Hark The Herald
Like tiny trumpets these unknown and fleeting flowers rise each February from their small patch under the frontyard bouganvillea beside the steps to announce the approach of spring. They never fail to enchant.
Last Night We Bought A Train Trip For A Penny
In celebration of Angels Flight’s 109th anniversary, fares on The World’s Shortest Railway were rolled back on New Year’s Eve from their present day quarter to 1901 prices: one cent. And since plans were in place to see “Next To Normal” at the Ahmanson, rather than park at the Music Center, I opted to park …
Timelapsification: Christmas Eve Sunset Junction Bike & Shop
Some last-minute stocking stuffer shopping was thrown a sad-face when it was discovered that Silver Lake’s Spice Station decided to be CLOSED when I arrived at 2 p.m., earining a WTF (but probably saving me a boatload of money). Grumbling I made my annual holiday Wacko ransacko and after that worked in a stop for …
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Treezup
After a deeeeelectable breakfast at The Village Idiot this morning, Susan and I ventured over to the DeLancy Street Christmas Tree Lot on Wilshire in Hancock Park and picked ourselves up a noble fir seen fully dressed above.
And To All A Good Nite
Pedaling up from Silver Lake with my friend Steve, to be part of the contingent of All-City Toy Ridazz coming from Highland Park, we were joined there by a group from Pasadena before proceeding first to the new public space at Confluence Park near the LA River to await the arrival of cyclists coming from …
Let There Be Lights
Unlike my elaborate Halloween doings, the decorations of which get installed over the course of a week or so, Christmas lights at the Campbell household are not subject to a lot of variation (nor are they usually up so early but while still bumming over Alabama’s loss to Auburn I needed something to get my …
Diet Tribe: Calorie Counting Will Resume At A Date To Be Determined
Sorry, but there’s Broguiere’s Eggnog in the house now. And with that liquid gold weighing in at about 50 calories a fluid ounce — not counting any alcohol augmentation — and three more bottles where this pictured one came from – it’s officially ’tis the season not to give a damn… or at least not …
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