My Los Ángeles - Page 24

ChrisLA · #**461** Posted **Jun 19, 2023, 6:41 AM**

Nice wish I could have made it downtown this weekend but hopefully soon.

sopas ej · #**462** Posted **Jun 19, 2023, 8:03 PM**

Thanks for the comments!

Yeah Chris, you should check out the new stations some time.

sopas ej · #**463** Posted **Jul 6, 2023, 3:46 AM**

Random photos, taken July 3, 2023. My partner and I had the day off from work Monday and decided to explore LA via public transportation... we wanted to have lunch at Gjelina in Venice, that was our main goal on this excursion. Parking can be a hassle in Venice, hence our use of public transportation. We later hung out in Santa Monica and then Little Tokyo.

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We could have walked to Venice from the Downtown Santa Monica station of the E Line but we decided to catch the number 18 Big Blue Bus to get to Abbot Kinney.

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Abbot Kinney used to be a little bit more artsy and bohemian about 30 years ago; now it's all gentrified and a bit corporate bougie.

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A delicious baked eggs dish with lamb merguez. The waitress was all "It has lamb in it, is that OK?" And we're all like "Uh yes?" Who doesn't like lamb??

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The best anchovy pizza I've ever had.

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Butterscotch Pot de Crème for dessert. YUM.

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After a certain time, the restaurant was no longer crowded, and there was no line to get in.

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The "Romy & Michele" apartment building.

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Snack time.

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Sushi.

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sopas ej · #**464** Posted **Jul 11, 2023, 5:45 PM**

Random photos, taken Sunday, 7/9/2023.

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Wigs · #**465** Posted **Jul 11, 2023, 7:37 PM**

so glad to see the Metro Rail expansions. I rode the (former Gold line) A Line when my brother and his family lived in Monrovia. With that connection it didn't feel like my brother was stuck way out in the SGV suburbs

sopas ej · #**466** Posted **Jul 24, 2023, 4:16 AM**

Random photos taken today, Sunday, 7.23.2023. We basically went independent bookstore hopping, the first one in Pasadena, the 2nd and 3rd one in Long Beach. We both bought a few books, too. We spent the rest of our afternoon in Long Beach and had a meal before going home.

Octavia's Bookshelf, Pasadena.

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Bel Canto Books, Long Beach.

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Kitchen Lingo Culinary Books, Long Beach.

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An old Ford Falcon.

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Time to eat. We had Peruvian food.

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Chicha morada.

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Papa a la Huancaína.

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Causa de camarones.

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Causa de atún picante.

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Anticucho de corazón.

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kccumm · #**467** Posted **Jul 31, 2023, 10:57 AM**

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sopas ej · #**468** Posted **Aug 5, 2023, 2:23 AM**

Just two pictures I took this afternoon, Friday, 8.4.2023...

The house used in the film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure." People have been putting flowers in the fence as a memorial for Paul Reubens AKA Pee-wee Herman, who died just some days ago.

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And then dinner at one of our fave places...

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And then my camera battery died. I realize I haven't charged it in a long time.

sopas ej · #**469** Posted **Aug 16, 2023, 2:49 AM**

A couple of photos taken today, 8.15.2023...

The house used in the opening credits of "Mama's Family," Seasons 3 through 6. "Well GOOD LORD, Vinton!!!" It's actually just a block or two from the house used in "Pee Wee's Big Adventure," and about a half-mile from where I live.

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Taco Tuesday!

Grilled chicken on the left, nopalitos on the right.

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And now for some more very random photos, taken over the last several days... all spent in our own local area.

Last week, we had a lot of monsoonal moisture. It sprinkled in the SGV... had my car washed after it was all over.

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A Belgian Tripel.

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Mexican coffeehouse time.

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A shrine in the coffee place.

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Dinner al fresco, at sunset.

