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This installation of American flags in Pepperdine University’s Alumni Park is a memorial for the people killed in the U.S. by terrorists on September 11, 2001. The memorial, put up by students and organized by the school’s College Republicans, is comprised of a flag for each of the 2,977 victims.
My neighbor in Rancho Park, a former Marine, is always decorating for Halloween and Easter and Christmas. Today I found this on his front lawn. Well done, neighbor.
(I only had my cell phone cam, sorry for the low quality but it does get bigger with a click.)
Granite "reflecting pool" at the mystery spot
It is the end of summer. My kids and I fill the last week before school starts with just goofing off and seeing things. This is one of my favorite spots to visit in all of LA. My youngest shares my passion for the place. My middle enjoys some of it. My daughter just now gets the significance of what she sees there. Any guesses?
Friday is our annual back to school pilgrimage. Venice Beach. One rude, crude socially unacceptable T-shirt each. Water play if weather permits. Lunch at the World Book Store on Ocean Walk then the grind of the school year starts. Oh yeah, I get my life back 9/2 which is alright.
Pic by me with the trusty che-ez snap in all its .3 megapixel glory.
As seen traveling upsteam this morning near Overland in the Ballona Creek bed, this gives new dimension to the term” alternate commute.”
Bicycle Commuting: ur doin it wrong.
As seen on Venice Blvd at Centinela Friday.
File this in your “what will they think of next” category. Spotted it at Walmart. (It was my once a year visit because no one else had what I needed and had no choice but try there visit.)
pic by me with the trusty cell phone cam.
This Scion xB (which I like to call a “Hong Kong taxicab” for no real reason) sports a sticker on its back window that proclaims “illest.” What caught my eye is the sticker’s font and color scheme. It looks a hell of a lot like the right side of the logo for the Titleist (pronounced “tightlist” or “title-ist”) golf equipment company.
Spotted this set at Griffith Park Observatory. Now which way do I go Deputy Dawg?
Pic by me with the che-ez snap, it is as big and as good as it gets.
What does your license plate mean?
Not a rant, more of a silly request. Lots of people use the plate frame to decipher what the plate means and I wish more did. Does this plate mean “Heart of Shoes” as in a fan of Imelda Marcos?
We spotted this knock down gorgeous Jaguar E-type at the Brand Library in Glendale Saturday evening. A stunning car, the kind that stops you in your tracks. Quite a feat for any car some 40 years after it first hit the road. What started as a Grand Tourer equipped with a 4.2L straight six fed by 3 carbs eventually had a V12 stuffed under the bonnet that turned it into a very fast sports car.
The pure sex appeal is what kept that basic design in production from 1961-1974. The basic lines were mimiced in future XJ-S and XK series even as those cars grew considerably in size while moving up market. Neither in my not so humble opinion managed to have the raw sex appeal of the E-type as seen here.
Even today there are fan clubs and webs designed to keep the old beauty on the road the way the men in Conventry UK intended.
There are a few more pics after the jump. (more…)
