In my best Monty Hall/Let's Make a Deal Voice: "Do you want what's behind door #1, what's behind door #2, or will you keep the $200 you have in cash in your hand?"
The 1942 Virginia Burton children's book "The Little House" immediately came to mind.
"The Little House was very happy as she sat on the hill and watched the countryside around her. She watched the sun rise in the morning and she watched the sun set in the evening. Day followed day, each one a little different from the one before... but the Little House stayed just the same."
These garages are occupied by people intimately involved with each other, I think. Reminds me of Mia Farrow's ideal marriage, apartments blocks apart occupied separately.
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.
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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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The Creamsicle Truck blew up in the driveway?
Stan and Doris are serious about their 50-50 marriage responsibilities.
I lived next door to him for 30 years and never met him until my garage door opener stopped working.
In my best Monty Hall/Let's Make a Deal Voice: "Do you want what's behind door #1, what's behind door #2, or will you keep the $200 you have in cash in your hand?"
The 1942 Virginia Burton children's book "The Little House" immediately came to mind.
"The Little House was very happy as she sat on the hill and watched the countryside around her. She watched the sun rise in the morning and she watched the sun set in the evening. Day followed day, each one a little different from the one before... but the Little House stayed just the same."
The orange doors distract the eye from the asphalt strip where the ice plant used to grow,
Nice comments everyone, especially Petrea, upon whose blog I released most of my energy for the day.
Laurie: Do you know Bistro 45 in Pasadena? That's where I'm doing my 9/9/9. Wanna Come?
Okay, is it me, or is there some kind of pumpkin carving face going on here?
These garages are occupied by people intimately involved with each other, I think. Reminds me of Mia Farrow's ideal marriage, apartments blocks apart occupied separately.
Yeah, YP, I know that xxpensive Bistro 45 a block east of Lake.
9 wines, 9 whiskeys, 9 beers - go for it! Post after pics on your blog.
Howdy folks,
Welcome arfette, Lucky or Petey and Brenda's Arizona!
Anton, you're sharing my brain again. I saw the pumpkin face too. It's what prompted me to shoot the picture.
Yak, did you not get my voicemail message? I'll call you in the AM!
I love all of your captions today, people. Til next time...
(And Mr. E-- I'm off to see your contribution to Petrea's blog...)
His and her garage doors...
Twin garages for twin cars.
Alex and Oleg, thanks! I love these caption posts. You all have such great minds.
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