Globe Trekker goes downtown

Megan and I vamp for the episode I helped shoot with her downtown.

Dinner with Dot (Raymond Chandler's Secretary from Paramount)

I am going to dinner with Dot (Raymond Chandler’s former secretary from Paramount Studios) after the visit to the Watson Archive.

Loren Latker is the mastermind behind all of this.


Visit to the Watson Photo Archives


I am visiting the Watson Photo Archives this afternoon. Their family (four generations) has almost single handedly documented the city.

And one of them took this photo.

ecto blogging fun

This is more fun than I thought.

Another picture:

This is my first post w/ Ecto

This is my first post with Ecto, a blogging client from my laptop. It is going to help me a lot.

Here is a photo that I like:

pruned the roses this morning and thought of Beth Short




rose

Originally uploaded by Farl.

It was 61 years ago today that Elizabeth Short's body was found in Leimert Park.

Pruned the roses and thought of her. That is a famous statement made by a neighbor, they had been pruning their rose bushes when they heard that a body had been discovered down the street.

Craby Joe's Sign Removed




Craby Joe's is no more

Originally uploaded by jericl.

Sigh.

Closing Craby Joe's




Closing Craby Joe's

Originally uploaded by jericl.

yep, I am at the end of the bar.