Patriotic Flag Waving Riverside

Chair

I was standing by the stairwell of the building where I work the other day while chatting on the phone. I noticed this mysterious solitary chair in the middle of the lawn.






I mean, who would put this chairin the middle of the lawn and just leave it?

Alley Dogs

Anybody know what the story is behind these Alley Dogs banners in Harlem Alley by Lost Souls?

Hellman Lobby

Mysterious film shoot in the lobby (facing 4th St) of the Hellman. I wonder what was going on.

Strange and Fig

I was walking up Figueroa (somewhere between 9th and 6th...forgot where exactly) the other day and came across this strange sculpture. Anybody know what the story is behind this is?

Downtown News

One issue of downtown news equals a few days of toilet reading.

The other day I found that I have already gone through the previous issue of Downtown News, and I did not have the latest issue around. So I went downstairs to the free standing Downtown News stand outside of my building to pick up an issue.

It was completely empty, as were the other news stands. I then went a block away to the other nearest Downtown News stand and it was also empty, along with the other news stands adjacent to it. I walked another block to another Downtown News stand and the same thing. Three identical data points. Something was up.

Being the obsessive person that I am, I put "having to go" on temporary hold and walked a few blocks to see if there were any newspapers anywhere. ANY newspaper. - "Okay, just two more blocks then I'll go home" kept adding up and next thing I knew I was lightly jogging all over the historic core for a newspaper to read.

EVERY SINGLE NEWSPAPER DISPENSER WAS EMPTY. This was really fuck'n weird. I have simply never seen the likes of it.

After a half of hour of roaming all over the historic core, it was time to call it quits and go home to do my thing. When I got to my building,, I saw a man walking passed the original newspaper dispensers right outside my building. He was pushing a blue shopping cart filled with newspapers.

ME: Hey, are you... delivering papers?

PERSON: No, I am collecting them to recycle. I am two months pregnant and I am just trying to get a bite to eat.

ME: Oh, OK. You gotta do what you gotta do.

I look at her neck and notice no signs of an Adam's apple. I consider myself to have a pretty good "gender dar", but damn I love it when my assumptions are wrong. I took a few steps closer to take a look inside her cart, I saw massive stacks of Downtown News papers!!!

PERSON: Do you want one?

ME: Umm.. yes please.

PERSON: I'm just trying to get a bite to eat.

ME: Here you go.

I reached into my purse and gave her something. We said bye and then I went home.

I have heard that a significant amount of women in skid row purposely take on masculine exteriors to pass as men as a way to minimize sexual harassment. I am pretty curious about this.

The Barclay

I passed by this empty space facing Main St. at The Barclay on the corner of Main St. and 4th.



Anybody know what is going to become of it?

Hickey Mystery

I rarely see people with hickey on their neck. But today, a quarter of my students showed up today with hickeys on their neck. And a few of my co-workers did so as well. Damn, what did ya'll do this past weekend?

One arm Birds

On my way to this one Mexican place close to Spring and 4th (I forgot the name!) yesterday for breakfast, I saw one bird's wing on the sidewalk, with the bone and all. It looked like the left wing.

Later on that day, I was walking down Sawtelle on my way to Giant Robot in West LA, and I saw another bird's bloody wing (looked like the right wing!) laying in the middle of the street as I was jaywalking.

Thats some seriously fucked up shit. How does a bird go about loosing one wing? Has anybody else been spotting entire birds wings around town!?! Or even one winged birds!?!