Hali's Birthday! (Melrose Avenue #99)

Hali, Wings (Melrose Ave.) - Los Angeles  2024

Wow!

Short 'n Sweet: Melrose Avenue #98

Short 'n Sweet - Los Angeles  2024

Getting some last minute steps down on Melrose, 7 PM. 

Continuing my billboard theme from 1973.

Melrose Art / Neon Art: Melrose Avenue #97

Melrose Av Art - Los Angeles  2024

Neon Art - Los Angeles  2024

Plus, a self-portrait.

Vivienne Westwood / Toys: Melrose Avenue #96

Vivienne Westwood - Los Angeles  2024

Toys - Los Angeles  2024

"Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood DBE RDI (née Swire; 8 April 1941 – 29 December 2022) was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream."

Los Angeles Sightems: Melrose Avenue #95

Fence (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2024

Self Contrast (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2024

Top photo taken from the Highlander as we were searching for some special bagels.

Bottom one taken during an early morning walk down Melrose.

Cookies / Ivy, Graffiti: Melrose Avenue #94

Cookies, Self Portrait (Melrose Ave) - Los Angeles  2024

Ivy, Graffiti (Melrose Ave) - Los Angeles  2024

Cookies is a cannabis dispensary. Ivy photo taken in an alleyway just north of Melrose.

Bring the Magic / Antidote: Melrose Avenue #93

Bring the Magic (Melrose Ave) - Los Angeles  2024

Antidote (Melrose Ave) - Los Angeles  2024

Vermeer 'n Coca-Cola: great combo!

The Chosen / Kali Uchis:Melrose Avenue #92

The Chosen - Los Angeles  2024

Kali Uchis - Los Angeles  2024

The Chosen.

Kali Uchis.

Sad Boy Graffiti: Melrose Avenue #91

Sad Boy - Los Angeles  2024

Not only is last year's yucca gone, the "boy" of "sad boy" has been covered up with graffiti. 

Sad.

i'm not here: Melrose Avenue #90

i'm not here - Los Angeles  2024

. . . this isn't happening

Porsche in Rain: Melrose Avenue #89

Porsche, Rain - Los Angeles  2024

Taken with a Canon G5XII.

Utility Box / Globalize Love (Rain): Melrose Avenue #88

Utility Box, Rain - Los Angeles  2024

Globalize Love, Rain - Los Angeles  2024

An early morning Los Angeles walk down Melrose Avenue, taken in the rain. We had brought our hiking parkas, so we were good to go.

Eaten by Flowers / Rabbit: Melrose Avenue #87

Eaten by Flowers, Hali (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Rabbit (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Thus ends the latest series of Melrose Avenue photos!

By the way, the first Melrose Avenue photo in the series was posted in 2009.

Girl Crush / Believe: Melrose Avenue #86

Girl Crush (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Believe (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Top photo taken with an iPhone 12 Pro Max.

Bottom one with an actual camera, a Canon G5XII

Atelier / Back 2 School: Melrose Avenue #85

Atelier (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Back 2 School (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

 A new addition to my mannequin series!

Taste / tabbworld: Melrose Avenue #84

Taste (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Tabbworld (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

tabbworld

Snake Pit, Ladder / Sonata: Melrose Avenue #83

Snake Pit, Ladder (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Sonata (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Semi-Halloweenish-type images. 

Yucca, Sad Boy: Melrose Avenue #82

Yucca, Sad Boy - Los Angeles  2023

Sad Boy has already been featured on the blog, so I was excited to see this fully-grown yucca adding some variety to the scene.

Photographers: Melrose Avenue #81

Photographer (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Photographer (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Photos taken with the small and discreet Canon G5XII. 

Looks like I'll have to work on my down-on-the-sidewalk photo stance.

Somewhat related to earlier 2015 photos.

Tinder / Dr. Dabber: Melrose Avenue #80

Tinder (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Dr. Dabber (Melrose Avenue) - Los Angeles  2023

Regular parts of my L.A. routine are morning walks up and down Melrose Avenue.