My Los Ángeles - Page 29

sopas ej · #**561** Posted **Nov 20, 2024, 1:55 AM**

Tag along with me for lunch today!

Right before my lunch break from work, I was craving bionicos. So, come lunchtime, that's where I headed...

No, not here...

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Parked my car...

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Here we are!

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I had a bionico with strawberries, bananas, and watermelon for lunch.

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sopas ej · #**562** Posted **Nov 23, 2024, 6:26 PM**

Took the day off from work yesterday to attend a wedding. Hung out in Chinatown for a bit...

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A cafezinho.

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On the way to the church, via a special shuttle.

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First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.

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sopas ej · #**563** Posted **Dec 25, 2024, 3:02 AM**

My partner has been recovering well from his broken ankle (it's been more than 2 months). He's wearing a small brace over it and has been walking with a slight limp. He ditched the crutches maybe 2 or 3 weeks after he initially broke his ankle. Anyway, we've been getting around here and there for several weeks now. His next appointment with the orthopedist is in about a week and a half.

Anyway, here are some random photos I took between 12/1/24 and 12/24/24...

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The price of gas has really gone down in the past several weeks.

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Samsa.

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Goshnaan.

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Often on my lunch breaks from work, I will go to a golf course parking lot and just decompress, either just by sitting in my car with the windows rolled down, listening to the golfers in the distance, or taking a nap.

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Sangría.

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Chicken mole enchiladas.

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LAsam · #**564** Posted **Dec 26, 2024, 11:49 PM**

^Are the nighttime photos from San Gabriel?

sopas ej · #**565** Posted **Dec 27, 2024, 2:47 AM**

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^Are the nighttime photos from San Gabriel?

Yes they are. We're in San Gabriel fairly regularly, and I drive through it on my commute to work and back.

sopas ej · #**566** Posted **Jan 2, 2025, 4:43 AM**

Those last few days of 2024...

Taken on my drive to work. I've encountered this Alfa Romeo Stelvio maybe a week before, and the driver still hasn't taken care of its burned out headlight.

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Yeah, watching men's beach volleyball...

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...while having beer.

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New Year's Eve dinner...

Pear cider.

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Anchovy toast.

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Bavette.

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Crème brûlée.

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sopas ej · #**567** Posted **Jan 10, 2025, 6:01 AM**

Oh these damn fires. What a way to kick off the New Year.

Will we have to, or won't we have to? Fire Evacuation Anxiety Dinner, Wednesday, 1.8.2025.

We went into neighboring Alhambra for dinner. A number of restaurants in South Pasadena were closed, presumably because of the fires.

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They burned my lasagne. How fitting. It still tasted good though.

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Ooooh child, garlic bread and wine.

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My smoky drive through San Gabriel to get to work, Thursday, 1.9.2025.

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Smoky sunset in South Pasadena, Thursday, 1.9.2025.

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Murphy de la Sucre · #**568** Posted **Jan 10, 2025, 12:51 PM**

Los Angeles are all over the news recently as in Jan 2025, world wide.

sopas ej · #**569** Posted **Jan 15, 2025, 1:52 AM**

The air was a lot clearer today in my area. Last I heard, the Eaton Fire was at 35% containment. I took this picture on my drive home from work.

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sopas ej · #**570** Posted **Jan 20, 2025, 5:33 AM**

As of this writing, the Eaton Fire is now 81% contained and the Palisades Fire is at 52% containment...

Some random pics, taken between 1.15.2025 and today, 1.19.2025.

If you look in the background there, you can see some of the pink fire retardant on one of the ridges of the San Gabriel Mountains.

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I go here for lunch every so often during my work week.

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Taken on my drive to work on Friday morning. I thought that was more smoke, and then I realized it was clouds. It was indeed more damp and chilly outside... finally, some humidity to help with the fires. This is more typical of winters in SoCal.

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Saturday evening dinner at our usual go-to pub. I had calamari and beer(s).

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A new hotel going up in Pasadena looks nearly finished.. I believe it opens next month.

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We figured the air in the SGV is still bad due to the ongoing Eaton Fire, so we decided to head to Long Beach. We ended up having an evening snack there - beer, pretzels, and sausages.

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sopas ej · #**571** Posted **Jan 30, 2025, 4:27 AM**

Random photos I took within the last 7 days.

Lunch break on 1.22.2025. Back at my usual spot, chillin' in my car at the golf course parking lot. The air looks much clearer, and the smell of smoke from the fire has dissipated.

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Birds of paradise, Los Angeles' official flower.

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Los Angeles City limits.

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Heavy traffic during my lunch break. Usually the week of Chinese/Lunar New Year, there are many Chinese people going about shopping and getting ready for their new year celebrations.

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Such a relief to see moisture and clouds, to help with the fires. The recent rains helped clear the air. too.

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Snow, even.

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I work near a slaughterhouse. Right before Chinese New Year, this place gets really busy and causes a lot of traffic, people buying their live or freshly killed chickens.

