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- The Essentials
When I took this photo back in 2016, it was a combination coffee/Chinese food restaurant: they sold coffee in the mornings and Chinese food for lunch and dinner. The owner had previously run a separate coffee shop (The Bean Counter, IIRC) in the same shopping center, then combined the two businesses to save on rent. […]
- Made it to First Place!
While driving around Hermosa Beach, I finally made it to 1st Place! Unfortunately, once you get there, there’s only one way you can go.
- Bluebird Valentine
I spotted a western bluebird on Valentine’s Day morning. Seems appropriate. (Spotted in a tree at a city park. As I was trying to aim my camera, it flew down and landed on top of a birdhouse nearby, making it easier to see.) Update: This was the last photo I posted to Instagram before I […]
- Some dudes just really like potatoes, you know?
Some dudes just really like potatoes, you know?
- Free Brick!
- Gondor Calls For Aid!
Actually it’s just the last light of the setting sun reflecting off of a structure (the observatory?) atop Mt. Wilson. Also, you can see the sign on the Wilshire Grand tower is seriously bright, even from this far away.
- New paint: They made this pattern look *interesting*!
They’re in the process of adding another building to this office complex in Torrance. Meanwhile, they’ve cleaned up the existing buildings a bit, replacing the traditional stripe pattern of windows and narrow strips of wall with this broken-line pattern that actually looks interesting. Originally posted on Instagram. When I imported it here, I decided to […]
- All Pumpkin, all the Time
Now you can have pumpkin spice milk on your pumpkin cereal! Also interesting: “almond beverage” rather than “almond milk.”
- Bedtime Stories
Wow, bedtime stories have really changed in the last couple of years.
- Wyland Mural: Sharks and Orcas
At the Long Beach Convention Center
- Teal Pumpkins Go Retail
Cool: Michael’s is selling plastic teal pumpkins for people who plan on offering non-food treats for allergic trick or treaters as part of the Teal Pumpkin Project. You can still paint a pumpkin teal, of course, but this simplifies the setup. (Are we really that close to Halloween already?)
- The office snack tray. Or as I call it, the minefield.
Sure, there are a few things that don’t have peanuts in them (or at least aren’t supposed to). And there are potato chips too. I’ve taken to bringing my own string cheese and keeping it in the fridge. It’s one way to be sure there’s something I can eat safely.
- Gloom ahead, blue sky behind
I went for a walk around the block a few afternoons back. From the office window it looked nice and sunny. That was on one side of the building. I walked out into gloom and wind. But the glass covered buildings ahead reflected the blue sky behind me. The rain started on my way back.
- Top of the Hill
Del Cerro Park, at the top of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, on a super windy evening. I saw two tumbleweeds roll by, and kept worrying I’d drop my phone while taking pictures. I need to get out here (and other scenic spots) more often. Even though it’s not that far (one of the great things […]
- Starbucks Meta Art
A bit meta, since both the art and the logo depict a two tailed mermaid with a crown, and the two circular light sources in the piece resemble the circular light in the room and the logo itself.
- Hiding the Thirteenth Floor
Hiding the 13th floor by renumbering everything above 12 always seemed like a silly superstition, but then aren’t they all when you really think about them?
- Fallen Tree
A tree in a city park, knocked down during a heavy storm. What struck me most about the view from this side was the patch of sod hanging off of the exposed roots. You can see where the first tree knocked over another tree. Yes, one tree fell on another and knocked it down too. […]
- Ring around the Target
Ring around the Target. I found the perfect spot to block the sun and view this ice #halo.
- Flashback: Happy Holidays & Season’s Greetings
I found this old Mervyn’s box from the 80s in with the Christmas ornaments when we set up our tree.
- A Teal Pumpkin for Halloween
The idea behind the Teal Pumpkin Project is to offer alternate Halloween treats that aren’t candy, so that kids with severe food allergies can still go Trick-or-Treating. It started last year in Tennessee, and FARE picked it up and promoted it nationwide this year. When I was a child, I always had to either decline […]
- Purple Sunset
A magenta sunset in the distance, below the cloud cover, reflected in a bike path wet from a rare summer storm. (Update: I located the original photo on my hard drive and replaced the square Instagram crop with the full version, which I also uploaded to Flickr.)
- Wait, FOUR flavors? Shouldn’t that be a Chocolate Quadrilemma?
Chocolate Dilemma cheesecake?
- Kale soda. Now they’ve gone too far.
- Lamppost Forest
Urban Light at LACMA is a large square filled with over 200 lamp posts that the artist collected from various locations over several years, spaced wide enough to walk through comfortably. It’s like being in a forest of lamp posts — perfect for this week’s challenge. The funny thing is, I wasn’t even planning on […]
- I Dream of Holiday Creep
Christmas decorations already up and it’s not even Halloween. How about letting holidays actually, y’know, HAPPEN before moving onto N+2 (what happened to Thanksgiving, anyway?)
- Tilted Ocean and Sideways City
Tilted ocean, and a little more city in the in this alternate entry. Originally posted on Instagram as part of the #WHPSidewaysCity photo challenge. The theme: tilt the image so that the horizontal aligns with a diagonal.
- Safety Record
I want to know who broke that streak.
- The strict shuttle arrives exactly every 17.5 minutes
The strict shuttle arrives exactly every 17.5 minutes.
- Trapped!
I love the expression on this warning sign on a laundromat washing machine.
- Easter Already?
Just a few days after Valentine’s, even the Easter Bunny is disgusted at how early the decorations and store products go up. (What happened to St. Patrick’s Day, anyway?)
- Slight problem with the ice cube tray
Um…oops!