*Cross-posted from Blogging.la It’s not every day here in Southern California you get to bag a wild lion from behind a 9mm pistol in the comfort of your own backyard, but that’s what an Orange County resident did yesterday morning when he confronted a mountain lion that had ventured from the adjacent Cleveland National Forest …
On the heels of forgetting for like the third straight year that it was my good friend Cybele’s birthday (this after spending the afternoon with her whale watching!), it just dawned on me while looking at the calendar that it’s the 12th anniversary of the Northridge Quake! I just posted at Blogging.la that in the …
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In honor of my friend Cybele’s birthday (which I forgot AGAIN until she reminded me on the way back home), I accompanied her down to Redondo Beach and ventured forth for a three-hour whale watching tour that was spectacular. We tailed a lone Pacific gray and were rewarded with multiple surfacings, then wandered around an …
What a gorgeous day today. Blustery and not very warm, but with the rains of yesterday having blown through, L.A. was left with one of the most crystal clear days I’ve seen in a long, long time. Susan and I spent this wonderful day chasing ghosts. Let me rephrase that: Susan indulged my fascination with …
So yes, a touch of caution over it being Friday the 13th and the urgings of my inner lazy demon to just blow it off were both thrown to the wind and I rolled over with my helmetcam rig to participate in last night’s Midnight Ridazz group ride. I’ve never put much stock on the …
I’m here at the library allowing myself a brief respite from my duties to post notice that it is the second Friday of the month, which means only one thing in my world: it’s that time again for a Midnight Ridazz group ride gathering at 9:30 p.m. in Echo Park and setting out about 30 …
T’was an excellent trip downtown yesterday — enjoyable breakfast at Clifton’s, a very productive day over at the central library and informative as to the number of freaks on the streets that I strolled past coming and going. I also found that for my upcoming jury duty later this month I can take the No. …