Let it be known that I am a big old man with a collection of lost plush toys in plain view accumulated over a lotta years of street rescues. I’m totally OK with that. So let me tell you the story and positive consequences Beanie Baby “Smoochy,” the newest member of that ragtag toy troop. …
In the 12-plus years I’ve been a-blogging, I don’t think I’ve ever gone more than a week or two without posting SOMETHING. So you can imagine my shock when I saw I’d last been seen here basically more than three weeks ago. The funny thing is, I’ve still been communicating, but mostly on Facebook, which …
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This Sunday is the next CicLAvia, in which a route through the city is closed off to motor vehicular traffic and open only to the wide variety of self-propellers: cyclists, walkers, joggers, skateboarders, skaters, and the like. I’m looking forward to this one in particular because of a couple firsts. The first first is that …
I hadn’t yet been to a Dodger game this year, and frankly might not have made it out to see one this season had the good folks at Mr. Pink Ginseng Drink not invited me and Susan to their media event this evening– which just so happened to also be Kirk Gibson BobbleheadĂ‚Â (with Fist …
Buster got some exercise/explore time out of the tortoise hutch and around the backyard this morning:
(click it for the bigger picture) Thursday’s LA Times brought to my attention the 8th-Annual Ojai Valley Lavender Festival, and it didn’t take much convincing to get Susan on board for a daytrip out that gorgeous way. The festival itself took place in Ojai’s Libbey Park and featured scores and scores of vendors selling just …