Tag Archives: NELA

Respecting the Crosswalks

January 28, 2016 · by · in The Far Corners of LA · 1 Comment

I headed to work this morning just as I do most days.  I ran down the hill towards my bus stop on Cypress Blvd, where I would catch the 28.  I slowed my pace to a brisk stroll once I reached the corner.  The bus wasn’t in view, so there was no longer a need […]

Figueroa St. in NELA Needs a Road Diet

October 14, 2015 · by · in Biking, The Far Corners of LA · 5 Comments

My first weekend living in Northeast Los Angeles, I was one of the featured storytellers at BUSted, which was making its NELA debut at Future Studio Gallery in Highland Park.  Everyone at the gallery was abuzz about a hit and run accident that happened right outside the night before.  Irma Yolanda Espinoza-Lugo was in the […]

NELA Welcomes Me Home

October 5, 2015 · by · in Biking, The Far Corners of LA · Leave a comment

This month marks what would be my sixth year living in the same apartment building in Koreatown–would.  As I mentioned previously, I moved to Northeast Los Angeles a few weeks ago.  It was a spontaneous move, but it was the right one. I lived in a 1930’s block apartment off of 3rd and Normandie.  It […]