Angel’s Night Flight

by Willdowntown, history, landmarks, mass transitPosted on Comments are Disabled

(click for the bigger picture) With the world’s shortest railway’s 33% grade and its twin cars Olivet and Sinai shaped accordingly, I’ve always thought of it more as an Angle’s Flight than an Angel’s, but that’s irrelevant. What’s relevant is that starting this past Monday the funicular returned to service after a 9-year absence, and …

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Will Campbell Goes To City Hall

by Willadventure, biking, crime, Defining Moments, downtown, governmentPosted on Comments are Disabled

When it was announced that LAPD Chief Charles Beck was to be in attendance at this week’s City Council Transportation Committee meeting Wednesday, I would have bet good money that he wouldn’t show. Nothing against Beck, it’s just that in the recent past there have been blow-offs by the department to requests by the committee …

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Guess Who They’re Letting In To The Jackopalooza!?

by Willcelebrity, downtown, gatherings, happeningsPosted on Comments are Disabled

Gotta admit, I submitted my request to attend the Michael Jackson Memorial at Staples Center tomorrow far more to just bear witness to the public spectacle than to publicly bare any grief at his passing. And when yesterday came and went without getting confirmation — especially with the news that I was literally among a …

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I Figured Why Not?

by Willdowntown, gatherings, milestonesPosted on Comments are Disabled

Frankly though I’ve mourned the passing of a voice and talent that I literally grew up with, Michael Jackson’s public memorial madhouse service scheduled for Tuesday at Staples Center is so not a be-all/end-all event for me and I submitted my request for tickets rather sheepishly. I’ll be veeeeeeeery surprised if my name gets pulled …

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More Mileage! More Fun!

by Willbiking, downtownPosted on Comments are Disabled

With the exception of last year’s Bike To Work Day where there was a sponsored pit stop basically around the corner from my house, my various routes to my various work places over the various Bike To Work days over the various years have left me a geogrpahical outcast in terms of partaking of the …

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To The Busman At Philippe’s Who Found My Wallet That I Left In The Booth We Sat In For Breakfast And Instead Of Keeping It Turned It In To The Lady At The Register By The Front Door Who Had It Waiting For Us When We Returned After Driving All The Way Back Home And Realizing I’d Forgotten It:

by Willdowntown, landmarks, moneyPosted on Comments are Disabled

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.Thank you. Thank you. …

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