Griffith Park, Los Feliz: A Disneyland in the birthplace of Mickey Mouse

Griffith Park has so much to do that it could contend with Disneyland. From a zoo to an observatory to a water park, this is a playground right here in Los Feliz.

It could take months to get to everything in Griffith Park, but I think everyone should go there for a least a day or two.

Here is a list of the things to do there:

27 tennis courts

3 golf courses

4,310 acres

Autry National Center *

Greek Theatre *

Griffith Observatory and Planetarium *

Hiking and Equestrian Trails

Los Angeles Zoo *

Merry-go-round

Miniature train and horse ride *

Outdoor Basketball Court

Picnic area

Soccer Field

"The Plunge" swimming pool*

Travel Town Museum *

Walt Disney’s Carolwood Barn *

I will be publishing a separate blog for each of the items with the asterisk, so look forward to great guide to this amazing place!

The highlighted items will have their own blog posting coming up.

Do you have any memories of Griffith Park? Have you been there lately?

If so please share your knowledge and memories by posting a comment.

June Happenings at the Greek Theatre

Also in Griffith Park is the world renowned, historic and award-winning Greek Theatre. It is a 5,900-seat venue with state-of-the-art acoustics. If you want entertainment under the stars this is the place to go.   

This June the Greek has a great line up of performers.  

1 The Tenors

7 A Prairie Home Companion w/ Garrison Keillor

8 Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo/Cheap Trick

12 The Legend of Zelda

13 Cyndi Lauper

14-16 Barry Manilow

20 Steve Miller Band

23 Last Summer on Earth 2013

For more information go to: http://www.greektheatrela.com/.

"The Source" - A New Movie With Ties To Los Feliz

The Source of Los Feliz

Forty-one years ago Los Feliz was home to the hippie cult, The Source Family. That’s name of a new documentary by Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille.

The Source Family was founded by Jim Baker, a World War II hero from Cincinnati who ended up being called Father Yod. 

They not only lived in Los Feliz, but also had a health food restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, which is now Cabo Catina. 

They were typical hippies; they meditated, practiced yoga, had names like Sunflower and practiced free love.

Their first home here was the Chandler Georgian-style mansion. They called it the Mother House. Not surprisingly the Chandlers did not renew Father Yod’s lease after a year.

 They did not go far. They were able to move to Nichols Canyon in a house built by Catherine Deneuve. Though it was closer to the restaurant, which was nice, it was also only a three bedroom home and they had 140 people living there.  

You can find the film on iTunes. It opened on Friday, May 17th at the Sundance Sunset Cinema in Los Angeles, CA. You can buy the DVD for $16.98 only with other items at http://www.thesourcedoc.com/.