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Phoenix is sort of an LA institution; the original opened up in LA's Chinatown in the 1960s. It now has several locations in the SGV, one in Orange County, and a new location in San Diego. We went to the South Pasadena location.

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We had Hainan chicken. Yum!

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Sunday brunch...

We each had a rosé.

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And then I had a French 75, and he had a Dark and Stormy.

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Mixed nuts on the left, olives and feta on the right.

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We also each had a Cuban sandwich.

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That's all for now!

LAsam · #**470** Posted **Aug 22, 2023, 11:51 PM**

It's always a mistake to catch up on your photo thread near meal time. So damn hungry now! South Pasadena looks like an awesome place to call home.

sopas ej · #**471** Posted **Aug 24, 2023, 2:31 AM**

You mean like this?

The Friday before the tropical storm...

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The Sunday of the tropical storm... we were concerned... but we went out for brunch anyway, and even hung out at a coffeehouse. So what if it was raining. And the storm ended up not being so bad in our area anyway.

This doesn't look like much, but this was a very tasty omelet---Fresh smoked turkey breast, oven roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, feta, and avocados.

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My partner's chai on the right, my mocha on the left.

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Let it rain.

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LAsam · #**472** Posted **Aug 24, 2023, 4:36 PM**

^We went out to dinner Saturday night before the storm at a new steakhouse in El Segundo called Porterhouse. It was fantastic! Afterwards, we stopped by Jame for a negroni and the restaurant was almost empty... which is very unusual. We asked what was up and they said they had 70+ cancellations. Don't understand why so many people cancelled Saturday night dinner reservations when it wasn't supposed to start raining until Sunday.

sopas ej · #**473** Posted **Aug 24, 2023, 6:30 PM**

Ah, Porterhouse! Thanks for mentioning it. Maybe we'll check it out when we're in El Segundo again. It's been a number of months since we were last there but we really like going to Tapizôn.

Yeah, Saturday evening did seem kind of dead, though not entirely. We figured people were hunkering down in preparation for the storm. Our regular go-to pub (Lucky Baldwin's Trappiste), which usually has a good number of people on Saturday nights, was kind of dead, and then by 9pm it was just me, my partner, and one other customer---and they close at 1am on Saturdays.

sopas ej · #**474** Posted **Aug 28, 2023, 2:57 AM**

As we enter the dog days of summer in the LA area, my partner and I went to the final night of Chinatown Summer Nights, a fun dance event, and an event we've gone to twice before (it was canceled during the pandemic). Fun DJs from local radio station KCRW. On this night (Saturday, 8.26.23) it was DJ Novena Carmel, daughter of Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone, spinning some fun tunes.

So, some very random photos of the last night of Chinatown Summer Nights, and walking around Chinatown.

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hauntedheadnc · #**475** Posted **Aug 28, 2023, 2:15 PM**

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sopas ej · #**476** Posted **Aug 29, 2023, 2:07 AM**

Interested in Chinatown Summer Nights?

It's a fun event. And it's free. My partner and I were last there in 2018 or '19? Then the pandemic hit, and they didn't have it for a few years.

sopas ej · #**477** Posted **Sep 5, 2023, 4:45 AM**

Last week was my partner's birthday week... so we did some stuff in celebration of his birthday. Mainly did a museum day during the week---so, lots of photos of artwork/museum displays.

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Mango mousse.

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Oat milk mocha.

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2nd generation Mercedes SL.

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Taking the train to The Broad Museum.

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Waiting to get in to The Broad.

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We went to see the Keith Haring exhibit. This exhibit really made me appreciate his art more; I used to think of him just doing those human figures, and figures of dogs... but I learned from this exhibit that a lot of his art was actually very subversive, and I love subversive art. Because he did most of his art during the very conservative President Reagan era, a lot of his art deals with and are commentaries on homophobia, racism, white supremacy, imperialism, excessive capitalism, and right-wing Christianity, among other things. And up until now, most of his stuff I've seen through prints... but seeing his actual paintings up close and the detail, really made me appreciate him more as an artist.

