Lamppost Forest

Urban Light at LACMA is a large square filled with over 200 lamp posts that the artist collected from various locations over several years, spaced wide enough to walk through comfortably. It’s like being in a forest of lamp posts — perfect for this week’s challenge.

The funny thing is, I wasn’t even planning on going there. We went to see the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum at the other end of the park. Oil has been seeping out of the ground for thousands of years, trapping animals and preserving their bones in an incredible collection of ice age fossils. But the parking lot on that side of the park was full, so we parked in the LACMA structure at the other end.

Photo challenge (WordPress): Light

Update: I also took a photo with my phone for Instagram. It’s not as good quality of course, but I like the way it came out.

#FromParallelLines #ImportedPost #LACMA #light #night #PhotoChallenge #SeeAlsoInstagram

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2013/12/lamppost-forest/

The Essentials

When I took this photo back in 2016, it was a combination coffee/Chinese food restaurant: they sold coffee in the mornings and Chinese food for lunch and dinner. The owner had previously run a separate coffee shop (The Bean Counter, IIRC) in the same shopping center, then combined the two businesses to save on rent. It was one of our go-to Chinese takeout sources, and I’d sometimes grab coffee in the mornings if I was in the area or on my way somewhere in that direction.

The old coffee location sat vacant for a few years until a bakery (with coffee on the side) moved in. Amusingly, the bakery — which is still there today — also chose a pun-based name: Redondough (as in Redondo Beach).

In early 2020 — and I mean early, either January or February — they were offered a really nice buyout price by someone who wanted to turn-key convert it overnight to a Hawaiian restaurant. I imagine when mid-March rolled around and the initial Covid lockdown started, they were extremely relieved to have accepted it!

I never did get around to trying the Hawaiian place, even for takeout. Eventually it was taken over by a Korean fast food chain.

Photo taken February 27, 2016 and originally posted on my Instagram account a few days later with this title, but no commentary.

#coffee #InternetCafe #RedondoBeach #restaurant #SeeAlsoInstagram #signs #WiFi

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2024/05/the-essentials/

The office snack tray. Or as I call it, the minefield.

Sure, there are a few things that don’t have peanuts in them (or at least aren’t supposed to). And there are potato chips too.

I’ve taken to bringing my own string cheese and keeping it in the fridge. It’s one way to be sure there’s something I can eat safely.

#allergies #candy #food-allergy #imported-post #peanuts #see-also-instagram

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2016/05/snack-tray-minefield/

Trapped!

I love the expression on this warning sign on a laundromat washing machine.

#cubism #ImportedPost #laundry #SeeAlsoInstagram #signs

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2013/03/trapped/

Top of the Hill

Del Cerro Park, at the top of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, on a super windy evening. I saw two tumbleweeds roll by, and kept worrying I’d drop my phone while taking pictures.

I need to get out here (and other scenic spots) more often. Even though it’s not that far (one of the great things about the LA area is how close it is to sea, mountains, deserts, forests and so on), it’s so easy to get caught up in the day to day grind that you forget to step out and visit what’s right there, on the other side of the traffic and smog.

Photo album on Flickr: Del Cerro Views
Originally posted on Instagram

#coastline #DelCerroPark #ImportedPost #LosAngeles #ocean #PalosVerdes #SeeAlsoInstagram

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2015/06/hilltop-oceanview/

Purple Sunset

A magenta sunset in the distance, below the cloud cover, reflected in a bike path wet from a rare summer storm.

(Update: I located the original photo on my hard drive and replaced the square Instagram crop with the full version, which I also uploaded to Flickr.)

#imported-post #purple #see-also-instagram #sunset

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2014/08/purple-sunset-2/

Starbucks Meta

A bit meta, since both the art and the logo depict a two tailed mermaid with a crown, and the two circular light sources in the piece resemble the circular light in the room and the logo itself.

#art #coffee #imported-post #see-also-instagram #starbucks

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2015/04/starbucks-meta/

Bedtime Stories

Wow, bedtime stories have really changed in the last couple of years.

#Books #ImportedPost #Minecraft #Parenting #SeeAlsoInstagram

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2017/06/bedtime-stories/

Teal Pumpkins Go Retail

Cool: Michael’s is selling plastic teal pumpkins for people who plan on offering non-food treats for allergic trick or treaters as part of the Teal Pumpkin Project. You can still paint a pumpkin teal, of course, but this simplifies the setup. (Are we really that close to Halloween already?)

#Allergies #FARE #FoodAllergy #Halloween #ImportedPost #Pumpkin #SeeAlsoInstagram #TealPumpkinProject

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2016/09/teal-pumpkins-retail/

Safety Record

I want to know who broke that streak.

#AtomicRobo #ComicCon2013 #comics #dinosaurs #funny #ImportedPost #safety #SDCC #SeeAlsoInstagram #signs

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2013/07/safety-record/