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Trip Tips with Chris
On Thursday I’m releasing Episode 3 of the World in LA Series: Chinatown!
At the Central Plaza you can see a famous bronze statue of martial arts legend Bruce Lee. While he is a global icon, Bruce Lee had a very specific connection to the streets of LA Chinatown. What was his link to the neighborhood?
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The next episode of the World in LA Series will be about Chinatown. Most historic Chinatowns in the U.S. grew organically over time, but Los Angeles' current Chinatown was actually planned and built from scratch in the 1930s. What was the main reason for this "re-birth"?
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On Thursday I am releasing Episode 2 of the World in LA series: Little Tokyo! It’s home to a massive, highly detailed monument that you’d usually expect to see at NASA. What unique object is on display there?
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In my next video I’m exploring Little Tokyo in Downtown Los Angeles. How many officially designated "Japantowns" currently exist in the entire United States?
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Happy New Year everyone!! On Thursday I’m releasing my first video of the year. It will be the Episode 1 of a new series where I explore several Ethnic Enclaves of Los Angeles. The first episode will be about El Pueblo - the birthplace of LA!
So here’s the first trivia question of the year:
Where did the 44 founders of Los Angeles actually begin their journey?
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In Spain, thousands of people gather in city squares like Madrid’s Puerta del Sol to ring in the New Year by performing which specific tradition as the clock strikes midnight?
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Every December since 1966, the city of Gävle, Sweden, erects a massive, 40-foot-tall straw goat in the town square. What is the "forbidden" unofficial tradition that has made this goat a global news story nearly every year?
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In Germany, where the tradition began, the oldest recorded Christmas market is the Striezelmarkt. In what historic German city was this market first held in 1434?
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The National Park Service in Hawaii receives packages from travelers nearly every day. What is consistently contained in these packages, and why are they sent?
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Which famous bronze statue from Copenhagen, Denmark, is replicated in Solvang, CA, with the Solvang version being exactly half the size of the original?
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