Once upon a time I spent many a late hour at the Formosa Cafe with my equally eager young Hollywood friends. So while writing THIS article for KCET, I was thrilled to learn that my absolute idol and North Carolina soul sister Ava Gardner frequented this fabled spot, where she could order a scotch on the rocks without a single word.
Since I was a little girl, I have been absolutely obsessed with the four beautiful martyred daughters of the last Tsar of Russia. All these years later it was a pleasure to write THIS story for Atlas Obscura about their kick-ass friend, who survived and thrived after a devastating revolution that many say her own manipulative father helped cause...
My buddy Drew Mackie wrote THIS fascinating take on the new and twee Clifton's Cafeteria for Frontiers Magazine. He asked me what I thought about it- and of course I was more than happy to oblige.
While I am writing this note, I have Unsolved Mysteries on in the background. Appropriate, since in THIS story for Curbed LA, I take a look at the infamous Sowden House in Los Feliz. Was the Black Dahlia murdered there? I don't know. But it is certain that for a few years in the 1940s, the famed Lloyd Wright fortress was an absolute "house of evil."
Hey y'all, it's Hadley Hall...Meares. I will be updating this blog weekly with links to all my new stories for Kcet, Atlas Obscura and Curbed LA. I'll also be posting all my Atlas Obscura tour information and lots of tips for preparing your very own grand adventures. Love, love!