LA Haiku
11/28/2006
Marina Del Rey
Marina Del Rey
high-rise lets folks look down on
sea, dingbat dwellers ¶ 4:16 PM 0 comments
Marina Del Rey
high-rise lets folks look down on
sea, dingbat dwellers ¶ 4:16 PM 0 comments
Venice Beach
Blading guitarist,
Muscle beach men, vendors say,
"Welcome to Venice." ¶ 4:12 PM 0 comments
Blading guitarist,
Muscle beach men, vendors say,
"Welcome to Venice." ¶ 4:12 PM 0 comments
Petersen Automotive Museum
Don't think cars can be
art? Try touring Petersen
Auto Museum. ¶ 4:10 PM 0 comments
Don't think cars can be
art? Try touring Petersen
Auto Museum. ¶ 4:10 PM 0 comments
11/21/2006
The Wiltern
History’s crossroad
feels old-time rock glamour.
The Wiltern marquee. ¶ 9:31 PM 0 comments
feels old-time rock glamour.
The Wiltern marquee. ¶ 9:31 PM 0 comments
The Roxy
Rocking the Roxy.
Standing room mostly , stage tucked
back in the corner. ¶ 9:31 PM 1 comments
Standing room mostly , stage tucked
back in the corner. ¶ 9:31 PM 1 comments
The Cheesecake Factory
Jessica Fletcher
at the Cheesecake Factory.
Pastry chef murder? ¶ 9:31 PM 0 comments
at the Cheesecake Factory.
Pastry chef murder? ¶ 9:31 PM 0 comments
Santa Monica Promenade
A dingy third street:
cut off the cars, build a mall.
Bingo! Promenade! ¶ 9:30 PM 0 comments
cut off the cars, build a mall.
Bingo! Promenade! ¶ 9:30 PM 0 comments
The Beaches
Summer tournaments
Bathing suits, beach volleyball.
Toes dip into sand. ¶ 9:30 PM 0 comments
Bathing suits, beach volleyball.
Toes dip into sand. ¶ 9:30 PM 0 comments
The Hollywood Sign
Let’s go hike up there
or shoot it to “set the scene.”
It’s just wood on stilts. ¶ 9:29 PM 208 comments
or shoot it to “set the scene.”
It’s just wood on stilts. ¶ 9:29 PM 208 comments
Saints and Sinners
The end of our street.
Dive bar trendified with lines
of retro-sinners. ¶ 9:29 PM 0 comments
Dive bar trendified with lines
of retro-sinners. ¶ 9:29 PM 0 comments
Hot Dogs
LA hot dog lines:
finer palettes must have Pinks,
a high-cultured frank. ¶ 9:29 PM 0 comments
finer palettes must have Pinks,
a high-cultured frank. ¶ 9:29 PM 0 comments
The Grove
I’m having nightmares
involving parking, small dogs.
Must be the Grove. ¶ 9:29 PM 0 comments
involving parking, small dogs.
Must be the Grove. ¶ 9:29 PM 0 comments
Dear John's
Smokey lounge singer
fields kitschy pop-song requests
from sirloin eaters. ¶ 9:28 PM 0 comments
fields kitschy pop-song requests
from sirloin eaters. ¶ 9:28 PM 0 comments
Beyond Baroque.
Poetry fortress
looms on Venice, poems hushed,
proud, Beyond Baroque. ¶ 9:28 PM 0 comments
looms on Venice, poems hushed,
proud, Beyond Baroque. ¶ 9:28 PM 0 comments
The New Beverly Theater
Chilly, sticky floors,
the New Beverly lingers.
Film buff’s paradise. ¶ 9:27 PM 0 comments
the New Beverly lingers.
Film buff’s paradise. ¶ 9:27 PM 0 comments
The Standard
Standard on the Strip
Don’t go in sweatpants unless…
You’re working the box ¶ 9:27 PM 0 comments
Don’t go in sweatpants unless…
You’re working the box ¶ 9:27 PM 0 comments
LA Traffic
It takes Zen patience.
Five-lanes full of ego drones
Learning how to merge. ¶ 9:22 PM 0 comments
Five-lanes full of ego drones
Learning how to merge. ¶ 9:22 PM 0 comments
