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It Never Rains in Los Angeles
24 Nov, 2001
Hester watches the season's first heavy rain from our front window.
The Ghost of Breakfast Cereals Past
21 Nov, 2001
I haven't spent a lot of time there yet, but I was impressed to find a reference to General Mills' Buckwheats cereal, of which I have fond childhood memories. And I was happy to read that Booberry and Frankenberry are still in production, just harder to find than they used to be.
Damn, and a post on the message board just reminded me of "Ice Cream Cones" cereal, which came in two flavors: Vanilla and Chocolate. Damn! I guess they can't get away with making new cereals like that anymore. The old standbys like Cookie Crisp got grandfathered in, but gone are the days of innovative cereals like Ice Cream Cones and Dinky Donuts.
A Google search for Dinky Donuts just turned up this page, which may also be of nostalgic interest.
Muzak in the 21st Century
20 Nov, 2001
Driven to the brink of madness by the muzak filtering through my closed office door at work, it occurred to me for the first time to see if the Muzak company has a web site.
They do, and (not surprisingly) it’s at Muzak.com. I don’t know why I find this amusing… probably because for all the talk they have on their site about “the power of music” and their providing music for millions of people everyday, they don’t mention the part about stripping it of its heart and soul and making it as plastic as the products on the shelves of the stores it’s playing in.
Seriously, I don’t know if they use Muzak™ brand muzak where I work, but one day I actually heard a flutey instrumental of the Foo Fighters’ song ‘Big Me’. Now, this isn’t one of the Foo Fighters’ heavier songs by a long shot, but it doesn’t deserve to be lobotomized like that. Nothing does, really.
Bullocks Wilshire - Tower
17 Nov, 2001
Bullocks Wilshire Department Store - probably one of the finest existing Art Deco buildings in Los Angeles. Now part of the Southwest College campus.
North Hollywood Station Exit
17 Nov, 2001
Taken from the escalator leaving the station.
Oncoming Train
17 Nov, 2001
A Westbound train entering the Hollywood/Highland Metro station.
Hollywood & Highland Station Upper Level
17 Nov, 2001
Taken from the upper level, overlooking the stairs and train platform
Hollywood & Highland Station Entrance
17 Nov, 2001
View from the escalator into the station
Hollywood
17 Nov, 2001
View north from the Hollywood & Highland shopping complex
Elephant Sculpture - Hollywood & Highland
17 Nov, 2001
Parts of the Hollywood & Highland shopping complex were designed to evoke the set of the Hollywood biblical epics of yore.
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