"Dining for Prosperity" in 2009 - Long Beach, CA

Outside "Bake-n-Broil" restaurant, Long Beach, CA

October 30, 2009

Millard Sheets "Beer For Prosperity", 1933, watercolor, The E. Gene Crain Collection, Curtesy of Pasadena Museum of California Art

My artist & blogger friend at Pasadena Adjacent.com and I visited the PMCA recently for the worthwhile Millard Sheets' early works exhibit.

Inside El Alisal - Los Angeles, CA

From a brief visit to the historical Lummis Home (concieved, designed and built by Chas. Fletcher Lummis from 1897 to 1910) - 27 March 2010.
There I found a wonderful book on the house and the man written by a local historian Jane Apostol - El Alisal: Where History Lingers (Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1994.)

Skywatch Friday at SoCal Soaring Academy - Llano, CA

Sky at Crystalaire Airport on Saturday, 3 April 2010

Photo by my husband, P.

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Where Am I? (SUNDAY BRIDGE)

My contribution to «Louis» of San Francisco Bay DP's Sunday Bridge Series! Appropriate for an SF meme, "n'est pas"?Golden Gate Bridge, February 2009 -

Altered in PS3 to replicate old style postcards.

Duck Walk - Palm Dessert, CA

Marriott Palm Desert Resort - December 2008

I just noticed that beads of water are visible on their feathers.

Sebastiani Building 1933 - Sonoma, CA (Weekend Reflection)

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From the park at Sonoma City Hall - February 2009

Just Ducky - Sonoma, CA

If it walks like a duck...
(Feb. 2009, at the park surrounding Sonoma City Hall)

Sonoma City Hall - Sonoma, CA

On a Monday in February, 2009

Spring at Long Beach, CA (Weekend Reflections)

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The beauty of a tree in on Redondo Ave. in Long Beach, adjacent to the Water Treatment Plant. The reflection is on my car's sunroof.

Looking up at the down-view.

STREETSCAPES: Disney Hall by Frank O. Gehry & Partners - Los Angeles, CA

Since I wasn't able to show the shimmery, reflective aspect of the polished aluminum, here is a great website to see the views inside and out, and photos taken during construction -- arcspace_architects_gehry_disney

I used to work as an usher at the Music Center across the street from Disney Hall in 1976/77. Back then, the location of the concert hall was the employees' parking lot.

The Yellow School Bus - Carson, CA

Following the First Student yellow school bus on the 110 freeway going north

Ladies with Hats ...

... Chatting at Starbucks in Rolling Hills Est. ... Walking to church on a Sunday in Culver City.

STREETSCAPES: LA Co. SHERIFF - Carson, CA

"A Tradition of Service - Since 1850" (March 2010)

Monitor Art

Photo of real leaves in fall colors, converted to this boldly colored display by my monitor...What else was I to do, but take a picture?

Mickey Holton's Citabria - Torrance, CA

Take off from Torrance Airport - June 2008.

(The on the tail is hidden from view).

Morning Reflection with Cat (Weekend Reflection)

As I was trying to get an artistic shot of the trees and bougainvilla "flower" reflecting in a puddle, Whiskers had other thoughts.'What's so interesting here?"
"I just don't know what you are doing."
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House - Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro (Los Angeles), CA

December 2008

California Science Center - Los Angeles, CA

November 2009

Runner (detail) - Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA

Eleonora Tugues (Venezuela, b. 1968)
Corredor / The Runner, 2006 bronze and wood
ed. A/P, 3/3, 79 x 79 x 8 in.
Collection of Robert Gumbiner

Reading Signs No. 5: PASEO, Rolling Hills Est., CA (Monochorme Monday)

Peninsula Center Breezeway on a Rainy Afternoon, Rolling Hills Est. - 6 March 2010

(Altered in PS3 to obtain the white tree branches.)

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Enterance Reflected: MOLAA - Long Beach, CA (Weekend Reflection)

Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
"On view at the museum’s entrance is the monumental sculpture, War-Giro, by the Cuban artist Carlos Luna. The double sided figure standing over 7 feet tall depicts the duality of Cuban and Mexican heritage." molaa.org-Art-Exhibitions-past-exhibitions: Carlos Luna-El Gran Mambo

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Orange ... or not? - Torrance, CA

Flowering plant at Torrance Memorial Hospital - April 2009

Lean on me - Long Beach, CA

Windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) at the water-conserving garden area of LB Department of Water - Admin. Office, Wardlow Rd.

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molaa . . Museum of Latin American Art - Long Beach, CA

molaa is located at 628 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach.Eleonora Tugues
(Venezuela, b. 1968)
Corredor / The Runner, 2006
bronze and wood, ed. A/P, 3/3, 79 x 79 x 8 in.
Collection of Robert Gumbiner

(The scuplture is located on the right side of the museum enterance.)

Water Conservation - Long Beach, CA

LB Water Dept. Admin. Building - June 2009
At the time I took this photo, the water in the pond was gone. I noticed last week that a conctruction crew is filling in the pond completely.

Weekend Reflection - Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Peninsula Center Library - "Snack bar" area, 26 February 2010

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California Classics - Beach Cities, CA (SkyWatch Friday)

NORMS restaurant sign on Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica, - February 2010

According to a great web site on modern LA architecture (you-are-here.com), Norms Restaurants and signs are of mid '50s vintage.

Hollywood Riviera Car Wash, Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach - Feb. 2010

I think the car wash facade is from the early '60s.

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Faces in Places: Top of the Rock - NYC, New York

New York City - October 2008
A Blogger "Blog of Note" late last year was "Faces in Places". I thought the idea a lot of fun. I also love the new commercial with happy faces in places, but the advertising failed on me since I don't recall what it's selling.

Christ's Church Hall/School (detail) - Rye, New York

August 2009

Toto, ... we are not in Kansas any more...

...or are we?
KANSAS Street in El Segundo, one of many state streets.

Inspired by Paula's ever more interesting street signs post on Pensacola Daily Photo.

Over Long Beach - Long Beach, CA

Long Beach with The Queen Mary (the ship) - May 2008

Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, CA

LA Harbor - May 2008
Fight with Ian and Mickey Holton. The bridge is the Vincent Thomas Bridge and at the end of the breakwater is the Angel's Gate Lighthouse.

Lunch at Jongewaard’s Bake 'n Broil - Long Beach, CA

Cafe Pasadena - this post is for you.

Bake 'n Broil is a traditional American diner with really good food and very reasonable prices. The place is small and gets very crowded - for a reason. The decor especially in the front room is so lovely.

This is my favorite meal - quiche of the day, with a bran muffin and side salad.

My friend had a tastly Cajun chicken sandwich.
See what I mean about the decor?

The restaurant is located on Atlantic Ave. at corner of 36th St.