I rode the A Line Extension on opening day, with a small group. We checked out the stations and immediate vicinity along the way (although, spoiler alert, we skipped Glendora Station). ericbrightwell.com/2025/09/25/n...

In June I want to Wales to visit Portmerion, where they filmed the psychedelic and psychological television series, The Prisoner, in 1967 and '68. ericbrightwell.com/2025/09/22/w...

52% of Angelenos were born in California. 35% of Angelenos are immigrants. Only 13% of Angelenos are internal migrants from another state (or, as they're more often known, transplants). Despite comprising the smallest group, their impact is outsized. Let's dive in ericbrightwell.com/2025/09/16/n...

Come along!

On this day (4 September) in 1781, 44 transplants and four cops gentrified DTLA. ¡Feliz cumple, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula!

For this month's "Ask Silver Lake" we consider the 2014 resolution passed by the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council that declared that Silver Lake was NOT part of the Eastside. The question remained, then, of what region Silver Lake IS part of. ericbrightwell.com/2025/08/20/a...

Episode No. 20 — Kyle’s Multi-Modal Commuting Adventures Kyle’s been getting around: Koreatown, Atwater, Anaheim. Not just via the beloved E Line, mind you. We’re talking bike, bus, Metrolink, and motor scooter.

Today's "No Enclave" is about Welsh Los Angeles -- one of the most invisible minorities in Los Angeles. You've probably heard of Welsh immigrant Griffith J. Griffith, though. And what about Llewellyn Iron Works? The Lloyd Wrights? Tom Jones? Catherine Zeta-Jones? ericbrightwell.com/2025/07/24/n...

This month's "Ask Silver Lake" is about the history of radio in Los Angeles... which is limited, essentially, to Christian radio program "Haven of Rest" and pirate radio station KBLT. ericbrightwell.com/2025/07/16/a...

Episode No. 19 -- Be a Socialist, Share a Bike, Stop Lyft Listen as we get our socialism on with transit advocates Anne Marie & Shelby. Lyft is trying to muscle its way in to Metro's bikeshare program and our guests tell us why that's a terrible idea.

Episode No. 17: Nobody Gondolas in LA With Phyllis Ling and Eric Adams — who talk about why the Aerial Rapid Transit Technology (ARTT) isn’t the mass transit solution it’s being pitched as but, upon examination, an enormously costly gadgetbahn and, frankly, more of a Shelbyville idea.

Alright, against my better judgement, I tackled the requests for an "Ask Silver Lake" about the fence and access to the reservoir. I trust you'll all play nice and politely comment with any corrections before I give it to the SLNC for their newsletter. ericbrightwell.com/2025/06/19/a...

Episode No. 16 — Rogelio Pardo Kyle and Eric sit down with City Council District 13‘s Senior Transportation & Infrastructure Deputy, Rogelio Pardo. The conversation touches upon activism, Al Fresco dining, Access to Hollywood, the Department of Transportation, and much more.

An "Ask Silver Lake" about Silver Lake's only garden apartment complex... the, um, Silver Lake Garden Apartments. There are plans to build residential blocks in their yards which, if nothing else, will make this island in the city a garden apartment no more. ericbrightwell.com/2025/05/21/a...

If California were its own country, it would have the fourth-largest economy in the world!!! but... ...still no universal healthcare ...still no free public universities ...still no high-speed rail

The penultimate Silver Lake Walk is scheduled for May the 4th, 10:00 am, beginning and ending at Glendale / Locksley

I shelved this post after missing Greek Independence Day earlier this month... but then I decided to finish it when I heard about the impending closure of Papa Cristo's. Here it is: No Enclave -- Greek Los Angeles. ericbrightwell.com/2021/04/17/n...

Kyle and Eric sit down in the Koreatown Media with mass transit enthusiast, Ivy Kwok. s a PhD Student in Environmental Engineering and member of the Society of Women Engineers. Their conversation touches upon riding Metrolink to dates, pogo-sticking, and her upcoming trip to Hong Kong and Macau.

The next of the #SilverLakeWalks will take place on 5 April, beginning at 10:00. Schindlers, the smallest community garden, historic gay bars, the birthplace of the oldest Asian American theater company, buried streams, mass transit, the community’s only pedestrian plaza, and more!

There was a brief segment about me on today's episode of @marketplace.org Here's a longer (as you've come to expect from me) account me and the segment producer going on an urban ramble around their residence as we chatted about being car-free in Los Angeles. ericbrightwell.com/2025/03/19/u...

My latest "Ask Silver Lake" -- about efforts to transform an asphalt island into a greenspace -- with a bit of the area's long, surprisingly dramatic, agricultural history. Enjoy! ericbrightwell.com/2025/03/26/a...

You've got more questions, we've got more answers! In which Kyle and Eric answer more burning transit inquiries from Redditors, BlueSky users, Instagrammers, etc.

