by Kim Cooper | Jun 3, 2017 | The Esotouric Blog
Update, November 2019: The Marciano Art Foundation has closed, and all 70 visitor-facing staff members were fired, after they announced their intention to unionize. For as long as we can remember, the mysterious, windowless lodge building has stood on its prominent...
by Kim Cooper | Sep 23, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
These are heady times for lovers of the Arts & Crafts movement, as the Pasadena Museum of History celebrates the gift of Dr. Bob Winter’s incomparable Ernest Batchelder collection with a fascinating and eclectic show on his influential Arroyo pottery....
by Kim Cooper | Mar 4, 2016 | The Esotouric Blog
Most Saturdays, we host a few dozen “gentle riders” on the Esotouric tour bus, revealing the lost lore of Los Angeles through visits to landmarks both notable and obscure. Because most of our passengers are Southland locals, we don’t offer tours...
by Kim Cooper | Aug 20, 2015 | The Esotouric Blog
For many years, the only way to see any part of the interior of Claud Beelman’s magnificent Art Deco Garfield Building (1928-30), a National Register and Los Angeles landmark, was through a grubby glass door behind a metal grate. Despite a million dollar...
by Kim Cooper | Jun 8, 2015 | The Esotouric Blog
Oak Grove is a private cemetery opened in 1922, and owned and managed by Marilyn Stanza, who married into the founding family. Cemeteries without large perpetual care endowments can become difficult to maintain with time, and in recent years there have been complaints...
