Tag Archives: California
Cahuenga Pass: The Ways and Delays Bit
Heads up to any fellow Angelenos! There’s road work on Barham Blvd. near the Cahuenga Pass (til June…) and it’s really tying things up! For the curious outside of LA, the Pass is a busy cut through a low point in the Santa Monica Mountains that connects the San Fernando Valley side with the Hollywood/Downtown […]
The “On Your Left” Bit
New Year’s greetings to all! Channeling a pretty moment and memory to start 2021 off right! Granted, this will be a cautious and careful start for me. The COVID situation here in LA is currently very serious – and the road to normalcy still stretches on quite a ways. But even as dining options remain […]
The Journeys with Shakespeare Bit
Good morrow to ye! I’m still feeling slightly Elizabethan-y after a pleasant rendezvous last weekend with a couple friends – and with my all time favorite playwright! On a warm evening in Griffith Park, we took in the Independent Shakespeare Company’s charming outdoor production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre – and while there are questions surrounding […]
The Bit in “Plane” View
I just love a good view – from the higher up the better! Earlier this year when I flew from LA to New York, I took advantage of the opportunity to grab a few high elevation shots along the way! Afterwards, I was inspired to take a stroll through my photo collection in search of […]
The ‘Twas (Yet) Another Year Bit
So now as Year 2018 hits its gloamin’, It’s time to fit my now traditional poem in! What fun to recall as this annum now ends All my revels and travels with family and friends! Though taking long trips, I did this year eschew, That doesn’t mean sights and good times were but few! A […]
Ghost Towns: The Dreams of the Mother Lode Bit
(1848 – Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California.) Once or twice a year, I used to road trip with friends from Los Angeles to Las Vegas – and two things would invariably happen. First, I wouldn’t get rich playing the slots and would have to road trip straight back to work. And second, […]
The Just Deserts Bit
Nope – not a type-o. Although sweet desserts are irresistible to me (too much so…), there’s also something I can’t resist about exploring deserts in all their forms! And the more I learn, the more I wonder just what each is truly about! For starters, I’ve long thought that I live in a desert – […]
The ‘Twas Another Year Bit
A Merry December to you! Thought I’d attempt (in the style of the Night Before Christmas poem as I did for last December) to give a rhyming wrap-up of my recent travels and adventures, working backward through the year! Also in keeping with my last effort, there’s not a New Year’s resolution in sight… Here […]
Burbank: The “Home is Where The ‘B’ Is” Bit
What a season full of disasters it’s been… Earthquakes. Fires. Hurricanes. My heart goes out to all those affected. And my own experience seems trivial by comparison now, but I have to say my heart also missed a beat when the recent La Tuna fire – apparently, the biggest ever in the city of Los […]
A Tidbit: Layers in Time
Greetings! The latest weekly WordPress Photo Challenge of Layered made me think of this photo from a recent trip to Columbia, California. It’s a shot of an old blacksmith shop and it speaks to me not just of a moment in time but of a moment in history too! Columbia State Historic Park is a lovingly preserved example […]
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