The loquat tree in the neighboring yard has branches that grow over the fence into ours. Before we banned our gardening crew from the backyard because they proved lax in closing the gates, they used to strip the branches bare of the over-abundance of fruit. Now there’s enough for me… and the squirrels and birds …
At the northwest corner of Crescent Heights and Wilshire this morning sat a weathered man holding a weathered piece of written-upon cardboard in one hand and a plastic cup in the other. I don’t remember what the sign said verbatim, but it included the words “Please Help” and gave information that the man was hungry …
And so it was that a crew of five of us set out with about 40 fresh and piping hot burritos on last night’s revitalization of the dormant Hollywood Burrito Project ride and we learned that no good deed goes unpunished. We headed up Western Avenue where first I flatted my rear tire after nailing …
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It’s amazing how 10 pounds of rice and 10 pounds of beans can fill up a backpack. I’ve had these foodstuffs for several weeks, but the Burrito Project I’ve been involved with went dormant after I bought them. With intentions expressed toward getting the Hollywood Burrito Project going again next week, I hauled these a …
After I got back from yesterday’s bike tour and crashed out in the livingroom watching the finish of the marathon I woke up to find my Baybee hard at work clearing and cultivating along the north fence, the better to get a garden of ‘maters and spinach and lettucesses growing. I later recovered enough to …
On Gower under the Hollywood Freeway this was one of our last stops and certainly the location of the highest concentration of homeless. Overall we gave away 40 burritos last night. Here we fed seven people as indicated by the notes in the snap at right posted to Flickr plus one more not pictured on …
 With 17 years in its location on Silver Lake Boulevard just north of Effie, The Back Door Bakery & Cafe was a neighborhood institution. Thanks to a heads-up from Sean Bonner about the place closing yesterday after being given 30 days notice to vacate by the building’s owner, Susan and I didn’t miss the …