My Los Ángeles - Page 19

Double L · #**361** Posted **Oct 8, 2022, 9:24 AM**

Such an amazing place, with such a variety of food, culture, history, beauty and high cost of living.

sopas ej · #**362** Posted **Oct 14, 2022, 3:00 AM**

Thanks for the comment!

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Just a very small blurb... taken within the last few days...

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sopas ej · #**363** Posted **Oct 16, 2022, 8:20 AM**

Another small blurb...

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sopas ej · #**364** Posted **Oct 17, 2022, 5:43 AM**

Another little blurb of pics, from this evening (Sunday, 10.16.2022).

Tag along with my partner and me to dinner in our immediate town!

Riesling.

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Grilled calamari.

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Duck ragú tagilatelle.

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Limoncello for dessert.

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We got a little tipsy and stayed at the restaurant just conversing while people started leaving, and the staff started tidying up the tables.

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The nice quiet walk home.

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It's the Halloween season after all, and of course, the original "Halloween" movie was filmed in South Pasadena.

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sopas ej · #**365** Posted **Oct 24, 2022, 3:57 AM**

Random photos taken today, Sunday, 10.23.2022.

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My latte.

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My partner's spicy drinking chocolate.

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"Los Angeles" in Arabic. [lus anjilus]

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sopas ej · #**366** Posted **Nov 1, 2022, 5:58 AM**

Random photos, taken today, Monday, 10.31.2022.

My partner and I took Monday off and...

We went day drinking at a couple of LA landmarks.

The Tam O'Shanter, a restaurant that's been in business for a hundred years.

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Really old school inside. We had ciders and salads, but I didn't take pictures of them because it came out dark.

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Sticking to our old-school LA theme, I had the idea to go to Boardner's in Hollywood...

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Didn't think to look it up, but when we got there, Boardner's was closed... it doesn't open until 5pm.

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My partner had the idea to go to the Formosa Cafe, so that's what we did.

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Ricardo Montalban!

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My partner started off with a Yee Mee Loo.

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I had a Singapore Sling.

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And here they are.

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Danny Kaye, I think.

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My second one. It's called Mezcal It a Day. My partner had one too.

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"I need to use the restroom."

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OK. Ready for my next round.

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Our third round. I had a Matador, and my partner had a Green Tea Martini.

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A couple sat down in the next booth as we were getting ready to leave.

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Leaving the Formosa Cafe...

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And then a quick drive down the street to get a snack to soak up a little of the alcohol, at another old school LA landmark...

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...the Tail o' the Pup.

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I should've taken a picture of my hot dog the other way around...

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...so that you could've seen its face. They make it so that the end of the hot dog sticks out like a tail.

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Speaking of a pup...

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Home again, home again, jiggety-jig.

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citywatch · #**367** Posted **Nov 3, 2022, 5:13 AM**

^ those pics make me feel really good. I respect the company behind the renovations of both the old timey place that's known for hot dogs & the old timey place that show biz ppl hung out decades ago & is known for a quasi chinese theme.

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Formed nearly two decades ago, the 1933 Group helms a lauded portfolio of bars in Los Angeles, including the historical restorations of Highland Park Bowl and the barrel-shaped bar Idle Hour in North Hollywood, Harlowe in West Hollywood, Sassafras in Hollywood, La Cuevita in Highland Park, Bigfoot Lodge in Los Feliz, Thirsty Crow in Silver Lake, Culver City’s Bigfoot West and Oldfield’s Liquor Room, and the soon-to-be restored iconic Formosa Café and Tail o' the Pup. Combining design aesthetics that embrace various time periods in early America with a passion for cocktails and the revival of the art of bartending, owners Bobby Green, Dimitri Komarov, and Dmitry Liberman create imaginative libations and scenes throughout LA’s drinking landscape. Each concept reflects bold, modern interpretations, reflective of the company’s dynamic partners and memorable eras.

btw, your last pic shows part of a large apt bldg right next to the fwy. The complex, when it was still being built, went up in a huge fire several decembers ago. It gets a lot of jeers for its kitschy design, but it filled up rather quickly & appears to have a high occupancy rate today. It occupies land that was formerly parking lots....which I recall driving by yrs ago & never being ok with.

sopas ej · #**368** Posted **Nov 3, 2022, 3:58 PM**

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^ those pics make me feel really good. I respect the company behind the renovations of both the old timey place that's known for hot dogs & the old timey place that show biz ppl hung out decades ago & is known for a quasi chinese theme.

