[ 03.2015 | Los Angeles ]
another equally exhausting and fun trip was discovering Los Angeles last year – mostly by foot. and as I am sometimes curious &stupid enough to dive into the crazy crowds of busy markets, I stepped into the Grand Central Market. honestly, the name is justified.
.GRAND. we’re speaking of the city’s largest and oldest public market. the structure was designed in 1896 and expanded in 1905. today, there are over fifty individual vending stalls on almost 2,800m² that are privately owned and operated. CENTRAL. in 1917, the Grand Central Market replaced the first tenant of the ground floor in the original six-story Homer Laughlin Building on Broadway/W 3rd street and thus in the very heart (financial district/downtown area) of the vibrant metropolis. MARKET. especially food and beverages. be it the most exotic scent you’ve ever smelled or the main course still floundering behind the desk. you’ll find it. even though you weren’t looking for it.
also of Californian origin is Green Day, an American punk rock band that formed in 1986 around the teeny-friends vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. in 2005, they achieved high financial success with American Idiot – an album that became protest art after the reelection of president George W. Bush. four years later, American Idiot became a one-act stage musical that was also played on the Broadway. a career the Sweet Children (1st band name) are surely thankful for.
Thanksgiving is an important public holiday in the United States that provides an opportunity for reunions of the beloved and also gives a chance to express gratitude for everything enjoyable. it is annually held on the 4th Thursday in November. originally celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in 1621, it has been commemorated nationally since 1789 after a proclamation by another George who was president – Washington not Bush.
sources: grandcentralmarket.com | greenday.com | usa.usembassy.de