My Dad had been itching to go to a game this year and with my sister in town for my Mom’s retirement, he wanted to go for father’s day. So he bought tickets. In his excitement he bought tickets for Saturday. Which is NOT Father’s Day! And a day I had to work some overtime. […]
Well, it’s finally come to be. Both parents are now retired. Now my Dad no longer has the house all to himself during the day. After school there was a retirement party for my Mom. It was was not surprisingly like a school play. Little skits and people singing goofy songs. Just replace kids with […]
Spent the day cruising around San Pedro and ended up at the Warner Grand Theater [LINK] for a screening of “I Built the Tower”. It was part of the 2nd L.A. Harbor International Film Festival. It’s a documentary on Simon Rodia who built the Watts Towers over a period of 33 years between 1921 and […]
The Bungalow Heaven area in Pasadena contains a huge concentration of my favorite type of homes in the Los Angeles area. The Craftsman style bungalow. It contains over a 1000 homes in various forms of bungalows. Craftsman, Tudors, Period Revivals and Queen Annes. This house was constructed in 1914 foor $4000. On a clear day […]
I just got my new painting back from the framer and I love it. I bought it at one of Jett Jackson’s shows a couple of months ago. It’s called “The Belly of the Beast”, Los Angeles being the beast. I liked it because it reminded me of the downtown area and the 6th street […]
It was a cash loop day for me on Thursday. I work for Sony, they put money in my account, I go to store and plop down the debit card for a Sony PSP, the money went back too them. Hey wait a minute?? I bought two games, Wipeout and Ridge Racer. Two of my […]
[POPPY GALLERY] After two years I finally made it back out to the Poppy Reserve in Antelope Valley. It’s a nice show this year but more importantly it was the first time I got to see the memorial bench we had put out there for both of my grandparents. We spread her ashes out there […]
Caller I.D. on my phone. The Prince of Peace, AKA Jesus, didn’t leave a message. I wonder what he wants? Hopefully tomorrow a burning bush won’t try to talk to me, that’s too much responsibility.
According to the real time tracking on the L.A. Marathon website, this is Luis Armando Medina Guillen from Victoria, Mexico. Victoria is just south of the tip of Texas on the Gulf of Mexico. He is 37 years old and did the 26.2 miles in 2:44:02 to finish 27th in the wheelchair division. He smiled […]
In 1995, in a classroom I was teaching in, I found this postcard late one night. It was in the tray of the chalk board in front of the class. It had actually been there a few days getting moved around. It first caught my eye only because it was a painting from my favorite […]
Since I’m not going to be around much of the holidays I’m opting out of the tree thing this year. But, I did get the whole experience of getting sap on my hands and needles in my pants by riding shotgun on the tree hunt with Jill.
[FENDER FACTORY TOUR GALLERY] “My dad never referred to it as a Gibson guitar or Fender guitar… it was always that goddamn guitar.” – Bruce Springsteen A parents worst nightmare is when their kid asks for a guitar. Most kids growing up in the 60’s and 70’s usually wanted one of two guitars, a Gibson […]
[ABBOT KINNEY GALLERY] Took the new toy [LINK] out for a spin at the Abbot Kinney Street Festival. After walking the couple miles up and down Abbott Kinney Blvd., that festival sucks. There was nothing even close to worth buying. I did see a girl from one of the classes I helped teach at Silicon […]
13th Annual Inkslingers Ball [LINK] Funny thing. I don’t really like a tattoos. I do not like them on people, I do not like them on steeples, Sam I am. I do like the whole culture behind it though. I think it’s fascinating. They start to look ugly on skin after a few years, but […]
Every year there’s the family party down at Dana Point Harbor. Coinciding with me getting older and the end of summer. For years there was never any kids at these things. Now it’s come full circle and the next generation of kids are attending. I’m not sure I like kids all that much, they’re so […]
The L.A. County Museum had an outdoor screening of Willy Wonka tonight and of course Wonka aficionado George was game for going. It quickly turned ugly when a Oompa Loompa started making the rounds. I actually kinda felt bad for them as this is either one of many Oompa Loompa gigs during the year or […]
[IMAGE GALLERY] [VIDEO LINK]With a slew of 40 year old birthday parties and a recent 20 year high school reunion I see a sports car in my future. College chum Keith celebrated the big turnover this weekend with a pawty in Oakland. I knew lots of their friends only through websites, so seeing some of […]
El Coyote Cafe on Beverly Boulevard has been serving Mexican food since 1931. On August 8, 1969, Jay Sebring made an 8 o’clock dinner reservation for Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Sharon Tate, and himself. After waiting 15 minutes in the bar, the four were seated and unknowingly ate their last meals, leaving at around 9:45pm, […]