Yeah, they're actually kinda fun. We hadn't been to the Formosa Cafe in many years, before it was closed and renovated/restored. It's been so long that I was trying to remember what it looked like back then; maybe a little dingy, but it wasn't dirty or anything---you know, it had that "patina" of being a very old place. I remember it being darker, too, even in the daytime.

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btw, your last pic shows part of a large apt bldg right next to the fwy. The complex, when it was still being built, went up in a huge fire several decembers ago. It gets a lot of jeers for its kitschy design, but it filled up rather quickly & appears to have a high occupancy rate today. It occupies land that was formerly parking lots....which I recall driving by yrs ago & never being ok with.

I guess the good thing about that apartment building is that it added more housing, but honestly I don't like the look of it. And it's so long and huge. And with its "cousin" that they recently built across the freeway from it, I think it ruins the look of driving south on the 110 into downtown. It's like a long wall of beige cheap stucco apartments on both sides: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0616...4!8i8192?hl=en

Hideous.

citywatch · #**369** Posted **Nov 3, 2022, 5:07 PM**

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It's like a long wall of beige cheap stucco apartments on both sides:

Hideous.

I get what you mean. But after seeing what certain other cities are like....such as the some of the classic ones in Europe...it becomes a case of fake Tuscan isn't necessarily way worse than this...just a bit south of the new apt bldgs. This is the type of view I've long associated with the fwys around dtla....weedy parking lots & phone poles

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hopefully, banana trees or other landscaping, such as what's on the side of the apt bldgs to the east will grow up & cover some of the stucco of the bldgs to the west. As for the graffiti? That's become an issue in cities up & down the West coast, such as in seattle, & elsewhere. Lots of tagging in cities like NYC too.

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sopas ej · #**370** Posted **Nov 6, 2022, 5:00 PM**

10.28.2022.

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11.5.2022.

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Chablis.

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Me and my man.

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sopas ej · #**371** Posted **Nov 13, 2022, 8:25 PM**

Random photos, taken over the last 2 days.

Eating and drinking on a Friday night, in 2 different places in 2 different neighborhoods, all by Metro Rail... so we got as drunk as we wanted to.

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Saturday.

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The end of the Metro K Line... for now. In a few years, it'll connect with the C Line and also hook up with the LAX people-mover.

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ChrisLA · #**372** Posted **Nov 13, 2022, 10:14 PM**

Thanks for sharing your photos of the new Crenshaw line, I think Lemert Park will see a big change to the area. I always enjoyed that area and used to frequent this jazz house named 5th Street Dicks Coffee House back in the 90’s. http://www.leimertparkmovie.com/Biog...hardFulton.htm

It was quite a popular place for jazz musicians from around the country to stop in and perform. It was such a down to earth place to go to and it was attended by all races of people. They didn’t even serve alcohol, but only coffee drinks and some food. If I remember correctly there was no cover charge either but you paid what you can. The owner just one day suddenly died and the place close down, I remember it was on the news. I do missed the little club, and it also stayed opened well pass 2am. That was probably because no alcohol was served.

sopas ej · #**373** Posted **Nov 14, 2022, 4:34 AM**

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Thanks for sharing your photos of the new Crenshaw line, I think Lemert Park will see a big change to the area. I always enjoyed that area and used to frequent this jazz house named 5th Street Dicks Coffee House back in the 90’s. http://www.leimertparkmovie.com/Biog...hardFulton.htm

It was quite a popular place for jazz musicians from around the country to stop in and perform. It was such a down to earth place to go to and it was attended by all races of people. They didn’t even serve alcohol, but only coffee drinks and some food. If I remember correctly there was no cover charge either but you paid what you can. The owner just one day suddenly died and the place close down, I remember it was on the news. I do missed the little club, and it also stayed opened well pass 2am. That was probably because no alcohol was served.

I regret not ever having gone to 5th Street Dicks Coffee House. Sounds like it was a really cool place. I'm really sad that I never went to Eso Won, either. Though we've always been interested in going there, we somehow never made it there. My understanding was that it would be open until the end of the year, and their website made it seem like they were still open. And then we finally take the train to Leimert Park and we saw that Eso Won is now closed. Apparently they're now doing online orders only.

