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."

Photographer

Photographer - Los Angeles  2024

Photographer - Los Angeles  2024

Documenting her companion's bagel order. And actually using a real camera! Wow! I have to give her credit.

(BTW . . . yesterday's dachshund can be seen over by the light pole.)

Also, Shawna was quite taken with the fellow's jeans:

Jeans - Los Angeles  2024

Monday Dachshund Blogging

Dachshund - Los Angeles  2024

Waiting in line at a trendy bagel place. Very inquisitive and friendly!

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.

Corvette

Corvette - Los Angeles  2024

Parked around the corner on Waring.

Agaves

Agaves - Los Angeles  2024

Agaves - Los Angeles  2024

No photo trip to Los Angeles would be complete without some agave pix.

For Lease

For Lease - Los Angeles  2024

Hm. This place seemed to be doing all right fairly recently.

Paparazzi On Demand

Paparazzi On Demand - Los Angeles  2024

Good idea!

Oki Dog

Oki Dog - Los Angeles  2010

Oki Dog - Los Angeles  2024

Top photo taken in 2010 using a Nikon D90 DSLR. Bottom one taken this year using an iPhone 12 Pro Max.

The psychedelic therapy looks to be new.

Monday Cat Blogging

Cat - Los Angeles  2024

Cat came out to greet Shawna and myself while we were taking a walk down Waring Avenue. Meowed, then flopped down.

Palm Trees

Palm Trees, Clouds - Los Angeles  2024

As I've said before, palm trees are quintessentially Los Angeles. 

Nice clouds!

BMW

BMW - Los Angeles  2024

Parked down near Melrose and Ogden.

Hillhurst Avenue (Los Angeles)

Toy Fire Truck - Los Angeles  2024

Spitz - Los Angeles  2024

Walking on Hillhurst Avenue in Los Angeles to get some ice cream, which wasn't available due to some kind of refrigeration issue. How annoying!

Nice evening light.

Los Angeles Sightems

The Pictures Don't Lie! - Los Angeles  2024

Hearses - Los Angeles  2024

Alas, I didn't scan the code while taking the top photo. So the James/Patricia cheating scandal must remain a mystery.

Dating

Blind Date Party - Los Angeles  2024

"Curious about what it’s like to date when you remove the physical aspect and rely on emotional connection and conversational chemistry? Go on blind speed dates where you won’t see your date’s face...until the afterparty that is. Will the emotional connection translate to a physical one on the dance floor?"

More Los Angeles Photos

Backyard - Los Angeles  2024

Photos taken last July during my most recent trip to Los Angeles. Main purpose of trip was to pick up and deliver to Northern California Pat and Joe's extensive art collection. 

Monday Deer Blogging

Deer (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County  2024

Deer (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County  2024

Photos taken in April and May of this year, during my weekly hike around Lake Lagunitas.

Mount Agassiz Climb (1974) - 6 (Summit)

Summit View (Mt. Agassiz) - Sierra Nevada  1974

Summit View (Mt. Agassiz) - Sierra Nevada  1974

Summit is 13,899 feet elevation. Luckily I was able to overcome the altitude-induced brain fog and take a few photos. For these 1974 shots I used a Nikon F SLR and Panatomic-X film.

The return trip was exhausting! (Our car got stuck on the side of the road: we had to get a ride into Mojave, then ride back in a Triple-A tow truck. Got back to Los Angeles super late!)

Mike, Summit (Mt. Agassiz) - Sierra Nevada  1974

Mount Agassiz Climb (1974) - 5 (Approach)

Mt. Agassiz from Bishop Pass - Sierra Nevada  2007

Once Bishop Pass has been attained, the mountain looms above. This trip was led by an experienced guide, but on a later trip we just picked one of the chutes at random, and that worked out OK.

None of my 1974 photos had this view, so I'm using one that I took in 2007 using an Olympus DSLR.