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June 29, 2012

Thursday night in Pasadena

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Today:

  • Breakfast at Rudford’s in San Diego.
  • Drove to Pasadena and checked into the mid-century motel of my dreams.
  • Lunch at L&L Hawaiian Barbecue.
  • Took a couple of first-day drives around the city to soak in the essential LA-ness of it all.
  • I’m glad I still love it here.

Tomorrow: Who knows? There are many possibilities.

Friday evening in Pasadena

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I think I’ve exercised considerable restraint, having taken only 570 pictures so far. It’s nice that the skies have actually been blue rather that that greenish-beige you often get in LA during the summer.

Today:

  • Breakfast at a diner in Eagle Rock that had orange booths, Sputnik wallpaper, and a moderately space-age sign. I like to fantasize that it’s where Bill Gannon from Dragnet (he lived in Eagle Rock) ate breakfast every morning.
  • Silver Lake, Sunset Boulevard, Venice, and Westwood
  • Remembered the sunblock today.
  • It was quite warm, but not as bad as at home, where it’s apparently still 90F at 9PM.

Tonight:

  • Twilight neon photography in Hollywood.
  • Dinner somewhere.
  • Plans open for later.

Tomorrow: The Valley. And other stuff.