Archive for March, 2008
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Bless Me Father For I Have Barked
The 78th Annual Blessing of the Animals is taking place at Olvera Street this Saturday beginning at noon, with the procession commencing at 2 p.m.
Susan and I have made this a spring tradition since 2004, bringing our Russian tortoise Buster who serves as house ambassador for our four cats and two dogs.
I snapped this [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in animals, downtown, happenings by Will
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Wright There!
One of my favorite views in Los Angeles happens to be found from up at the top of our backyard. So much so that had it not been for my interest in pixeling it from there yesterday I would not have discovered the unfortunate scene that prompted yesterday’s post.
In reviewing the above image this morning [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in landmarks, neighborhood by Will
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Sunday Sadness
I went outside this blustery morning to get a photo from the backyard of distant Griffith Park in all its windswept clarity. Instead I found my camera focused on this sadness within the boughs of the jasmine tree:
It’s a poor bushtit at last season’s nest (to the right rear of the frame) in the [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in backyarchaeology, nature by Will
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Easy Like Friday Afternoon
Though channelized since the 1930s the concrete banks of Ballona Creek can be surprisingly serene — especially the stretch flowing across Culver City near Overland Avenue. Many have been the times I’ve pedaled through there along its bikeway either on my way to work or on my way home and I’ve wanted to dismount [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in biking, outdoors by Will
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Fargo Rhymes With Whoa
I gotta admit, I’m just not all that fired up at this late date. I know: just as I did in 2006 following my first failed attempt, I totally vowed after last year’s disappointment to bring my chapped hide and bruised ego back to the base of Fargo Street and make my third attempt the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in biking by Will
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Falling Down
I upset Susan yesterday when I told her how on the ride home last night after hearing something deragatory shouted at me I doubled back on my bike to the four kids all wearing white t-shirts and blue jeans sitting at the bus stop at Washington and West boulevards.
Susan does not like when I do [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in adventure, biking by Will
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Me-Mail
Occasionally after posting something — especially something that required such deep rummaging around in the nostalgia bin as my post about my 1989 birth as a bike commuter — I find a note in my mental inbox wondering what all that was about? It’s a contrivance I call me-mail:
Date:
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 :23:01 -0700
From:
Me
To:
Me
Subject:
WTF
Dude,
Just wanted [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in biking by Will
Monday, March 10th, 2008
A Third Of The Way There
I’ve rolled past my first thousand miles today, finishing up with this evening’s commute home at 1,005 for the year to date. Only 1,995 more to reach my goal for 2008.
Here’s a moment somewhere around mile 880 during the bike tour March 2; this macro of the cheap thumbnail image courtesy of the first [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in biking, milestones by Will
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
The Birth Of A Bike Commuter
It was a dark time in my life, at 25. My soon-to-be ex-wife was pregnant with our daughter Katie. We were indebted up to our hairlines. I tipped the scale at close to 280 pounds — 60 of which was polyunsaturated self-loathing, the rest mostly Domino’s pizza and Reese’s candy.
For jobs, we barely sold insurance. [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in biking by Will
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Man But Wouldn’t It Be Fun To Bike The Reservoir Right Now
(click to triplify)
I’d seen others’ pics of the empty reservoir but this was my first chance to see it live from atop Baxter. It’sa trip to see it in such a state. But I thought it’d be deeper.
