Archive for August, 2008
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Portraits, children, crepes and smoked bacon
All the “To-Do” blogs of the Los Angeles said, “Go to Sunset Junction!” AH said, “Come to Sunset Junction!” Santa Monica beckoned, “Forget Sunset Junction, and run away to Sri Lanka Day!” They all promised music, food and fun in the great outdoors on what turned out to be a lovely, mild summer day in […]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Gridlock begone?
I read somewhere today that Americans drove less than 12 billion miles or something this month than they did last year. Holy crap! 12 BILLION MILES! That’s a lot of not driving!
Question: Do you feel like you see more people on the streets doing the alternative driving deal? I know that I know of more […]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
A few words about women and trends in L.A.
Women
who wear nails,
claw at things…
In the early 20th century: “It’s such a gay thing, those farriswheel rides!”
In the early 21st century: ” That’s so gay.”
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
So L.A.
This weekend seemed to have a lot of quintessential Los Angeles in it.
It started off with an art show in Los Feliz, that bohemian bureau in which parking is scarcer than celebrities. (AH and I saw Keifer Sutherland there a few months ago. We were dining on wine and cheese and exchanging books at the […]
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Inspired by a friend
Stepping into the sentence
Is dipping into a rush of thought.
Where boulder stand in the way, interupting the flow
they are signs for wet moss,
a cautious hinderance.
This is what grammer is
It keeps from stepping into the stream in whole leap
AH
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Water guns…
Why did I think that it would be cool to write about the history of the Long Beach Aquariaum?
At first, I thought, what a great transition this will be! writing about rivers to full tanks of aqautic life forms. And then, after spending a whole day on their website I discovered all these great programs, […]
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
L’Art
How did I manage to live so long in Los Angeles and not know that there are free Shakespearean festivals?
In honor of the Bard, I give you this meme:
1. Name the first five lines of Shakespeare that come into your head. (Don’t cheat–write the first five that you think of, then check for accuracy later.)
— […]
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Point of No….Well, Nothing Really
AH and I had a typical Thursday evening. We met up at one of our residences around 9 PM, tried to figure out what to do or where to go that was not a franchise, couldn’t, and then just got in a car and drove. We drove straight down Balboa Blvd for more than 30 […]