Photo credit: Lawry’s Restaurants, Inc. Atwater Village feels a world away from the Scottish Highlands. Yet, it’s a different story between Boyce and Revere Avenue. On the south side of Los Feliz Boulevard, you’ll find a generously-sized sanctuary saturated with Scottish flavor. If you’ve ever driven by, you’ve no doubt noticed it. An inn seemingly […]
Life in modern Los Angeles can be wild… especially if you’re not from this era. Just take it from the volunteers at Echo Park’s Time Travel Mart. It’s a place where a glance up at a security monitor reveals browsing Victorians and spacemen stocking up on anti-cloning fluid and silly putty. Extinct birds languidly sip […]
Photo credit: Jengod What does a city so reliant on automobiles need with public staircases? Still, you’ll find them scattered inconspicuously all across the city from Pacific Palisades to Echo Park and Pasadena to Silver Lake. These remnants of old LA are often referred to as “secret stairs” though this is more a result of […]
August is National Black Business Month, but, as our directory below proves, these 100 black-owned businesses are establishments worthy of consistent traffic all year long. A few of these businesses have even been featured in JohnHart’s blog (and JohnHart Media’s YouTube channel) before. From health food to soul food, bold flavors to bolder fashions, community […]
Featured image credit: Doncram Recently voted an All-America City by the National Civic League, Monrovia manages to maintain a small-town feel despite being part of bustling Los Angeles County. It’s a great place to go for peace and serenity. Perhaps this, more than anything, is what attracted American novelist and lightning rod for political and […]
We know we’ve got nothing but law-abiding citizens reading the JohnHart blog… riiiight? Well, what about the laws you don’t know about? Now, before you get defensive, hear us out: who here actually knows (and follows) LA’s composting law? You know, the reason you have that green trash bin? It’s not just for yard waste […]
Featured image credit: Anna Zvereva Start spreading the news. New Yorkers looking to get away from the Big Apple for a weekend in Las Vegas are in luck. It seems American Airlines is bringing back their embattled New York to Las Vegas direct route. One of the most in-demand routes not currently offered by the […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… if you’re a stargazer anyway. That’s because the Perseid meteor shower 2024 season has officially begun. And though we can’t expect peak conditions until August, it’s still a great time to start planning. After all, you’ll need to find a spot much darker than any afforded by […]
Experts at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) are currently putting together one of the most anticipated displays in its history. It’s setting milestones on every front. The first of its species discovered. The largest dinosaur skeleton mounted at the museum. And, perhaps most impressively, the only example in history of a […]
As other brokerages continue to scale back in the face of industry changes, JohnHart Real Estate moves ahead in leaps and bounds. Perhaps that has never been more evident than in our latest acquisition. Finding opportunity in another brokerage’s loss, JohnHart’s newest addition to the family urged us to branch into the Monrovia housing market. […]
