Two weeks ago...

On the way to the Pantages via the red line to see RENT:

I have always been too shy of taking photos of people in public spaces for the simple reason of wanting to minimize the odds of getting my ass kicked.

I have recently figured out that I can be stealthy in my photo taking when I use my iphone. It just looks as though I am doing something with it instead of stealing people's souls.

Magu's Aesthetics Under Hollywood and Vine

Here are pictures of some of my favorite tiles that Magu (an original member of Los Four), painted for the
Hollywood and Vine redline station. There are several dozen tiles there, and they are worth checking out.

This guy kind of looks like my dad. But I doubt he is.




Truck Night at the Taco Stand




Star Vato

How I Roll

I wish I could ride my bike around town and be safe doing so.- Or at least have the illusion that its safe. But the truth is, I just do not want to share the road with cars and people who are driving them.

Instead, I stroll around town in this:

My scooter parked in my office.


When I am rolling around the city, people often ask me "What are you riding?" And then I say "a xootr." And then they say "what?" And then I spell out "x-o-o-t-r".

If I am not in a hurry I will get off and let them try it.

If where I have to go is less than 1.5 miles, I ride the xootr.
If where I have to go will take me a half hour or less via walking and public transport, I do public transport. [This has been my new policy ever since I finally got my own car a few months ago (I'm 26 years old). Before then, I would do foot and public transport because those were my only options.]

Vintage Memo, Age Five

My old RTD bus pass.

Retro Public Transit Ad

As some of you know, before there was the MTA, there was the RTD.

I recently came across this old RTD commercial on Franklin Ave: