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HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a British merchant ship that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the British West Indies .
Lily was designed by the shipyard Dickie Brothers in San Francisco and built in 1882 for the shipping company J. C. Hawley. She had a sister ship named Ivy. [1]United States west coast newspapers reported about the career of Lily.
Chasen's was a famous restaurant frequented by film stars, entertainers, politicians, and other dignitaries in West Hollywood, California, located at 9039 Beverly Boulevard on the border of Beverly Hills. It opened for business in 1936 and was the site of the Academy Awards party for many years.
The deadly Los Angeles fires that began Tuesday have scorched over 28,000 acres in the region, as the flames have reduced thousands of structures to lots of rubble and mangled metal, prompting ...
Bounty was laid up in Los Angeles until 1986, when Bounty Voyages purchased the ship. [5] She was sailed to Vancouver, refitted, then sailed to Australia. [ 5 ] From here, she proceeded to England via the Suez Canal to join the First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage : a historical re-enactment for the Australian Bicentenary . [ 5 ]
Dive! was a 300-seat restaurant, shaped like a neon-yellow submarine located in the Marketplace food court of the Century City Shopping Center, Los Angeles, California.It was owned by director Steven Spielberg and Disney Studios Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, and operated by Larry Levy, the Chairman of Levy Restaurants. [1]
Ma Maison was a restaurant opened by Patrick Terrail in October 1973 at 8368 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California. [1] It closed in November 1985. [2] [3] It is credited with launching Wolfgang Puck's career and for starting the trend in cuisine known as "California nouvelle". [3]
Cole's Pacific Electric Buffet, also known as Cole's P.E. Buffet, is a restaurant and bar located at 118 East 6th Street in the Historic Core district of downtown Los Angeles, California, the oldest operating in Los Angeles at the same location since its founding. Sign in front with claim to being the oldest bar in Los Angeles