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An unfinished work.

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Keith Haring and Paul Reubens AKA Pee-wee Herman.

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Keith Haring and Madonna.

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Keith Haring and Grace Jones. He designed her headdress.

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And here is the headdress Grace Jones wore.

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Keith Haring designed that suit for Madonna, which she wore in 1984 when she performed "Like a Virgin" and "Dress You Up" as a preview before the release of her "Like a Virgin" album

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I graduated high school in 1988.

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I remember that Safe Sex image. You saw it around West Hollywood during that period, during the height of the AIDS pandemic, that awful Reagan era, when Reagan refused to fund AIDS research. He was very homophobic. Keith Haring died of AIDS.

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St. Sebastian.

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I didn't know Keith Haring did art on pottery too.

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It took me a minute to realize this is an image of someone breakdancing (that was kind of the theme of the room).

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Keith Haring did a lot of NYC subway poster art; after a while, he stopped doing it because his artwork was getting stolen.

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After looking at the Haring exhibit, we went upstairs and looked at the other collections of The Broad---which we've seen already. We didn't linger too long.

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I have yet to see someone dressed like Alice in Wonderland posing by this art piece.

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Three Andy Warhols.

Liz, 1963.

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Mao, 1973.

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Twenty Jackies, 1964.

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Lunch time.

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A pretty good bánh mì. It had duck and chicken liver pâté in it.

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Going down the Metro elevator...

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Took the train to Exposition Park. This is a not so photogenic side of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which incidentally, turned 100 years old this year. It will host its 3rd Olympics in 2028.

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We went here...

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...for this exhibit. It was really interesting. I took lots of pictures, but will only post a fraction of them.

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This was a fun interactive thing where you can try to figure out how to write some words using the Mayan writing system.

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Indeed they are!

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Back on the train.

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Dinnertime.

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Sake.

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Pork gyoza.

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Salmon and avocado rice bowl.

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dktshb · #**478** Posted **Sep 5, 2023, 6:18 PM**

Glad to see KCRW summer nights are back. Always fun.

sopas ej · #**479** Posted **Sep 12, 2023, 5:18 PM**

Yes indeed!

Sunday, 9.10.23, my partner and I went to the Getty Center specifically to see the "Alfredo Boulton: Looking at Venezuela, 1928–1978" photography exhibit. It was very interesting. I only took a few pictures of his photos because I had trouble photographing them. And of course I took random photos around the Getty Center too... we didn't stay there too long. We've already seen their permanent collections.

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Mount St. Mary's University Los Angeles, Chalon Campus.

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These were pieces that used to be in Alfredo Boulton's home. I feel like Latin America really embraced Modernism, as there are still many examples of it in Latin America.

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This was an art installation called "Woshaa'axre Yaang'aro (Looking Back Toward Los Angeles)," done by Tongva artist Mercedes Dorame. The Tongva of course are the native people of the Los Angeles area. It's supposed to be representations of abalone, which have long held a prominent role in the survival of the Tongva people and the ecology of the California coast.

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It was getting close to 1pm at this point and we were both hungry, so we left the museum to go eat at a restaurant on Westwood Blvd.

sopas ej · #**480** Posted **Sep 21, 2023, 3:57 AM**

Some very random photos, taken over the past several days, including today. A few of these might look like repeats. But hey, I tend to hang out in the same spots.

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Went to this totally old-school tiki place, with no windows. They make really good mai-tais.

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Total old school place where they toss the salad table-side.

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My huge club sandwich and fries. I'm not used to these American-sized portions. I thought I was gonna have a nice light dinner. I ended up having salad, bread, fries and a sandwich. Jeeezus Crust! I don't think I need to eat for the next 2 days.

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I think the next time we go here, I'll just get an appetizer. Or a salad. And a cocktail.

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