I agree, the area will change, hopefully the people and businesses who've long been there won't be priced out. It's always been a vibrant place.

sopas ej · #**374** Posted **Nov 14, 2022, 5:03 AM**

Random photos, Sunday, 11.13.2022. We decided to hang out in Old Town Pasadena for the afternoon/into the evening, so we took the bus there.

We did a late lunch of momos...

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...and cabbage salad.

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Chai.

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Afterwards we walked here. Cocktail hour was nearing.

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We hung out here a while.

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Then it was time for dinner, so we walked to another place...

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Hummus, fried smelts, babaganoush, and halloumi. And white Armenian wine.

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This is where we ate.

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Many years ago, I worked on the 2nd floor of this building.

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Walking back to catch the bus home.

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Waiting for the number 260 bus.

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Easy bus ride home.

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sopas ej · #**375** Posted **Nov 23, 2022, 4:10 AM**

A few random photos, taken last weekend.

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Chablis.

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Moules marinières.

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Coffee éclair.

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LA Auto Show at the LA Convention Center.

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I still call it Staples Center.

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sopas ej · #**376** Posted **Dec 2, 2022, 12:57 AM**

My street, taken just after I got home from work. Thursday, December 1, 2022.

The calm before the "storm." Just some rain over the next few days, supposedly.

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sentinel · #**377** Posted **Dec 2, 2022, 1:03 AM**

Nice pics
Very excited to be in LA again in a couple of months!

sopas ej · #**378** Posted **Dec 4, 2022, 6:44 PM**

Thanks!

And I hope you have a great time in LA!

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Photos taken yesterday morning, Saturday, 12.3.2022.

Thought I'd get coffee to go but at another place very close to home, in San Marino---a neighboring town to South Pasadena.

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Every Saturday morning, around 8am-ish, a big group of cyclists always goes through South Pasadena and San Marino.

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And then these two cars pull up and park next to mine. I see these vehicles around town.

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Later in the morning I went to visit my parents for a bit, but before I went to their house I got nostalgic and decided to swing by my alma mater.

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The brother/sister singing duo The Carpenters attended CSULB; Richard graduated, Karen didn't. This theater opened during my last year in college. In my 20s, I attended a 65 millimeter film festival here, and a few years ago my partner and I saw Sandra Bernhard's standup comedy show here.

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I spent a lot of time in this building; my journalism classes were here (I majored in journalism).

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I know these steps well. And when it rains hard, from the bottom of the steps, it looks like a nice waterfall. At the top of the steps you can see a modernistic carillon tower that chimes the time every half hour---or is it every quarter hour? Anyway, it was sculpted by French sculptor Andre Bloc during the 1965 California International Sculpture Symposium, which was held on the CSULB campus, and a result, has many modernistic sculptures on campus. The carillon tower is the last sculpture that Andre Bloc did before he died.

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The Walter Pyramid, which is a multi-purpose arena. It's Long Beach State's home arena for basketball games, and volleyball games are also held here. It was under construction during my last year at CSULB (1993-1994). I've never been inside it.

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Cal State Long Beach has a Japanese garden on campus, not far from where the dorms are. I didn't live on campus, I commuted from my parents' house. Cal State Long Beach is a big commuter school. I did experience what it was like to live on a college campus, though, because I went to UC Santa Barbara my freshman year in college and lived on campus there. I only went to school there for a year before I transferred to CSULB.

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An errand this morning (Sunday, 12.4.2022), I went to Target. Being that it's that "holiday shopping season" right now, it's nice going to Target early in the morning, when there's hardly anyone there.

To get to the Target we go to, we drive through Pasadena's Oak Knoll neighborhood, where filming activity happens every so often.

If anyone's familiar with the 1980s TV show "Benson," this is the house used in the opening credits and establishing shots.

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The Oak Knoll neighborhood, though the demographics have been changing over the years, still kind of exudes "old money."

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Some more "modest" homes.

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This is the house used in the 1991 version of "Father of the Bride" with Steve Martin. In the film, the story is set in neighboring San Marino, but the house is actually in Pasadena.

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Just north of this block is the Target we go to.

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sopas ej · #**379** Posted **Dec 12, 2022, 4:28 AM**

Photo taken Sunday, 12.11.2022.

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sopas ej · #**380** Posted **Dec 23, 2022, 4:30 AM**

Photos I took on my sunrise drive to work this morning, Thursday, 12.22.2022.

San Gabriel Mission Playhouse.

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Mission San Gabriel.

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