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[elmore3003]

DR ELMORE you will probably have a message from a family member today.

DR JRand62, thank you! Since that happened this morning, my mother - who would have been 90 years old this year - has been on my thoughts, and it's been a weepy morning.

[Druxy]

I have no idea how big or small these images will post, so here goes:





Ask BK:

First of all, do you have this book, THEN AND NOW, 1973-2004 by Ed Ruscha?  I only learned of it when browsing Hollywood "then and now" titles after reading Adriana.  Found a wonderful copy at a great price, and it's certainly worthy of an entire discussion.

Now, here's a memory question for BK or DR Jane or DR Druxy or anyone who can help:  In the 1973 photograph there's a restaurant visible between the American Airlines building and Capitol Records (where the pagoda thing sits later) called Munch Box.  Do you remember it?  What was it?  Any description would be of interest because I came across a couple of notes from 1972-73 indicating I'd eaten there a few times, and I had no memory of its name or anything about it.

I could probably get that sign clearer with a large hi-res scan, but I think if you squint you can get the idea.

This book, and Ed Ruscha's project, is a godsend - as one would expect - while exploring it can be a bit of a strange experience.  But:  wow.

I have no memory of a place called Munch Box.  Sorry.

[elmore3003]

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[Druxy]

DR ELMORE you will probably have a message from a family member today.

DR JRand62, thank you! Since that happened this morning, my mother - who would have been 90 years old this year - has been on my thoughts, and it's been a weepy morning.

I know that some people think it's screwy, but: I do believe in "visitations" from the other side.

I certainly believe that I have experienced 2-3 in my life.

[elmore3003]

And greetings from Toyland!

[elmore3003]

DR ELMORE you will probably have a message from a family member today.

DR JRand62, thank you! Since that happened this morning, my mother - who would have been 90 years old this year - has been on my thoughts, and it's been a weepy morning.

I know that some people think it's screwy, but: I do believe in "visitations" from the other side.

I certainly believe that I have experienced 2-3 in my life.

I'd be much happier with 2-3 in my lifetime!  The creepiest was in July 1968, but they seem to be happening far too often these days.

[Jrand74]

I think visitations are particularly useful to writers DR DRUXY....and of course other creative people DR ELMORE.

[Jrand74]

Planets and moons are crazy right now....and of course April 30 is coming up - which is the second day of the year when the veil between the spirit world and the earthly world is at its thinnest.

[Laura]

Good morning.

I have never been visited by the other side. But then, I'm so oblivious to such things that they'd probably have to drop an anvil on me to get my attention.

[Laura]

It is a beautiful spring day in Arizona.

[Druxy]

I think visitations are particularly useful to writers DR DRUXY....and of course other creative people DR ELMORE.

I don't think that being a writer or otherwise creative has anything to do with it.

 

[elmore3003]

Good morning.

I have never been visited by the other side. But then, I'm so oblivious to such things that they'd probably have to drop an anvil on me to get my attention.

LOL! I love you, DR Laura!

[Jrand74]

I said they were USEFUL to those people, not that were visited more or less....

[Jrand74]

Good morning.

I have never been visited by the other side. But then, I'm so oblivious to such things that they'd probably have to drop an anvil on me to get my attention.

LOL.....some work is done quietly.

[FJL]

I find an Anvil is very useful for getting rid of a headache.

[bk]

There are several Hollywood Then and Now books - not sure I have this one from 2004 - I'll have to check.  But I never ate at The Munch Box, nor at the Howard Johnson's on the corner across the street (I don't think that was there all that long - formerly Hody's).  There was an Ontra Cafeteria on the other side of the street just up from Vine - ate there a lot.

[bk]

I'm up.  One of the reasons I'm up was to put my car out on the street - filming today - and yet all the little cones with the signs about filming today are suddenly and magically gone.  I may give the location manager a call.

[Jrand74]

I hope you let your builder know that when he starts his work, he is supposed to park down the street in front of Annette's Daughter's House.

[Jrand74]

Welcome One Guest.

[Jrand74]

I received my new license plate in the mail today.  I have only gotten sticky tags for about 4 years, this year I got a NEW plate....even though my number is the same:

376 BFF

[Jrand74]

Snow flurries.....

[Jrand74]

Too much ME on this page.

[Jrand74]

Edith Get Well vibes for DR CILLA LIZ.

[Ben]

I received my new license plate in the mail today.  I have only gotten sticky tags for about 4 years, this year I got a NEW plate....even though my number is the same:

376 BFF

So, who's your BFF (Best Friend Forever)

I can't put a question mark at the end of the sentence because the parens and the ? seem to make it an emoticon, this one to be exact   

[Druxy]

Since were were discussing "visitations" and other strange stuff, I decided to pull this section out of my 2010 memoir for your perusal:

"I knew a fellow named Tim Hansel. We went all the way through
school together, from elementary through high school. He was a nice
guy, a good athlete, but we were never close buddies, just friendly
acquaintances. The last time I saw Tim was at our 35th high school
reunion.

"I hadn’t thought about Tim for years, then a few months ago, his
name just popped into my head and I suddenly had a strong urge to
call him and say, “Hello.” I searched the Internet, but could not
come up with a direct contact, so I sent a couple of e-mails to people
who, ostensibly, knew him, requesting that they ask Tim to contact
me. That’s it. I never heard anything back from anybody, so I went
on to other things.

"About a month later, I heard from a mutual acquaintance on
Facebook that Tim had died…on the very day that I had tried to contact
him.

"Go figure."

[ChasSmith]

Those kinds of "coincidences" happen surprisingly often - though not necessarily to moi - and are always fascinating.

[ChasSmith]

I don't specifically recall eating at that Howard Johnson's, but I might have, since it had still been a common thing for me to eat in them in Cleveland and other locations prior to moving to Hollywood. 

That Ontra Cafeteria was a special discovery, and I always wished I'd gone in there more often than I did.

[ChasSmith]

An interesting thing for me about the cafeteria building -- unless I've been remembering this totally wrong all these years -- is that the first dentist I ever went to in L.A. was in that building, right above Ontra.  I have a photo somewhere that sort of bears that out, because there's a regular door on the front that would appear to be the entry for whatever offices were on the second (and third?) floor.

[John G.]

My visits are usually just from bill collectors. 

[ChasSmith]

My visits are usually just from bill collectors. 

Are they ever translucent?