Walking on Melrose

I needed to have some work done on my car (A/C is required in this hot weather!), so I took a day off last week and took it to the mechanic.  The shop is only a mile and a half from my house, so I decided to walk home.  My route was down Melrose Ave - but not the trendy section that everyone knows about.  East of La Brea, Melrose is a much more quiet place, less flashy.  Here are some views from the walk home.

It's still summer

Another crazy busy week at work!  I have a very important drawing revision that has to be released by Friday to meet a satellite's schedule deadline.  So, another week of late nights.

But I still managed to have some fun - last week I went to another concert at the Hollywood Bowl.  The featured soloist was YoYo Ma the amazing cellist!  Apparently a lot of other people think he's amazing, too - the Bowl has a capacity of 17,376 and the attendance was 17,163!!  I've never seen the area so packed and the traffic so snarled!  But it was worth it - beautiful music on a lovely summer evening.

Here are a few photos from the past week.  Hope you enjoy them.

Spy vs Spy?

Circling pigeons

YoYo Ma and the LA Phil

Sunset and sycamore

Sunset and palms

On my way home

This week has been very busy at work - I've had to stay late each day, attempting to get a bunch of drawings done by the end of this week.  Not much time for photo taking, but here are a few I took on my way home from work.  I hope you enjoy them.

Kilroy?

A new cute little restaurant, unfortunately not kosher :(

Battling dinosaurs - ordering room service?

Full moon over La Brea Ave

Velvety palm tree