Nordstrom shoppers at the Westfield Santa Anita Mall. Here it is the first of the month again, and that means a City Daily Photo theme day. On the first I like to update you how many blogs we have in the family (1243), and today I’ll also mention the newest, Oxford Daily Photo (UK). I [...]
June marks the tenth month of the Last Day project. The idea is to take a photo from the same vantage point on or about the end of each month, and view the changes over a year’s time. If you click the link, or on the “last day” label below, you’ll see Johnson Field is [...]
Madre’s restaurant might not be a mystery to you, but it was to me. I found it in my wanderings a couple of months ago. This entryway might be gone by now. Such things are ephemeral. Jennifer Lopez opened this “elegant Cuban restaurant” at 897 Granite Drive in April of 2002. It started out with [...]
Welcome to Zen Monday. In case this is your first: Zen Monday is the day you experience the photo and give us your thoughts rather than me telling you what I think the photo’s about. There’s no right or wrong. We’re here to have fun. I look for a photo worth contemplating or, failing that, [...]
I did some transplanting yesterday and began an attempt at organizing the wasteland we call our back yard. These are not my plants. I said I began an attempt. I have transplanted three plants. This is the fence and driveway of someone who’s much further along in their project. Still, I feel good about my [...]
I’ve heard of paper being made from trees. These trees turn things around; they look like they’re made of paper. The bark peels off them in great sheets, each tree is like a writing tablet. What would I use to write with on such paper? Perhaps a bird would deign to perch on my finger [...]
I kept meaning to try the Pasadena Sandwich Company but there was never a parking space in front. Well, duh. There’s a parking lot in back. They have plenty of parking. Inside they have plenty of clocks, plenty of hats and plenty of food. My Veggie Supreme was so big I was able to eat [...]
There’s a lot going on in dog news today. photo by Skye MoorheadRemember Skye Moorhead, my photographer friend? She found Jersey, this young, female pit bull mix, abandoned in one of the studios in her complex. Jersey is, according to Skye, “sweeter than both my dogs put together…she happily let me clean her ears and [...]
Why is Natalie smiling? Because this beautiful dress is only a costume, it’s not 1913, and she’s not a real suffragette. She’s already got the right to vote, thanks to the women who came before her. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing women the [...]
I’ve always dreaded getting new eyeglasses. I’ve put off shopping for frames. I’ll be wearing the things on my face, of all places, so they’d better be perfect. Apparently, what I’ve needed all along was Hratch, the owner, Optician and Eyewear Consultant at Moda Optique at 415 South Lake Avenue. John discovered Hratch (pronounced as [...]
