I didn’t get a shot of cafe chairs until the last minute, when yesterday afternoon I had coffee with a friend at Fiore Market Cafe in south Pasadena. We considered other spots, but my friend told me Fiore had the best chairs. The chairs on the outside patio are painted a bright, lime green. I [...]
Let’s visit some of the public places at Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum. I took this photo inside the Pasadena Mausoleum, which I never knew was on the grounds. Even if I had, I wouldn’t have thought I could visit inside. This building is at the southern end of the cemetery, almost at Woodbury Avenue. [...]
Jay Brown, owner of Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, does his impression of a ghost. Either that, or I do my impression of a bad photographer. Jay took us to a basement where he showed us the Victorian-era equivalent of the metal body storage boxes I showed you yesterday. In pre-refrigeration days, dead folks were [...]
The other day I promised I’d show you parts of Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum that most people don’t see. Here’s one of those parts. John Sandel and Jay Brown in the “morgue” More people get a gander at this room than you might think, though, because it’s a film set. Though the room is [...]
Monday’s the day you tell us about the photo, rather than me telling you. It’s not a guessing game (unless you want it to be). There’s no right or wrong. Just tell us, in your own words, what the photo means to you. I kid you not, I do not stage these things. Read the [...]
Last week I got to tag along on a location scout at Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena. I took pictures in places you will not likely ever go, except maybe once. There are other cemeteries in the San Gabriel Valley, and there are funeral homes and mortuaries in Pasadena. But Mountain View is the Dena’s [...]
One of my “commute” shots, at Cahuenga Blvd. and Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles When I started using Twitter, I immediately followed writers because writers are known to be witty and entertaining. Thus my Twitter stream would be a cocktail party of constant twit-wit. But at least half the writers I’ve followed tweet nothing but [...]
If it hasn’t been long enough since the last Boz pic, blame Shell Sherree for putting me in a romantic mood. This, as if you couldn’t tell, is Boz’s “come hither and pet me” look. His star quality is hard to resist: his Bark Gable swagger, his Gary Pooper eyes, his Robert Pant prance, his [...]
If it hasn’t been long enough since the last Boz pic, blame Shell Sherree’s “London Kiss” for putting me in a romantic mood. This, as if you couldn’t tell, is Boz’s “come hither and pet me” look. His star quality is hard to resist: his Bark Gable swagger, his Gary Pooper eyes, his Robert Pant [...]
The Prayer Garden was once the hotel’s swimming pool. Continuing from yesterday and the day before: During most of my visit to the Walter Hoving Home I followed Associate Director Teresa Wolf from room to room while she described the program in detail. She also showed me her own apartment, which looks out over [...]
