From The Editor - Winter 2021-22

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

I love anniversaries. Over the years Discover Hollywood has acknowledged many. Our first official magazine cover commemorated Hollywood's 100th anniversary of its founding in 1886. Since that time there have been many more celebrations. I imagine ...

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From the Editor - Summer 2021

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

As the old story goes "There must be a pony in here somewhere," as we are gradually becoming out of all that these past many months have brought us, the term introspection comes to mind. We've definitely had a lot of time to reflect, to question, ...

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From the Editor - Fall/Winter 2020

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Dear Friends, For nearly 35 years, we've been producing Discover Hollywood and during that time have been through many changes both in ownership and in our everchanging community. It's no surprise to anyone that nothing really compares to the last ...

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From the Editor - Spring 2020

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Such strange times we're in. As we go to press, we've been on lockdown for a month and it could be another month (or more!) before we are set free again. In planning for this issue, it was obvious that any date-sensitive information had to be cut, ...

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Editor's Letter - Winter 2020

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

How can the decades pass so quickly? Weren't we just wondering what havoc the millennial change would cause? It's good to recall that sometimes we get ourselves all worked up for nothing. Not a new decade is nothing; it reminds us that time marches ...

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Letter From the Editor

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Fall definitely isn't the time when "everything gets back to normal" after summer vacations. Just as we think things are back in control, we launch into Halloween and Dia de los Muertos festivities. The back-to-back celebrations, one filled with ...

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Editor's Letter - Summer 2019

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

According to Los Angeles Tourism, we welcomed 50 million visitors to our city in 2018. Beginning in May we start to notice more visitors strolling along the Walk of Fame. It's reported that last year, there were about 25 million that came to ...

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From The Editor - Spring 2019

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

There's nothing quite so beautiful as a Southern Californian spring after a very rainy winter. A joy to behold. Wildflowers blanket the hillsides. We are renewed and refreshed. A wonderful time of new beginnings. New beginnings are in store for an ...

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From the Editor - Winter 2018

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Winter is the season for non-stop celebration. The holidays seem to roll in like our Southern California storms (when we have a real rainy season). We save enough party to ring in the New Year and then we launch into Awards Season culminating with ...

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Editor's Letter - Fall 2018

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Although you can see splashes of color on some of our trees, fall is Southern California usually means warm weather and Santa Ana winds. It's also the advent of the holiday season ushered in by Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos populated with ...

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Letter from the Editor

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

In addition to providing information for visitors and residents to discover the unique culture and lore of Hollywood, our publication is the "magazine for people who love Hollywood." What exactly does that mean? There's no doubt that we cram a lot of ...

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Letter From The Editor

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Spring is busting out all over. Thankfully, we've had a little rain and our hillsides show it. Enjoy it while we can, another dry summer is on its way. Historically we've always had our highs and lows as far as rainfall. One of the reasons Hollywood ...

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Letter from the Editor

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Some say that Southern California has no seasons, but that's not quite true. Yes, we're fortunate to have one of the world's best climates occasionally interspersed with rain, fire and the dreaded Santa Anas. We also have awards season. That zany ...

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Letter from the Editor

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Whether you are a loyal reader or this is the first issue you've ever seen, you are important to us. Years ago, when we first began promoting all the good things about Hollywood, we surveyed people who were visiting for the first time. That's when we ...

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From the Editor

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Summertime and the livin' is easy. That may be true for the true South, but it's also vacation time and there's always an influx of visitors that our summer travel plans don't match. Rachel Flanagan's article about the Hollywood Sign points out what ...

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