Nailed It!

Dear Motorists, Check out the four-inch tire assassin and general day-ruiner I found and removed from the No. 2 traffic lane westbound on Jefferson Boulevard while biking in to work yesterday morning: You and your steel-belted radials are welcome. Love, Will

The Vivian

The Hancock Park-adjacent neighborhood bordered by Larchmont and Van Ness to the west and east, and Melrose and Beverly to the north and south is really a gem. Quiet, tree-lined streets front well-kept single-family homes in a variety of styles, along with duplexes, quads, and a smattering of larger multi-unit apartment buildings. As a student …

Last Night & This Morning

In lieu of something substantive — which is a rare thing anyway — I offer up these disparate videos, the first captured on the bike ride home yesterday evening and the second this morning on my desktop: Ballona Creek Rush Hour Jiggy Says Good Morning

The New Golf Card’s Here! The New Golf Card’s Here!

I’ve been an L.A. City golf course reservationista pretty much for as long as I’ve been a bad golfer, which takes us on a trip via the wayback wagon to 2002. In all that time, the city-issued cards have been pretty much the ugliest most utilitarian things I’ve ever carried in my wallet, compounded hilariously …

Faux Tuscan

When in the planning stages of our remodel, Susan proposed adding a tiny window into the north side of the the rear dormer, I thought it an excellent idea. Little did I know the view it would frame from our masterbath would become one of my favorites that I actively seek out and linger over …

Sunset From Sunset

As snapped from the junction of Santa Monica and Sunset boulevards in Silver Lake Thursday evening (click for the bigger picture):