Monday, September 4, 2006

225 years ago, Spanish settlers founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula. People got tired of writing all of that when they had to fill out forms asking for city of residence, so they dropped the part about the Queen of the Little Portion and settled for the Angels part.

As Los Angeles celebrates its bi-and-a-quarter-centennial, we note that as home and destination of famous, infamous, common and uncommon people alike, The City Of Angels has seen it all. Probably things much stranger than a top hat and tuxedo wearing elephant.