A fellow resident of Sleepy Hollow, who works in rescuing bee hives (the phenomenon of bee hive collapse, which recently was linked to certain pesticides, is a significant one these days) has expressed concern about bee hive frames and boxes that have ... »
In its later years, the La Vida Mineral Springs was a popular place for live music and a post from 2009 (see here) covers some of the history of the music scene at the resort.One band that played at La Vida was called SMUT and several videos of mid-198... »
Early on in this blog, it was noted that an Orange County history timeline stated that William Newton Miller opened La Vida Mineral Springs in 1925. However, there was an earlier operation at the site, going back at least a decade earlier.This was not... »
This is another 10 ounce bottle from the La Vida Mineral Springs. It is the same type in terms of design and layout and era as the one featured last month and may be from about the same era: 1940s or perhaps not long afterward.But, the reverse list of... »
Here is another vintage soda bottle from the La Vida Bottling Company made from water extracted from the firm's mineral springs resort on the Brea side of Carbon Canyon. While other bottles posted here have either been 32 ounce or 7 ounce examples (th... »
As has been noted here before, the November 2008 fires that ravaged the Brea side of Carbon Canyon had, among its myriad effects, the result of exposing the historic La Vida Mineral Springs property by burning off the dense growth of weeds, trees, and ... »
