Archive for February, 2007
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Day Of Discovery
Though Monday morning started off wet and dreary and disappointing with the cancellation (because of potential thunderstorms) of a whale watching excursion out of Redondo Beach that I’d planned on going on with my friend Cybele, it turned into a remarkable day of discovery under clearing skies that included first-time visits to the Watts Towers, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in adventure, los angeles by Will
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Sunday Morning Four-Miler
Susan and I took a wonderful four-mile stroll today along Sunset across Echo Park to Douglas Street up into Angelino Heights and then back down around Echo Park Lake and up the the Brite Spot diner for breakfast before coming back home.
But now it’s time to get down to the business of grocery shopping and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in neighborhood by Will
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
OK, So This Is The Story…
There’s plenty for me to kvetch about in regards to yesterday’s first L.A. Storytellers workshop at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. But the encompassing aggravation is that I’m a writer, not a teller.
I won’t go too deep into a play-by-play other than to say I arrived to find a much larger turnout than I’d been [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in gatherings, writing by Will
Friday, February 16th, 2007
Alt-Commute Success
The good news is that with yesterday’s work commute my year-to-date mileage tally stands at 164.9, meaning in the first half of February I’ve already vastly improved on all of January’s slow start of 67 miles.
Trouble is I’m still three miles below where I should have been at the end January 31, which means that [...]
No Comments » - Posted in biking, mass transit by Will
Friday, February 16th, 2007
Watts Going On
I’ve always kicked myself for not making the time and effort required to go see the Watts Towers. Simon Rodia’s unique creation, which he began in 1921 took more than 30 years to build is a monument to individual achievement and artistic expression.
Well at least I’ve “seen” them now. Standing on the platform at the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in landmarks by Will
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
I Am The Warrior
I think everytime I tell my baby I’m going for a bike ride — whether it’s around the neighborhood or across town –for a split second she has the urge to tell me not to. But instead of doing that she usually just takes a breath and gives me the big eyes and says a [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in biking by Will
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
When Ms. Bombshell Met Mr. Smitten
I usually don’t do much in the way of identical cross-posting, but I just filed this prehistoric recollection over at Blogging.la and decided to paper the walls with it here as well:
Seeing as it’s — ahem — that day, I figured why not regale anyone interested with what has to be the most spontaneously romantic thing I’ve ever ever [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in happiness, los angeles, recollections by Will
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Rise & Shine On The Blue Line
Just a brief vidclip of the moment of truth at the beginning of the Blue Line when it cacophonously emerges from underground to street level near Staples Center.
No Comments » - Posted in mass transit by Will
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
Gimme A Sign!
At the 405 overpass around the seventeenth mile of our Sunset Boulevard Walk, I found this sign stashed behind some weeds and fellow walker Lisl obliged me by recording its discovery:
Whoever was using it to augment their roadside panhandling, well… I may have my doubts as to whether they’re truly destitute or just [...]
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
The Long Way Home
A few days ago I voxed apoplectic about discovering a single busline – MTA No. 439 – that would get me from Union Station to its destination a couple long blocks away from my present temp gig in El Segundo, a far less disjointed journey than the multi-transferring one that involved the No. 2/4 bus, the Blue Line and [...]
