Mar 21, 2011
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Crepes!
I made these dessert crepes, too. They were also awesome. Wish I made them more recently than 3.5 years ago.
Mar 16, 2011
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Mar 13, 2011
City National Bank
Please think of this next time you see a City National Bank and marvel at how far they have fallen.
Mar 12, 2011
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They have since remodeled this rug store and made it pseudo-modern and ugly. With a name like this, you must have the complimentary kitschy signage. C'mon.
Mar 6, 2011
Chinatownland
This isn't there anymore, but I really liked it. It held so much meaning for the sign-enthusiast geographer in me.
Mar 5, 2011
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I used to keep my books like I keep my closet, in rainbow order. It looked pretty awesome, but now I have exiled most my books to boxes in the attic 'cause I ain't got no space. Sad. On top of these books is THE Automatic Stapler.
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Feb 21, 2011
In the process of doing some genealogical research, I learned some semi-interesting things. Yay Wikipedia!
- Lynwood, a city in south Los Angeles county, is not a "wood" like a tree-filled area. It is named after someone actually named Lynn Wood.
- Maywood is really proud of the fact that it's supposedly the first American city to outsource all of its city services. Sounds more like something you should be really ashamed of to me, Maywood!
Feb 20, 2011
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I am sure I've posted this photo way too many times, but I love it. It's taken from inside Alcatraz looking out to the bay through a small hole in the wall.
Feb 16, 2011
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Hotel Motel Holiday Inn
It's kinda weird to be both a motel and an inn, isn't it? Especially since Motel is just a portmanteau of hotel and motor.
Feb 10, 2011
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I took this picture five years ago. I think it still one of my favorite signs EVAR. misspelling for emphasis, obvs.
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Bjorn Bailie
of La Rocca. Whatever happened to this band? I was pretty into them for a couple years in college.
Jan 31, 2011
Flashing lights.
Most of you know that I am more than passingly interested in Los Angeles history. As such, I read lots o'blogs about this stuff with some irregularity. I RSSfeed Dear Old Hollywood (what are the grammar rules involving blogs? I am going to assume they are italicized and individual posts are put in quotation marks and not look this up) and "Hollywood's Earl Carroll Theatre" turned out to be really swell, although not as much because of the post as because of one of the comments.
The Earl Carroll Theatre also had a clever way of displaying their neon sign at night - the THEATRE part would flash EAT, then AT, then THE, then THEATRE.Get it? I love that. Thanks, "Matt." By the way, the theater is now Nickelodeon's studio in Hollywood.
Jan 30, 2011
I went to see the Maira Kalman exhibition at the Skirball yesterday. I liked it way more than I expected; I liked it a lot. But, after leaving, I wanted to learn more about her husband, Tibor. Check out this interesting biography.
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