Heading Home

 (click to quadrify)  Sunday downtown: The parakeets were an awesome surprise. The movie was decent. The Julius Shulman photo exhibit was extraordinary. The too-crowded Murakami show was for another day. Olvera Street fed us. Then we biked home. Here’s Susan in the lead coming through the 2nd Street Tunnel.

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What is this about? Dog Day Afternoon In a breath Andres was up on his feet. “Come on,” he said, “I want to show you something,,” and off we went. In a couple minutes we had ridden over to Gramercy Place between 4th and 5th, and came up the sidewalk to the front of big …

Sunday! Sunday!! Sunday!!!

Color this Sunday afternoon football-free and art awesome: Susan and I are gonna get on our bikes at noon and head downtown to catch the 1 p.m. matinee of Cloverfield at the Laemmle’s Grande on Fig. After that we’re gonna scoot on over to the Central Library to catch the last day of the Julius …

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What is this about? Inspired By Actual Events The brothers truly thought they could away with it. Despite the half-finished bottle of Smirnoff and the leftover weed recovered from their vehicle. Despite their ridiculous blood-alcohol levels. Despite the images stored on their phones first of Derrick throwing rocks at the animal, then of him taking …

L.A. By Bike – Ballona Creek Bikeway

First of an occasional series of 60-second snips snapped from the saddle as I bike around Los Angeles for work or play. This one was made January 18 on my way to work along the Ballona Creek Bikeway between Overland Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard.

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What is this about? The Handoff Claire didn’t see the bleeding man until he was upon her. The moment before his arrival she was just a tourist at the end of a wonderful day spent wandering around inside the magnificent walled city of Dubrovnik with a few minutes left before the last launch left port …

Church On The Way

Biking to work on clear mornings I’m always warmed by the facade of this eastern facing church on 4th Street a block west of Vermont: Though its shingle now reads Korean Philadelphia Presbyterian Church, the architectural details indicate it was originally built as a synagogue. A quick visit to the Big Orange Landmarks blog, verifies …