Scooters in LA

Scooters abound in the beach communities. People in Santa Monica walk, drive, and scoot like there ain't nobody else in the world. It's LA.

Old Olive Tree in LA

How old could an olive tree be in the LA area? It's that old. Foothills neighborhood northwest of Pasadena. I would love to know the story of the families that planted that tree and others throughout these neighborhoods.

LA Deli

There were at least three stages to this deli. First, Jewish deli in the early to mid 1900s. Next, Hippy deli from the 1960s or 70s. Recently, add the stoned or clean version of neo-new age. I would love to go to the CBD Flow Yoga where the CBD is provided. My brother took me here on a tour of his old haunts. LA is fascinating. I love seeing people who are trying to create an alternative culture to the mainstream corporate crap.

El Paso - Downtown

I've never seen a big city so run down in the downtown area as El Paso. Not just lacking a lively spirit and humans moving about but so abandoned and neglected. I have not traveled a lot to the old Rustbelt cities so I'm guessing its like that all over. I have seen this same kind of run down in smaller towns and cities. Looking forward to seeing more of El Paso. A great place to stay when you're back and forth out west. Cool places to drink good beer. Interesting murals and buildings and businesses on the walk there and back.

The Gardner Hotel

This old hotel is still in good shape even though it seems like you stepped back into the early 1900s. And it still uses an old style air cooling system. It worked fine in June. If you don't mind opening the latch above the door and having loud air blowing around. You can see the latch in the room pic. The clientele has probably changed over the years.