Biddie Mason: From Slave to the Richest Woman in the West
Biddie Mason arrived in Los Angeles a slave, the property of a Rancher from Texas, but that did not stop her from amassing a real estate fortune that made her […]
Los Angeles Black-Owned Vegan Restaurants
TravelCoterie has started compiling a running list of Black-owned vegan restaurants (and vendors, caterers) in Los Angeles. If we missed a place, please drop a comment or send an email […]
The LA Hotel Welcoming Black Customers For 113 Years
“Invitations have been sent out to all those who appear in the ‘Who’s Who’ volumes of local negro society, and to many white skinned friends as well.” That’s not a […]
Stay At Will Smith’s “Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air” Home
Capitalizing on millennial nostalgia for days gone, Airbnb is morphing a home from a popular 1990s sitcom into a rental property. The mansion where Will Smith “pulled up around 7 or 8” […]
ComfortLA: Skid Row’s Soul Food Restaurant
In 2015, ComfortLA opened its doors in Downtown Los Angeles’ infamous Skid Row neighborhood hoping to revitalize the city’s estranged community. The “clean” soul food restaurant has since become a […]
The California African American Museum Is #ForTheCulture
Art enthusiasts in the Los Angeles area should add CAAM to their list of places to visit. Located in Exposition Park, the museum features a collection of over 4,000 paintings, […]
Things To Do In Black-Owned Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree has become one of California’s trendiest areas. Instagram fueled the desert community’s popularity, now things are booming. Recent visits by Solange, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz and Saweetie have […]
A Guide To Little Ethiopia
Los Angeles, California, is home to one of the largest Ethiopian and Eritrean communities in the United States. The epicenter of that community is a short corridor in the heart […]