Last time I came over here I was treated to a trip to the baseball. This time the treat was football. Not like our own football this is more like rugby league with all the substitutes and ground staff joining in. There are 50 plus players on the pitch, but only 11 play at any one time. They wear body armour and helmets plus visors and some of them look like they’ve just eaten their next door neighbour. A gut is not thought of as odd, more likely an asset. The crowd take this to heart and have similar sized … Continue reading Football is football and soccer is our football.

I suppose this might be termed a hands on experience. This too was taken on Christmas Day on a day when the sun shone all day and was really as blue as this picture suggests, just like almost every other cloudless day. They say it’s cold here when the temperature drops below 65 Fahrenheit, so their hands are likely to be warm. Good for business. Continue reading I should koko.

Even the cemetery has a fancy sign. Of course no one dies in Hollywood, they just pass. Continue reading Clear for take off.

Breath in and zip up! Then try to breath. Titans are n’t born, their made, probably out of plastic and steroids. More of L A’s wonderful nonsense in my next. Continue reading Waist trainer?

I know it’s iconic and this was well worth a visit, there’s a pleasant short walk around a park and pathway near enough this sign. I’ve always thought they should perhaps do something about the kerning on this piece, typographers will know what I’m on about. I’ve had a lot of fun wandering around the bits of LA near to where we are staying but , like most things here, this required a car journey. I’ve taken lots of sign pics and will be featuring them on them next few posts. I hope you enjoy them as much as I … Continue reading I suppose this is a good place to start.

This sign of the Beatles, or perhaps better described as a mural, shows how best to deal with a face that you can’t draw too well. Everyone knows what the Beatles look like so it’s tough when you can’t get a likeness, but here where the artist can’t seem to fix it, it’s been fixed by hiding him! George is not rendered too well here either but Ringo and John are doing ok. Paul’s in hiding , perhaps just as well. I feel for the person who did this piece, I find it tough to draw any sort of likeness. … Continue reading If you can’t draw him, hide him.

It seems to me that much of LA is a cacophony. In regard to streets they are full of businesses in some areas, and here you’ll find signs all over the place, all competing for the passing trade. Footfall is not really the term here, perhaps carfall should be the word. This building made a refreshing change from the norm with just the one word on it and that was not adding much to the selling message. It was like a deep breath in a long sentence. At the football match, a peak of cacophony, every second of the time … Continue reading Office sign in red and blue.

I think so, this one certainly did it for me and this viewer was equally transfixed. She blends well too! Continue reading Do the Danes have good painters?

I used to know someone who called anything painted on a wall a ‘Muriel’ , so am not sure if this is a one of them or a sign, but whatever it is I like it a lot and the grey car fits in well. Thanks to whoever parked it there. I’m not usually a fan of wall graffiti but there are exceptions and this is one. As usual with these things in L A it is helped by that incessant sunny weather and vivid blue skies, this one taken on Christmas Day. The artist is Evan Mendel and I … Continue reading Nice one Evan

A time for snow deep on the ground and the crisp crunch of ice and snow underfoot, wrapped up warm against the chill and the easterly gales. Looking forward to hot drinks and a drop of brandy to ward off the chill in front of a blazing log fire. Well there are logs, but the rest is Hollywood fiction. This was taken this morning in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. Wishing all those who bother to pop in here a very Merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year. Continue reading Christmas Eve in California