Verdugos 10N30: Ride No. 1

I’m about a week late in starting. Typically — or at least the first two years of what’s become this annual springtime tradition of doing 10 rides up the Verdugo Mountains in 30 days — I get the first ride logged before the end of March and the beginning of daylight savings time. But scheduling …

Who Wants Pancakes?

So last month there was a story that made the rounds of the various local news broadcasts, online media outlets and the occasional blog about the County of L.A.’s Health Services Department offering on its website a home version of the very same checkpoints they use to scrutinize and grade area restaurants. Of course, it’s …

Sayin’ It With Pictures

Not really… just to busy to come up with anything. So here’s a smattering of unconnected imagery taken the past few days, with links to larger versions, of course: [larger] [larger] [larger] [larger] Follow

Six Hours On A Bike

Man I am bushed so I’m a-gonna keep this short. First, here I am prior to the start of the L.A. Treasure Hunt: The snap, taken by a friendly chap who was going around offering to take the pix for something he called his “portrait project” not only shows my fine gray hair off along …

Fauxtograph: Great Blue Heron

This heavily filtered image is of a great blue heron who I found Friday morning stalking unsuspecting snacks in the lotus cove at the north end of Echo Park Lake. The picture is the latest addition to my slow-growing collection of “fauxtographs” that can be found in my Fauxtography Group on Flickr (direct link to …