In the 1930s, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy tried to push a crated piano up one of Silverlake’s pedestrian staircases. That process – and its outcome – are the subject of their short film, The Music Box. I’m not much of a Laurel & Hardy fan, but it’s still pretty cool to incorporate a bit [...]
The excitement I felt after climbing the 55 stories of the Wells Fargo Tower quickly dissipated last evening when I tried the 42-story One California Plaza and took the same amount of time. Maybe it was the warmer weather, maybe it was the larger crowd of people climbing with me, but it opened my eyes [...]
I haven’t posted in a while, but it’s not for a lack of doing things. They’ve either been repeat activities, like Hollywood Bowl (RENT and Sergio Mendes this summer) or out-of-state trips, like a great weekend in NJ/NY. But last night provided a perfect posting opportunity. I met L after work at Spring Street, a [...]
