MAY MARKETING AROUND SILVER LAKE 

By Betsy M. Hall

How do businesses connect with clients, in and around Silver Lake? That is one of my niches. I grew up here and I've helped businesses grow. 

Omnipresence is one my favorite strategies. Beyond being familiar, you and your business can be known, liked and trusted. 

What tools can Marketing Directions offer for May campaigns? We've packaged five…

80 stairways, 35 miles, from downtown Los Angeles through Echo Park and Silver Lake to Griffith Park in Los Feliz. Sat. and Sun., May 2-3, 2015. Music, walking, climbing, cheering, people dressed up as veggies + more. The Big Parade for details.

CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES DEBATE 4/27/15

Hear from the candidate who will replace Tom Labonge after the May 19, 2015 election. 

The Los…

POV LA - Jimbo Times, The L.A. Story Teller, is part photo journalism, part soulful blogger and all L.A. Jimmy documents the ordinary (Sunset Blvd. in Silver Lake)...

and compliments the extraordinary (Open Mic in Los Feliz)...

and there's always the element of surprise...…

JENI’S LOS FELIZ OPENING NIGHT PARTY

Friday, March 20

7 – 10 p.m.

1954 Hillhurst Ave (corner of Hillhurst and Clarissa avenues)

Free scoops!

Hosted by Jeni

First 50 in line get one of our new ceramic Flavor Mugs

Jeni's first West Coast shop opens this Friday night in Los Angeles—and they’re throwing a party. Join them at Jeni’s Los Feliz (1954 Hillhurst Ave; at the corner of Hillhurst and Clarissa) from…

On Valentine's Day 2015, Hollyhock House, Barnsdall Park, will be showing L.A. the love. With the entrance fees waived, you can enjoy Frank Lloyd Wrights first endeavor in defining his style of L.A. architecture. Add your own style and story with photos on social media, tagged …

— Joanna Erdos

The John Marshall High School Academic Decathlon Team brought home more honors this weekend! The team placed 3rd overall in the state Decathlon, competing against 64 other schools. They also tied for 1st Place in the Super Quiz (with El Camino Real Charter HS, which ultimately won the top award).

We raised our score about 1000 points from City. It is the highest score a Marshall team ever earned. And I forgot to mention that Marvin Paparisto, who was the…

Remember when Kevin James ran against our City Councilmember Eric Garcetti for Mayor? And, recall that Matt Szabo was one of many candidates who vied for his seat against our current Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell? Now these men and four other Board of Public Works Members will be faced with a decision... to replace baseball fields long removed in favor of the 5 freeway in another area of Griffith Park or leave the area for picnic tables. If you're interested in making your voice heard in…

If you had a delivery stolen in NE LA in the last 5 months from your door step, a large amount has been recovered: COMMUNITY ALERT NOTIFICATION LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT February 6, 2014 Hello Silver Lake/Franklin Hills, On February 6th, 2014 our Burglary Detectives arrested a suspect who, over the past five months, has been taking packages from door steps that had been dropped off from deliveries. A large amount of the stolen property has been recovered. If you, or anyone you may know…

Where do you want to live?

LACurbed.com reports on Trulia.com's list of most popular location searches. Out 107 neighborhoods, Silver Lake came in #14, followed by nearby #15 Los Feliz and neighboring Echo Park at #29.

1. Hollywood Hills

2. West Los Angeles

3. Beverly Hills Post Office

4. Bel Air

5. Mid-City

Bringing in pitch hitter, Rev. Stephen McAlprin, was one of the keys to the Silver Lake team coming out ahead of Los Feliz and Atwater Village at Tuesday's Mixer Royale event. He's pictured here dropping a cookie from his forehead to his mouth with Atwater's representative Andy Hasroun. Co-sponsored by Atwater Village Chamber, Silver Lake…

Join the Silver Lake Chamber and Atwater Village Chambers and Los Feliz Village Business Improvement District for Mixer Royale  Tues., Nov. 19^th 2013 – 7pm. Meet by Golden Road Brewing, Northland Village Church, 4520 Cutter Street, Los Angeles, CA 90039 (in North Atwater Village, access via Doran St). Bring business cards and a friendly sense of…

Come for the food and drinks, stay for the music and merriment. This year on an emphasis on sustainability --held on a Saturday -- back on Hillhurst Ave. in Los Feliz Village, from Franklin Ave. to Hollywood Blvd. -- new performance entertainment and booths. Some spaces still available if you want to offer your goods to an estimated 30K villagers and visitors. …

With parking always being a hot topic in Silver Lake, I thought this press release from Assemblyman Mike Gatto's office might be of interest. 



Sacramento, CA – Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) legislation prohibiting local governments from fleecing motorists who park at broken parking meters moved one step closer to becoming a reality today, after the California State Assembly approved the bill by a vote of 71-0. The bill, AB 61, seeks to stop the trend…

On May 7th the Greater Griffith Park Green Committee will present its first in a series of free educational workshops for the community around issues of the environment, energy use, water use, sustainability and more. Please join us! 

Spend a Tuesday evening with us and learn about:

*Key home components that waste and improve energy use

*Home improvements that qualify for up to $4,500 in rebates from Energy Upgrade…

You care about Silver Lake.

And, you like to have the Bohemian, the hipsters and other locals as your clients.

We provide content which interests people. It is about them, their neighborhood. And it's spoken in a positive voice.

We can provide content about you... help compose your stories, in your ways. And you'll be FOUND on the Internet. 

People hang out on the Internet. People search there for your type of business. We'll connect you. 

Why…

At 8 a.m. this Sunday, there's breakfast at Echo Park United Methodist Church. Scrambled eggs, pancakes and sausages are served downstairs in the fellowship area. Following is the worship service in the the sanctuary at 10:30ish. …