New Echo Park blog from Jesus Sanchez

I hear that my former (and oh-so-missed) L.A. Times colleague, Jesus Sanchez, had been hoping for a "soft open" for The Eastsider L.A., his new blog about (d'oh) L.A.'s east side. You know, just a bit of time to play with the design, work up an archive, work out the kinks. It's been four days -- long enough?

Ummm, yes.

Already Jesus has posts about the geology of Highland Park, the missing bees of Mt. Washington, covert tree butchery in Echo Park, and a discussion of where that elusive east side/west side divide in the LA landscape may actually be.

Also pix (including one of an automotive Louis Vuitton knock-off), a blog roll, and a comments section. It's all in the same wry and gentle style that made his work here at L.A. Now such fun to read. So here's a comment from me: Welcome back to the blogosphere, Jesus!

--Veronique de Turenne

Photo: The Eastsider L.A.

Comments

[John M]

Funny though, Echo Park is NOT the Eastside and there's a already a local blog with an almost identical name. What's up with that?

[soledadenmasa]

Chuy,
Echo Park, Silver Lake, all that stuff isn't the Eastside. You know it, you went to ELAC. Change the name.