt a tiny quiver in my liver, cuz I KNEW this was a sissy town for […]