I was in Los Angeles this week for work. I was fortunate enough to have friends let me stay with them so I didn't have to live in a hotel for once. I have mixed feelings about LA. Sometimes I think it would be a good place to be for awhile. Sun all year round. The middle of it all. Good design, art, fashion if you look for it. Other times I fly in and see the smog hovering over the city and it makes me so sad. There are really amazing things in LA and some really terrible things too. I'm not sure if I will ever make the jump there, but I can appreciate it from a distant perspective. Especially because they have some vicious mosquitos there. I hate mosquitos. I am so allergic to them and currently i have 3 bites on my face, and 8 on my right arm. I'm assuming one got me while I slept. I wouldn't mind them so much if the didn't swell up to the size of walnuts and make me look diseased. Dumb Mosquitos.
The next bit are shots of my co-workers home where the meetings took place. My favorite thing about him is that his dream in life is to completely go off the grid and live in the desert in a sustainable home. You can find hints of this in his decor. I also LOVE his plants. Envy might be a better word.
So the woman in the car in the shot below passed us when we were on our way to the bowling alley. She had the most amazing collection of items on the dash of her car. My favorite being the jar of olives that HAD to be glued down. There was no other way it could stay in place! LA is filled with some amazing characters.
Bradley and Allison were kind enough to let me crash at Bradley's place while I was in town. It is an absolutely amazing building, built in the 1920's, that Charlie Chaplin, as well as Jim Morrison both resided in at some time. Not only that, it is also located directly across the street from the Scientology Celebrity Center, and anyone who knows me, knows that scientology fascinates/terrifies me. Mia is Allison's chihuahua, that only has 3 feet (tripod!) which Allison refers to as "pea pod" and is the sweetest dog in LA as far as I know. Although I haven't done much research to back this up. But I'm pretty sure. I forgot to mention the hallway that goes nowhere, but then ends with an exercise bicycle from like 1970 facing out the window. I loved that for some reason.
Bowling at the Shatto lanes...
The waitress button made me laugh, but it also made me a little sad for the place. There used to be enough business for this bowling alley to be able to afford servers for the lanes.
This is the night we went out dancing at a club called Avalon, on "Tigerheat" night. Apparently Tigerheat is code for super gay night with shirtless male dancers. I have sworn off going to clubs since I lived in Italy. I have been great about upholding this pact with myself. The one night I broke that pact, in order to go dancing with work friends, the club did it's best to make sure I never came back. It was sealed when a Miley Cyrus song came on and people reacted like it was the freaking Beatles. The Avalon itself was an interesting building though.
Allison and Mia Pea Pod
Mia and Brutus. Mia wanted to beat up Brutus, so she had to be kept away because Brutus kind of wanted to bite Mia's head off. and totally could've.
Baby Puppy Oliver! With a mohawk!
Bye Bye Smog! Hello Seattle clean, mosquito free air!!!
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