So last night Susan and I loaded up a canteen full of cheap red wine and brought along some bread, cheese, salami and olives to snack on at downtown’s California Plaza off of Grand Avenue before enjoying the Grand Performances presentation of China’s Guandong Modern Dance Company (reviewed nicely by Lewis Segal in today’s L.A. …
As you can see from the snap above just as we were about to bike onto the northbound 110 Freeway (no, not really), the IAAL•MAF’s regular Thugsday roll last night was a small affair. Just me, Eric Richardson and Stephen Roullier on a nice nine miler that took us to the top of Radio Hill, …
click to quadruplify This is my new favorite picture of Ranger, napping on the library floor appropriately with her ball. Ranger has an endearing routine when she’s awake and wants to play a little fetch or wall ball (the record of which currently stands at 52). Whenever I get up from my desk, so does …
It’s getting to the point now where nothing I find in the backyard phases me. While transferring to the greenwaste bin all the old rotting kindling that’s been sitting in the backyard wheelbarrow for years now, I look and there on the ground is a partial jawbone (including a few weirdly shaped teeth) about three …
Seems I can’t walk down the brick walkway through the sidegarden of the house without finding something fascinating. Today’s example being a wasp that was moving along the rocks with something in its jaws. An eggsag? A coin purse? Nah just a spider it had invited to lunch: Other members of today’s garden party are …
click to quadruplify Snapped this dead gas station building while on the fly on La Cienega just north of La Tijera coming back from a job fair near the airport yesterday afternoon. This isn’t my first time seeing the awesome installation of the bones-only version of the winged Mobil Oil mascot, but it was my …
When we recycled our Christmas tree (along with several others discarded curbside by holiday arbor tards in the immideate area) in January at the city collection station set up in the L.A. Zoo parking lot not only did we get a couple of free energy efficient light bulbs, but also as part of the citywide …