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More Than Red Cars , a blog examining “the obscure, offbeat and half-forgotten transportation history of Southern California,” recently ranked L.A’s Metro Rail stations by their Walk Score , a number assigned to a location illustrating its proximity to amenities like grocery stores, coffee shops and eateries. more › Read the original: How Walkable Is Your Metro Rail Station?
Caitlin Doughty believes her fascination with death started when she was a little girl and she witnessed a girl fatally fall from the balcony of a local mall. She went on to get a degree in mortuary science and start a delightful (no, really!) web series about death. more › Read more: ‘Ask a Mortician’ and She’ll Tell You About Space Burials, Where the Famous Go to Die and How to Bake Your Remains into Chocolate Cake
Every once in a while, The New York Times decides to turn its attention to the Best Coast, and this week the Grey Lady suggested checking out this bubbling asphalt pit full of prehistoric (or as we Angelenos refer to it B.F.: Before Freeways) fossils that’s right smack-dab in the middle of the Miracle Mile. Isn’t that insane?!! more › More here: The New York Times Discovers This Crazy Place Called the La Brea Tar Pits
