Hey neighbor, come on in and grab a beer. Why am I here you ask? Well two days ago the cable guy went up on the roof to repair one of the wires. His truck is still in the driveway and I smell apple pie baking. Lets go in and grab some pie and coffee and worry about the cable guy later.
In December of 2007, after many years on the west side of Los Angeles (and at least a third of those years spent stuck in traffic on Pico Boulevard) my family settled into a happy little house in South Pasadena. This daily blog covered over 4 year as I put down roots in my new home town.
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Thank you Charlie's Coffee House for hosting my recent photo exhibit, South Pas: Observed. From October 2011 through January 2012 my pictures graced the walls of the best place in town to get a cup of coffee!
Read the nifty story on photo bloggers Petrea Burchard, Ben Wideman, Kat Likkel and little old me featured in the September, 2011 issue of Pasadena Magazine.
For over 4 years, I presented a picture a day from South Pasadena, California -- an incorporated city within the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. All photos up to November, 2008 were taken with a Fujifilm Finepix E900 camera. I added a Fujifilm Finepix S2000HD megazoom in December 2008, a Nikon D3100 in 2010 and a Lumix DMC-DS8 in 2011. I shot with them all. In August 2010 I joined the iPhone camera craze and sometimes included pictures captured by my phone. I regularly cropped images and used basic editing software to adjust the brightness, intensify the contrast, and increase color saturation. Other than that, all images came straight from the camera with minimal alteration. (If I couldn't have done it in a darkroom, I wouldn't do it with a computer.)
The bigger picture:
Consider it a love letter to the place I call home.
You can click on any picture to see a larger version.
All photos and prose on this blog copyright Laurie Allee. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. (Plus, it's really uncool.)
Run, don't walk to the nearest bookseller and pick up a copy of Margaret Finnegan's delightful debut novel, The Goddess Lounge -- undoubtedly the kookiest, most wonderful riff on Homer's Odyssey ever written. Margaret never ceases to inspire and make us laugh at her blog Finnegan Begin Again. Her book is magical, silly, smart and a wonderful love letter to the all the goddesses among us.
Our very own Altadena poet Linda Dove weaves words into thoughtful tapestries in her moving poetry collection In Defense of Objects and chapbook O Dear Deer.
Kevin McCollister of East of West LA blows our minds with haunting images of Los Angeles. But since we can't put his blog on our coffee table, we can buy his fantastic book. I believe Kevin's images truly capture the quixotic and often heartbreaking soul of LA. Don't take my word for it, see what The LA Times had to say.
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At some point, the Johnsons began to question whether putting an above-ground Olympic-size pool in their back yard was really worth it.
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I'm climbing my way out of here to the Johnson's proposed Olympic-size pool. Too hot here. Last one in is a rotten egg.
Climb.. Climb..
And...
It's the destination, not the journey.
Stairway to Heaven
Or, to follow Mr. Earl's theme -
MARCO
POLO
"Mom, school's out so it is time to fill up the pool!"
Argh! You stumped me Laurie.
These are all good, but I like Jean's.
The one that got away.
Unfortunately for Edward, the Ladder of Success led only to the Roof Of Dead Pigeons
Damn that Mister Earl. One day, maybe one day , I"ll beat him to the punch. Not today.
V
WV Monsue
I'm thinking that's French , oui???
Curb repel
looks like the backside of McDonald's...but that's the SoPas native in me!
But on a summer theme---
Ollie Ollie Oxen Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Maybe I can get some good shots of the sky for my blog from up there.
Hey neighbor, come on in and grab a beer. Why am I here you ask? Well two days ago the cable guy went up on the roof to repair one of the wires. His truck is still in the driveway and I smell apple pie baking.
Lets go in and grab some pie and coffee and worry about the cable guy later.
You guys are the best!
Double D, I really must find a way to incorporate apple pie into an upcoming photo... :-)
I LOVE all of the ideas and scenarios, everyone. Trish, you nailed it! The back of McDonalds. Who knew it could be so photogenic?
Until tomorrow people...
Great to see this..
Thank you very much...
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