Topic: MY LA - A VISUAL ESSAY (Read 24583 times)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #30 on:** June 24, 2013, 06:39:02 AM »

Beautiful, DR John G.

I so miss places like that.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #31 on:** June 24, 2013, 06:41:59 AM »

What th'... ?

Can it really be 80 (and humid) already?

I guess it can. I'm just not used to this lately.

singdaw · « **Reply #32 on:** June 24, 2013, 06:50:16 AM »

What do you think of my hat for the Royal Ascot... Too much?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #33 on:** June 24, 2013, 06:51:10 AM »

Greetings from Toyland! Too damned hot and too fuckin' humid!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #34 on:** June 24, 2013, 07:11:00 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on June 24, 2013, 06:51:10 AM

Too damned hot and too fuckin' humid!

Are those Cole Porter's original lyrics?

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #35 on:** June 24, 2013, 07:14:35 AM »

Quote from: bk on June 24, 2013, 12:08:26 AM

And the word of the day is: FEN!

And The Song Of The Day Is: MISSISSIPPI MUD

Ginny · « **Reply #36 on:** June 24, 2013, 07:21:07 AM »

Monday morning greetings! I am easing into what will be a very busy week.

BK, I love, love, love your photo essay of bygone LA. Makes me nostalgic for 1950s and '60s Detroit...

Ginny · « **Reply #37 on:** June 24, 2013, 07:32:17 AM »

Recent episodes of MAD MEN have included scenes in the lobby of the General Motors building in Detroit. My father worked in that building from 1953-1967 and I have vivid memories of the cars on display like we saw last night. I also remember the model cars like the one Bob brought to Joan's little boy. And I remember cellophane-wrapped, cherry-flavored hard candies in the shape of the Chevy logo...

ChasSmith · « **Reply #38 on:** June 24, 2013, 07:43:20 AM »

Not my own photo (obviously), and earlier than I would have known it, but it's a great shot. (And look at how everyone is dressed -- in Miami Beach!) My memories of being treated to something here, after seeing a roadshow film such as "Mad World" or "My Fair Lady", are pure magic.

John G. · « **Reply #39 on:** June 24, 2013, 07:57:53 AM »

TOD 2: Here's an image of the Belvedere, a water fountain park in Louisville. When I was growing up, it was a place on the riverfront where you would go to listen to the sounds of water while sitting in the blazing sun. Nowadays, kids actually play in the water. I think that's a lot more fun. And cooler. They used to have ethnic festivals there. Also saw the Louisville Symphony play there a few times.

singdaw · « **Reply #40 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:00:18 AM »

Loving all these DR vintage photos and reminiscences!

Matthew · « **Reply #41 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:04:49 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 24, 2013, 06:50:16 AM

What do you think of my hat for the Royal Ascot... Too much?

Does anyone still wear a hat?

Matthew · « **Reply #42 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:06:06 AM »

Well, to answer my own question - I had to this morning. As I stepped out of the apartment to take the DD for a walk, and it's RAINING. Can you believe it? Raining in June in the Bay Area <insert sarcasm here> We must have brought it home from Florida.

singdaw · « **Reply #43 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:10:16 AM »

Well, DR Matthew, I was seriously considering standing in the wind once the Ascot was finished, and generating all my own electricity.

Matthew · « **Reply #44 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:15:27 AM »

Just a fantastic visual essay in the notes! While my hometown of San Mateo (which I live in AGAIN!!) isn't as exciting and glamorous as LA, I feel the same way about certain things like restaurants, movie theatres, etc that are now gone or replaced. It saddens me about the movie theatres - everywhere, not just here - where the insides were ornate and well designed and now they are just gone. Like no one cares about the past anymore.

Matthew · « **Reply #45 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:15:58 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 24, 2013, 08:10:16 AM

Well, DR Matthew, I was seriously considering standing in the wind once the Ascot was finished, and generating all my own electricity.

Wow, imagine all the colors of the wind that would have produced!