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A long line for the fish market.

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Happy New Year! Happy Year of the Snake!

JManc · #**572** Posted **Jan 30, 2025, 8:11 AM**

Nice pics!

Next time I am in the LA area, I will definitely have to hit up Lucky Baldwin's. Looks like an awesome Belgium beer joint. There's one like it in Chicago that I always make a point to hit up when I'm there.

sopas ej · #**573** Posted **Jan 30, 2025, 6:52 PM**

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Nice pics!

Next time I am in the LA area, I will definitely have to hit up Lucky Baldwin's. Looks like an awesome Belgium beer joint. There's one like it in Chicago that I always make a point to hit up when I'm there.

Thanks!

Yes, Lucky Baldwin's has a great selection of Belgian beers, and all other kinds of beers on tap. I also like sour beers and some dark beers and stouts and ales. Years ago they had mead, but they stopped selling that. I recall they had more ciders than they do now (usually now they have 2 or 3). So far, I've seen they only sell one kind of kombucha. I usually have a cider first, and then a beer or two next.

Lucky Baldwin's has 3 locations, and each has its own vibe... we've been to all 3, but our go-to has been the "Trappiste" location on Colorado Blvd., where parking is easier, and I feel it has a more "relaxed" vibe - maybe because we've been going there a long time now, and one of the waiters knows us by name. Each location has a slightly different menu of beers from each other. They change their menu out every season too. "Belgian Beer Fest" is coming up soon. Then of course they have a slightly more extensive German beer selection during Oktoberfest, and then afterwards they have their winter/Christmas beer selections.

Belgians really know how to make beer, huh? They make the best beers IMO. I was never into IPAs, until I had Houblon Chouffe, which I like. Leave it to the Belgians to make the only IPA I like.

sopas ej · #**574** Posted **Feb 16, 2025, 12:38 AM**

Some random photos I took recently...

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These were taken today, 2.15.2025.

Lemons hanging over the sidewalk.

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Went out for breakfast.

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Of course I just had to black pepper it up.

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For many years now, we'd always wanted to try this tea place... we finally did.

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Our view out the window.

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We were the only men sitting inside. Why do a lot of these types of tea places have to be so... effeminate? They had a live harp player, which was kinda fun.

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The tea, scones, and sweets were tasty.

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sopas ej · #**575** Posted **Feb 27, 2025, 11:16 PM**

OK... so like, on February 14, 2025, I found out I got a new job, a job at another company I had applied for on January 31st of this year... WOO HOO!!! I am FINALLY leaving the company that I've hated for a very long time now!!!! Same type of work, but much better pay and much better benefits, because, you know: Money talks, bullshit walks!!!. I don't start my new job until March 3rd... in another part of the SGV. So, I will have to learn about the restaurants in the area, possibly new places to get drinks, etc.

But anyway, I've been going around so far in this haze of 'I'm just gonna fake it 'til I make it at this current job, and then BYE!!!!!!!' My last day was yesterday, which happened to be the day I gave notice. It felt soooooo good!

And coincidentally, my partner got a promotion at his company, which also meant a significant raise. So we both have had reason to be celebrating. Therefore, we've been gorging on desserts and drinking it up. So, as per usual, some very random photos I took recently...

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Caipirinha.

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Pan con lechon.

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Oatmeal stouts.

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Goin' to Mr. Goods...

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...for an apple fritter.

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Duvel 666.

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Blueberry biscuit cobbler.

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No work today or tomorrow... I ran some errands today. Went to the market.

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Picked up some takeout lunch for my partner and me at this place...

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...we both got oven-fried tilapia fillet sandwiches. Mmm, mmm.

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JManc · #**576** Posted **Feb 28, 2025, 1:23 AM**

You have excellent taste in beer. Congrats on the new job too

craigs · #**577** Posted **Feb 28, 2025, 3:07 AM**

Congrats on the new job! I think it's natural to want to celebrate with some treats and libations. I just got a new job as well, but I don't start until later in March.

Edit: I have no idea why the yellow triangle pops up in this post!

ColDayMan · #**578** Posted **Feb 28, 2025, 3:21 AM**

Congrats on the new job!

sopas ej · #**579** Posted **Feb 28, 2025, 3:21 PM**

Thanks guys!

And craigs, congrats on *your* new job!

sopas ej · #**580** Posted **Apr 13, 2025, 6:09 PM**

Random photos, taken between March 12 and April 5, 2025.

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Bristol Farms run.

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Views from the Bristol Farms parking lot.

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See the mountains to the right? They're usually green this time of year. I believe the Eaton Fire from January scorched that mountainside; this reminds me of the mountains you'd see near Palm Springs or something.

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I finally had a quiche I liked.

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Made it down to one of our favorite places in Long Beach.

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Cider...

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...to go with tinned fish.

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Views from a gas station near my apartment while gassing up...

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The band Changüí Majadero setting up near the Culver Steps for a free concert. It was fun, and it was fun watching people of all ages dancing.

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