Sandi Hemmerlein
Sandi Hemmerlein is a writer and photographer. Based in L.A. but constantly on the prowl for new adventure, she spends most of her time nurturing her interest in birds, animals, neon, historic theaters, puppets, trains, folk art, and stained glass. In addition to her work for PBS SoCal, Sandi also documents everything on her own website Avoiding Regret.
Here are five of the best performance spaces in Southern California, where you can get cultured in the great outdoors … catch a performance with a picnic … and see a show under the stars.
Dan Garr leads a crew of neighborhood volunteers in the construction of imaginative floats for Westchester's annual Fourth of July Parade.
Here are six great state parks where you can hoof your way through history — whether your interest lies in prehistoric rock, 19th century transportation or mid-century civil engineering failures.
Here are five great places to stand in the shadows of groves gone by and get a slice of some juicy citrus history.
When even the nearest farmers’ market just won’t do, here are five of the best crops that these fertile lands have to offer … and that you can pick on your own.
Here are the five best places to discover how the Japanese influenced the L.A. metro area.
This summer marks the return of musicians and dancers to Peter Strauss Ranch as part of the National Park Service’s Arts in the Parks program — one that features free art installations and performances to draw visitors back to this historic site.
Here are five great places to explore on foot in the San Gabriel Valley that aren’t too far afield, yet have plenty of fodder for your sense of adventure.
From streetscape antiquities to morbid mementos and kitschy curios, here are five oddball places that have reinvented the experience of “going to the museum” in L.A.
If watching birds just isn’t enough for you — and you’d rather join their ranks up there in the sky — here are five of the most exciting ways to get airborne and pretend for a while that you may actually have wings.
There are underappreciated bridges — great feats of civil engineering — that you can walk, bike or drive across to discover more of Southern California. Here are five of the best.
While there are still some places in SoCal where you can visit birds in captivity, here are five great places where you’re guaranteed to see some feathered flocks out in the wild.