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #46 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:17:09 AM »

Quote from: bk on June 24, 2013, 01:03:11 AM

The only things I ever ordered at C.C. Brown's were the hot fudge sundae and the butterscotch (not very often - maybe three times total) - it's listed on the back of the menu, which isn't pictured.

C.C. Brown's. Yum! haven't thought about this place for years!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #47 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:36:54 AM »

I like your hat DR SINGDAW, but you shouldn't hold your purse there.

MBarnum · « **Reply #48 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:38:09 AM »

BK, I so loved seeing all of the vintage shots in today's notes!! Thanks!

MBarnum · « **Reply #49 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:39:57 AM »

DR JohnG, Oriental House looks just like a Chinese restaurant should!

My nephew's girlfriend lives in Louisville. I will try to remember to ask if she ever eats there.

MBarnum · « **Reply #50 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:40:23 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on June 24, 2013, 07:43:20 AM

Not my own photo (obviously), and earlier than I would have known it, but it's a great shot. (And look at how everyone is dressed -- in Miami Beach!) My memories of being treated to something here, after seeing a roadshow film such as "Mad World" or "My Fair Lady", are pure magic.

I love everything about this photo!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #51 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:39:20 AM »

Lovely notes with photos.....I enjoyed reading and SEEING them very much.

I don't remember that we went OUT to eat very much when I was growing up. But we did have hamburgers or shakes at the local Rexall Drug Store counter.

The Ritz Theatre was the town movie house that we frequented many times.....along with the Center-Brook Drive IN (half way between Centerton and Brooklyn) and the Maplecroft Drive In....which usually showed Little Rascals shorts with its movies....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #52 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:40:35 AM »

MR BK the phone number on the matchbook cover of Kiru was DU-5 ... What did the DU stand for?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #53 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:41:23 AM »

When I was growing up our phone number began with LY 7-

LY = Lyceum

When we moved to Mooresville it was VE 1

VE = Vernon

MBarnum · « **Reply #54 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:46:31 AM »

I took cat Freddy to the vet on Friday and he was put through all kinds of tests, pokes, and prods. He has gone from 13 lbs to 7 lbs over the last year but the tests did not show anything out of the ordinary as far as kidney problems, thyroid, and what not.

The doctor suspects cancer is likely, but as Fred is 14 years old, not much sense in tormenting the poor guy with more tests, not to mention the nasty treatments.

Doc gave me some pills to help with his appetite, and so that has improved. He won't drink water out of his dish any longer. Nor will he drink out of the toilet (which had become his favorite drinking spot over the last few months, for some reason). Fred will now only drink out of the bathroom sink faucet. Very odd.

Anyway, thank you all for the vibes.

singdaw · « **Reply #55 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:51:29 AM »

Thanks for the update on DC Freddy, DR MBarnum. I was thinking about him on my dogwalk this morning, and wondering how he was doing. I hope that his remaining time with you is peaceful and fulfilling.

MBarnum · « **Reply #56 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:51:53 AM »

Thanks DR Singdaw

I myself am still recovering from this weekend's Mamie Van Doren movie marathon.

John G. · « **Reply #57 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:55:01 AM »

I hope you're feeling better, MBarnum. Recovering while watching Mamie Van D. can be hard on a system.

And more Freddy vibes.

MBarnum · « **Reply #58 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:55:58 AM »

The makers for DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES have a new show starting titled, I think, MAIDS. It sounds like it might be good.

John G. · « **Reply #59 on:** June 24, 2013, 08:57:28 AM »

I started watching a movie recommended, I believe, by BK called "Hitler's Children," a documentary in which survivors of the highest ranking members of the Third Reich are interviewed. The movie is only 85 minutes or so long, but I had to stop it midway through, as it was too much to bear in one sitting. I will return to it this evening, I hope, but it's as devastating a movie as Resnais' "Night and Fog."

And I see that the library has just gotten "Shoah," which is nine hours. Wonder how long that would take for me to get through?

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