Column: ‘Barbenheimer’ proves just the ticket

Five weeks after release, I saw “Oppenheimer” on National Cinema Day and “Barbie” the day after. You may well have seen one or the other by now, if not both. I highly recommend each. My moviegoing experience is the subject of my Friday column.

(Writing this one was a reminder to myself that not every column needs to be reported in some way and that they can just be for fun — especially at the start of a holiday weekend when fewer people will be reading.)

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Yours truly on video

If you have an hour to kill, and morbid curiosity, here I am speaking to the La Verne Historical Society on a rainy Jan. 9, reading from “100 Years of the Los Angeles County Fair, 25 Years of Stories” and taking semi-audible questions! It’s the first time someone has filmed one of my presentations (and possibly the last). Thanks to LVTV’s Claudia Gonzalez for the filming and editing. If nothing else, it’s a keepsake for me.

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Column: Subways, buses are how he rolled in NYC

On vacation in New York, I bought a MetroCard transit pass and used the heck out of it over the next few days. Best $34 I ever spent. I also did a lot of walking and stair climbing. I talk about the experience, and recount some highlights (and one lowlight) from my trip, in my Sunday column. Have you been to New York? Did you love it, hate it or somewhere in between?

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