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Tag Archives: Los Angeles

Tuesday Travel: From California to Cestus III

“… where Kirk fought Gorn to decide the fate of both their races.”

1 week ago January 12, 2021 in Arts, Media, Travel, travelpics.

Watts this tower doing here, then?

“.. what he called Nuestro Pueblo, our town. Everyone else called it “that eyesore”, or “that lunatic’s junkyard”

January 6, 2021 in Arts, Comment, Travel, travelpics.

Travel Pics Theme: L for Los Angeles. Hollywood sign

Hooray for Cahuenga! Somehow, it doesn’t have the same ring, does it? The area now called Hollywood was once known as Nopalera (or Prickly-Pear Field in Spanish) and later as Cahuenga Valley. Then, in 1896, developer HJ Whitley supposedly asked a local Chinese merchant what he was doing with his wagon-load of timber. The response came…

November 20, 2016 in Comment, Travel, travelpics.

Travel Pics Theme: L for Los Angeles. Artic in the California Sun

So, who knew you’d find the Artic in the Southern California sunshine? Well, to be fair, it’s ARTIC, not Arctic – but there are some chilly breezes surrounding this story. The ARTIC in question is the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center. For everyone else, it would be the Anaheim train station and bus interchange –…

November 19, 2016 in Comment, Travel, travelpics.

Travel Pics Theme: L for Los Angeles. Union Station

  You know, for many years I wondered why so many US cities had a “Union Station” I mean, I’d heard of Union Station in Washington, and Union Station in Chicago – but on a recent trip to the US, we actually caught trains to (or from) Union Stations in Denver, Colorado, and of course in…

November 18, 2016 in Comment, Travel, travelpics.

Travel Pics Theme: L for Los Angeles. Disneyland

I don’t remember exactly what comic book it was in – or what age I was – or how much the price was – but it left me with an unquenchable desire. Good story so far, huh? 🙂 The details, as best I remember them, were this: it was a comic book ad – you know,…

November 17, 2016 in Comment, Travel, travelpics.

Travel Pics Theme: L for Los Angeles. USS Iowa

Imagine, if you can, what it must have been like to stand in the gun battery on a floating weapon of war – where the barrels of your guns are 16 inches, or nearly half a metre in diameter. Imagine that the shells that scream away from its innards can travel up to 23 miles, or…

November 16, 2016 in Comment, Travel, travelpics.

Travel Pics Theme: L for Los Angeles. Squirrel!

Candied Corn doesn’t have a great deal of nutritional value … but don’t try telling that to your kids – or your furry friends! Oh, I don’t mean the horrible pure-sugar vaguely corn-shaped candies that are a staple for many American kids at Halloween. I mean real corn, sweetened with honey or caramel or powdered…

November 15, 2016 in Comment, Travel, travelpics.

Travel Pics Theme: L for Los Angeles. Hollywood First National

Maybe it’s just me, but I seem to see microcosms of our world whenever I put the camera’s viewfinder to my eye. Here’s a perfect example. We were walking along Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles recently, when this building caught my eye. Not the bright, garish Wax Museum – but the abandoned Art Deco structure…

November 14, 2016 in Comment, Travel, travelpics.

Travel Pics Theme: On the Road Again! Spit and polish at Union Station

I wasn’t sure that I was actually seeing this .. I mean, Shoe Shine boys? In 2016? In LA, which has more sneakers-per-mile than almost any place on earth? But yep, here they were. Two grown men, shining shoes at $7 a pop, in the heart of Los Angeles. It felt like a throwback to a bygone…

October 23, 2016 in Comment, Travel, travelpics.

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