tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161681082009-10-17T20:11:16.644-07:00A collection of haikus about life in Los AngelesCoolianoreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-48069669419842689492008-01-01T21:31:00.000-08:002008-01-01T21:37:44.668-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxX8P2iU2tk/R3sjFUUNeQI/AAAAAAAAFic/7iI61Iw6QMQ/s1600-h/hwoodhighland.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WxX8P2iU2tk/R3sjFUUNeQI/AAAAAAAAFic/7iI61Iw6QMQ/s320/hwoodhighland.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150749173088090370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Seeking food, I get</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />lost in MC-Escher-esque </span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />maze. Elephants laugh.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-4806966941984268949?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Coolianoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164759515398946502006-11-28T16:17:00.000-08:002006-11-28T16:18:35.400-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4878/1505/1600/117582/lakehwood.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4878/1505/200/417640/lakehwood.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Above the city,</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />jog around Lake Hollywood</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />under sign's shadow </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116475951539894650?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Coolianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164759443224422422006-11-28T16:16:00.000-08:002006-11-28T16:17:23.226-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4878/1505/1600/731690/mdrcondo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4878/1505/200/100927/mdrcondo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Marina Del Rey</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />high-rise lets folks look down on</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />sea, dingbat dwellers </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116475944322442242?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Coolianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164759207776359842006-11-28T16:12:00.000-08:002006-11-28T16:14:31.743-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4878/1505/1600/483157/veniceskater.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4878/1505/200/175378/veniceskater.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Blading guitarist,</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Muscle beach men, vendors say,</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />"Welcome to Venice." </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116475920777635984?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Coolianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164759128841039462006-11-28T16:10:00.000-08:002006-11-28T16:15:54.970-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4878/1505/1600/92950/petersen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4878/1505/200/914795/petersen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Don't think cars can be </span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />art? Try touring <a href="http://www.petersen.org/">Petersen</a></span><a href="http://www.petersen.org/"><br /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.petersen.org/">Auto Museum</a>. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116475912884103946?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Coolianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164758094269144132006-11-28T15:48:00.000-08:002006-11-28T15:56:23.213-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4878/1505/1600/223194/joes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4878/1505/200/497385/joes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Sunday Brunch at <a href="http://www.joesrestaurant.com">Joe's</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mimosas, huevos, fresh fruit</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Delicious bargain </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116475809426914413?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Coolianoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173505570261072006-11-21T21:31:00.003-08:002006-11-21T21:31:45.570-08:00History’s crossroad<br />feels old-time rock glamour.<br />The Wiltern marquee.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417350557026107?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173494434746152006-11-21T21:31:00.002-08:002006-11-21T21:31:34.436-08:00Rocking the Roxy.<br />Standing room mostly , stage tucked<br />back in the corner.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417349443474615?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173485924576602006-11-21T21:31:00.001-08:002006-11-21T21:31:25.926-08:00Swallowing sea slime,<br />ankles twisting on the board.<br />Why is surfing fun?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417348592457660?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173472922365902006-11-21T21:31:00.000-08:002006-11-21T21:31:12.923-08:00Jessica Fletcher<br />at the Cheesecake Factory.<br />Pastry chef murder?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417347292236590?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173454881078132006-11-21T21:30:00.003-08:002006-11-21T21:30:54.883-08:00I’m walking one way<br />and them—another, going<br />to find fish tacos.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417345488107813?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173441730402352006-11-21T21:30:00.002-08:002006-11-21T21:30:41.730-08:00One day it’s Ozzy,<br />Another Danny Glover.<br />Celeb sighting lunch.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417344173040235?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173430332958362006-11-21T21:30:00.001-08:002006-11-21T21:30:30.333-08:00A dingy third street:<br />cut off the cars, build a mall.<br />Bingo! Promenade!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417343033295836?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173414829694862006-11-21T21:30:00.000-08:002006-11-21T21:30:14.830-08:00Summer tournaments<br />Bathing suits, beach volleyball.<br />Toes dip into sand.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417341482969486?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173401991250132006-11-21T21:29:00.004-08:002006-11-21T21:30:01.990-08:00Let’s go hike up there<br />or shoot it to “set the scene.”<br />It’s just wood on stilts.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417340199125013?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173390743778312006-11-21T21:29:00.003-08:002006-11-21T21:29:50.743-08:00The end of our street.<br />Dive bar trendified with lines<br />of retro-sinners.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417339074377831?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173379056146532006-11-21T21:29:00.002-08:002006-11-21T21:29:39.056-08:00LA hot dog lines:<br />finer palettes must have Pinks,<br />a high-cultured frank.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417337905614653?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173362608472782006-11-21T21:29:00.001-08:002006-11-21T21:29:22.606-08:00I’m having nightmares<br />involving parking, small dogs.<br />Must be the Grove.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417336260847278?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173351254131652006-11-21T21:29:00.000-08:002006-11-21T21:29:11.253-08:00Body bumper cars:<br />City Walk, suffocating<br />teen metropolis.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417335125413165?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173338405438182006-11-21T21:28:00.004-08:002006-11-21T21:28:58.406-08:00Smokey lounge singer<br />fields kitschy pop-song requests<br />from sirloin eaters.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417333840543818?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173328504493312006-11-21T21:28:00.003-08:002006-11-21T21:28:48.506-08:00Poetry fortress<br />looms on Venice, poems hushed,<br />proud, Beyond Baroque.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417332850449331?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173316609320352006-11-21T21:28:00.002-08:002006-11-21T21:28:36.610-08:00Hollywood to Panns,<br />feisty, brazen: a road called<br />LaCienega!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417331660932035?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173306659586852006-11-21T21:28:00.001-08:002006-11-21T21:28:26.660-08:00All rolls of the tongue<br />and sounds vaguely erotic<br />on Sepulveda!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417330665958685?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173296209403342006-11-21T21:28:00.000-08:002006-11-21T21:28:16.210-08:00No Titos, Pacos.<br />Kings Tacos in East LA,<br />But bring your Spanish.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417329620940334?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16168108.post-1164173284225098972006-11-21T21:27:00.002-08:002006-11-21T21:28:04.226-08:00Chilly, sticky floors,<br />the New Beverly lingers.<br />Film buff’s paradise.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16168108-116417328422509897?l=lahaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nerdiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452957635716365892noreply@blogger.com0