i’m a little behind posting, but i’ve been on the road, or on a plane rather. the timing of everything was interesting as always. work obligations, visiting LA, the SF Bay Area crew, the Berkeley shows (Phish if your wondering), and some hunter thompson reading.
“Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right. I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, I shared a dark suspicion that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actors, kidding ourselves along on a senseless odyssey. It was the tension between these two poles – a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other – that kept me going.” – Hunter S. Thompson, from The Rum Diary
a brief synopsis of 5 days in the LA area:
Galco’s Grocery contains an amazing collection of old school soda, Freedom of Choice, check out his website, or this video, good stuff, seriously, watch it
Galco's John Nese
Galco's Sign
Griffith Park, incredible views & architecture, unfortunately no Rocketeer sightings
LA Skyline
Griffith Lawn
Griffith Detail
Griffith Sign
Ennis House, sadly its vacant, and still needs an incredible amount of restoration, but hey, its for sale, anyone have $15 million? the detailing is incredible, but the surrounding neighborhood is so built up its quite a cramped site
Ennis Side
Ennis Gate
Ennis Court
Ennis Detail
Ennis Wall
Ennis Front
Ennis Front Detail
Hollywood, not my favorite place, but interesting none the less, lots of tourists, a drive around the celebrity center, no xenu sitings, but we think we saw an auditing machine
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Xenu Is Here
Krishna Parade
Venice Beach, hare krishna parade, skaters, beach drum circle, street performers
La Brea Tar Pits, highly recommend this, cool museum, grounds and park, can’t recommend the bad smell
La Brea Tar Pits
La Brea Tar
La Brea Detail
La Brea Pit
Some Lampposts Art, pumping oil, watching planes land at LAX from the In-N-Out Burger, Pizza & beer at Huntington Beach, watched the surfers, an architectural high school, by an architect’s name i should know
Lampposts
Hazy Pump
Runway In N Out
Huntington Beach
Huntington Galaxie
School From The Road
Hollywood Sign
Father's Office
Hollyhock, we missed the tour, but it looks to be in better shape than the Ennis House, and the grounds are a nice park, walking the grounds are free, i recommend, walked around Beverly Hills, meh, not much of a shopper, early lunch/dinner at Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles
Griffith On The Hill
Hollyhock Lawn
Hollyhock Side
Hollyhock Side 02
Hollyhock Flower
Hollyhock Sign
Hollyhock Detail
Roscoe's Plate
Roscoe's Sign
it was an amazing few days. left early Wednesday AM for San Francisco to meet up with the crew, for 3 days of Phish in Berkeley, and to quote the Doctor one more time,
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”
things are good…