Archive for February, 2007
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
Catching Up Is Hard To Do
In the wake of the Friday night’s awesome Midnight Ridazz ride, followed by me staying up so late that I only got about an hour’s sleep before needing to get up and ready to go walk Saturday away along the entire length of Sunset Boulevard from downtown to the sea, I’m peering up over the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in biking, hiking by Will
Friday, February 9th, 2007
So I’m A Fraud
Not really. But Even though I expressed a gung-ho attitude this week toward minimizing the mileage I put on my truck getting to and from work, I ended up only mass-transiting it once and biking it none. Yes, I drove to work four days this week and that’s disappointing enough to the degree that next week I’m [...]
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Friday, February 9th, 2007
Lost Angeles
The new folks over at L.A. Voice want to know just how bad L.A. is at historic preservation. Linking to a Preserve LA post that links to a Preservation Online article by Chris Epting titled “Lost in Los Angeles,” L.A. Voice’s Ryan Knoll takes issue with Epting’s characterization of L.A. as one of the worst cities [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in civics, disgraceful, history, los angeles, nostalgia by Will
Friday, February 9th, 2007
The Power Of Expected Showers
Tomorrow’s the big stroll-o-thon along the length of Sunset Boulevard, from its original beginnings* at Union Station downtown to where it meets Pacific Coast Highway at the continent’s edge.
And the weather stands a good chance of not cooperating. Prognostications up to Wednesday evening left me hopeful of dodging any raindrops, but since yesterday the forecast has been holding steady at a [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in adventure, hiking by Will
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
I’m In
Not sure how big a deal it is if any at all, but after my Question Girl(tm) Joz posted about these Music Center-hosted storytelling workshops on her blog, I clicked on over and synopsized my little tale of whoa — and I do mean whoa! — for their consideration:
For the summer of 1982, my [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in theater by Will
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
She’s Real Fine My 439
Heading to the first-floor vending machines helpless to resist the need for a Cheetos fix during lunch I took a turn for the curious into a room nearby and was surprised to find a bank of MTA bus and train timetable porn in a wall-mounted display case.
Looking them over in all their numerically ordered glory, sure enough [...]
No Comments » - Posted in biking, work by Will
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
Time Passages
File this under trivial, but I just can’t stand when the morning’s dominos fall so off-kilterly. It started well. My buddy and former boss Timothy Hughes sent me a lead toward a gig that we both figured I could kick ass at, so I wasted no time completing the online application and getting that ball rolling toward [...]
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
Morning Snap: Silver Lake Lounge/Bus Stop - 7:28 a.m.
No Comments » - Posted in morning snap, neighborhood, photography by Will
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
Winceañeara
Susan and I watched “Quinceañeara” over the weekend. The tiny indie film that garnered critical acclaim and some good buzz after it won awards at Sundance is centered in Echo Park, and I’d very much been looking forward to it mainly for the reason that I’d heard our neighboring hood to the east was so [...]
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
The Not-So-Best-Laid Plans
Agh. So yesterday I was half-assedly plotting my two-wheeled to-and-from commute for this morning — and I got up early enough to do so — but I’ll probably hold off until next week and try to get my shit together enough to mass transit myself there and back instead.
Today would’ve been the best day though, [...]
