Los Angeles. Sept 2010
My trips there always seem too brief. Once again my friend’s home was open to me. We had two nights of shows and fun and having our diet Cokes never run dry. We met an online friend for lunch and had a lovely afternoon. I wandered the shops in San Pedro in my never-ending search for dark coffee to bring home as my souvenir.
The Grove-Anaheim SKA nightThis time I got to see a bit of Hollywood, where the kid was living. VERY interesting exhibition of street fighting with Dog Brothers Gathering Of The Pack 2010. Watching your child in a school play does NOT prepare for watching him fight with knives and sticks. When it was his turn, I was so focused on getting some photos of him that I didn’t have time to worry. Afterwards, we went to have lunch and a few beers at a local pub. Met one man I had been watching fight. He was very good. Like the kid, a computer geek! I think the best part was seeing these guys in their street clothes: Skinny, blobby, dorky, nerdy with glasses. Just the types that others want to pick on. Knowing that they could/would hold their own in a fight made me smile.
Then a bit of driving around. Interesting houses. Interesting people living inside them. Yup. Drive bys are fun. ;-) Maybe next time I’ll stop and take some pix.
The kid is back in town now, and with no shows planned in L.A. in the near future I don’t know when I’ll return. But I can dream….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN3GbF9Bx6E
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