Blogs of Hollywood -- the place, not the industry

November 22, 2007 5:06 PM

Help me find blogs about Hollywood -- BUT (and this is important) about the place, not the industry. I am looking for blogs by and for residents of downtown Hollywood, East Hollywood, Griffith Park, the Melrose district, etc.

The blogs can be on any subject -- even the entertainment industry -- as long as they are written from the perspective of people who actually live in the neighborhood.

posted by Astro Zombie to computers & internet (9 comments total)

I think Outside.In would be helpful for something like this.
Try http://outside.in/90027
or http://outside.in/Griffith_Park_Los_Angeles_CA
posted by mattbucher at 5:50 PM on November 22, 2007

franklin avenue.
posted by krautland at 6:25 PM on November 22, 2007

Try blogging.la (which I write for), blogdowntown.com, and LAist.com ... and check out the blogrolls on each site. Each blog is written by LA residents.

Is there anything in particular you're looking to learn about? Or just an LA perspective of LA?
posted by Unsomnambulist at 6:27 PM on November 22, 2007

A Hollywood perspective of Hollywood, specifically.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:33 PM on November 22, 2007

More to the point, I have a ton of blogs from various neighborhoods of Los Angeles, but don't seem to have many from Hollywood. I am considering a move back sometime, as I lived in Hollywood for three years, and would like to reconnect with my old neighborhood through the neighborhood blogs.
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:36 PM on November 22, 2007

It's not restricted to just Hollywood, but I enjoy reading through the 1947 Project: a site devoted to LA in the Forties (Hollywood's heyday, in my mind).
posted by SPrintF at 7:46 PM on November 22, 2007

Eating LA is a food blog based in the Silverlake/Los Feliz area.
posted by Bella Sebastian at 9:15 PM on November 22, 2007

Actually, 1947 Project only covered 1947 in its first year. This year they're writing about 1927... but still pretty cool, and you can always check their archives for the 1947 posts...

Another really good site is Curbed LA (la.curbed.com) - it focuses on real estate, but includes new stores and stuff... They touch a lot on the rental market, so if you're trying to get a feel for where to move back to, keep an eye on them.
posted by Unsomnambulist at 9:17 PM on November 22, 2007

1947 Project

Wow, I was born in Hollywood in the [very, very] late 40s. I love reading about that period.
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 2:48 PM on November 23, 2007