A new “Ask Silver Lake” about Modernist architecture in Silver Lake, focused on Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra. ericbrightwell.com/2025/02/19/a...

Episode No. 11 — Ask Us ANYTHING [Part 1] Eric & Kyle answer listener questions from Reddit, Instagram, Bluesky, and beyond! Leave your own thoughts and answers in the comments if you'd like!

Another #SilverLakeWalks in the books.

Episode No. 10 — Cozi Orlen Eric and Kyle “do some scenes” with car-free underground improv and sketch comedy organizer Cozi Orlen! We go deep in this one—be ready to explore the nature of fear, safety on mass transit, and deconstructing toxic cultural expectations. It’s truly a blast.

Happy Transit Equity Day! Metro is free. Metrolink is free. Riverside Transit Agency is free. Orange County Transit is free. North County Transit District Is free. Where are you going for free today?

I wrote a new edition of "Ask Silver Lake." This one is about Silver Lake's citadel-like Garbutt House -- a topic suggested by a reader. Let me know what aspects of Silver Lake you might like to be the subject of a future article. Enjoy here before the newsletter! ericbrightwell.com/2025/01/24/a...

And let us know who you’d like us to have as a future guest… maybe y o u?

If anyone is interested, it seemed like it was time to start a BlueSky account for Nobody Drives in LA, so I did. Please give it a follow, share with your friends, send my your inquiries (aka AMA), and recommend guests! @nobodydrivesinla.bsky.social

The second of six #SilverLakeWalks. Dayton Heights and South of Sunset (SOS). Not too many stairs, not as much architectural discussion — but civil rights history, multicultural history, cinema history, and a break for bagels. www.eventbrite.com/e/silver-lak...

My most-read piece from 2024 was this one, about Pasadena’s forgotten Chinatown. ericbrightwell.com/2024/05/16/p...

No. 2 of 2024's Top 20 -- The Mystery of Princess Leda Amun-Ra, Hollywood’s Legendary Acid Witch. An unsolved mystery... ericbrightwell.com/2024/10/14/t...

Nobody Drives in LA -- Episode No. 8 -- Michael Schneider from Streets for All In this episode, Kyle and Eric sit down in the Koreatown Media Lab with Michael Schneider of Streets for All. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/2nDw...

No. 3 of 2024's Top 20 -- a California Fool's Gold in which I visit the Los Angeles County ghost town of Mentryville. ericbrightwell.com/2024/05/29/c...

No. 4 of 2024's Top 20 -- Indian Los Angeles Los Angeles is home to a large -- and (strangely) largely overlooked -- Indian American community. ericbrightwell.com/2024/04/02/p...

No. 5 of 2024’s Top 20 — an “Ask Silver Lake” about the history of the neighborhood’s now-closed 99 Cents Only store. ericbrightwell.com/2024/04/29/c...

No. 6 of 2024’s Top 20… Something for the listeners of Conan Needs a Friend (and Summer S’mores) ericbrightwell.com/2024/08/14/c...

Los Angeles Metro got new subway cars. They're pretty nice! I like the longitudinal seating configuration so much... and the open gangways are great. ericbrightwell.com/2024/12/25/n...

No. 7 of 2024’s Top 20 Jamaican Los Angeles ericbrightwell.com/2024/02/02/n...

No. 8 on 2024's Top 20 - a piece about Silver Lake's beloved bungalow courts. Silver Lake is home to roughly 15% of the city's entire stock of this innovative, charming, and affordable housing form which, though loved, was killed by downzoning and parking mandates ericbrightwell.com/2024/07/23/a...

No. 9 of 2024's Top 20 -- introducing «Nobody Drives in LA» -- the podcast for and by multi-modal, car-free (and car-lite) Angelenos. Shout outs, too, though, to: Bike Talk (@biketalk.bsky.social) SGV Connect Transiting Los Angeles Walkin' About ericbrightwell.com/2024/09/17/n...

No. 10 of 2024's Top 20 -- a reminiscence about the Paisley Lounge -- the secret cannabis lounge we created inside of the sign above the front entrance of Amoeba Music which, although Amoeba is gone, may still be there. ericbrightwell.com/2024/07/24/t...

No. 11 of 2024’s Top 19 — a look at Silver Lake’s Station No. 56 (now Edendale) which celebrated its 100th birthday in August. ericbrightwell.com/2024/08/22/a...

No. 12 of 2024’s Top 19 — my account of an exploration of Bunker Hill with John Yi ericbrightwell.com/2024/02/02/d...

No. 13 in the Top 19 of 2024 is a post about a visit I made to the Huntington to visit the Japanese garden's new/old Shōya House... and to the Chinese garden, to see how it's looking now that it's had some time to get settled. ericbrightwell.com/2024/02/02/s...

December's "Ask Silver Lake" is about the history of mass transit in Silver Lake. From the Ostrich Farm Railway to Metro, and everything in between. ericbrightwell.com/2024/12/18/a...