Here's a nice little stroll you can do through Los Angeles: Koreatown to Little Bangladesh to Larchmont: a stroll through Los Angeles First, get yourself to the Wilshire/Vermont metro station. You can get to this station quite easily on the Red Line or Purple Line metros. Supposing you start off at Union Station -- then… Continue reading A walk through Los Angeles: Koreatown to Little Bangladesh to Larchmont
Here's a nice, long walk you can take through a portion of the Los Angeles region -- you'll see some nature (well, the Los Angeles version of nature, which includes a river that they've paved over), some famous landmarks, and a rich neighborhood with some famous architects. Here's where you'll be walking: you'll be north… Continue reading A walk through Los Angeles: Lower Arroyo to the Rose Bowl to Frank Lloyd Wright House
I wrote previously about how if you take train trips around the US, you end up stumbling upon mass shooting sites. Well, somewhat related: I was again stumbling around the other day and I came across this Home Depot: Home Depot This is a Home Depot where ICE did some of their raids, and a… Continue reading More sites of death around the US
When I was little, I had a secret fantasy of attending Claremont McKenna College. If I had known then as I know now that it's right by Loserville, I probably would have squashed that idea. But I hadn't really researched the place. My romantic notions of the place were based solely on the fact that… Continue reading Claremont McKenna
Every year at Christmas time, the Norwegian embassy puts a Christmas tree in the main train station in Washington DC. It's an ugly looking tree: Norwegian Tree at Union Station They do this every year. I don't know for how long, but back when I was passing through Union Station all the time in the… Continue reading The Norwegian Tree at Union Station
I have been to San Antonio twice now, so you might assume that I saw the Alamo. Yes, the Alamo of "Remember the Alamo" fame. However, both of my visits lasted only about an hour, and took place in the middle of the night, because my visits to the city have actually been train stops… Continue reading Sneaking off to see the Alamo while at the San Antonio train stop
A few years ago, I took the Sunset Limited train from New Orleans all the way to Loserville, that is, Los Angeles, that is, Trashyville. Such a romantic way to travel. It took two days and two nights. This is the train's route. And as I rocked gently and peacefully to the train's railtrack lullaby,… Continue reading A mass-shooting tour of the USA, mostly by train
August 2014. Exactly 10 years ago. That was the summer that "Daesh" (ISIS) had suddenly taken over parts of Iraq and Syria. I was in Jordan at the time, so right in the neighborhood. Yet Jordan had been so still and peaceful that the clamor from next-door had felt far away. But then, things started… Continue reading What’s it like flying to Los Angeles?
I was waiting at the metro stop when a man got off the train. His pants were wet, and then he just stood there and made them even more wet, and an almighty puddle formed around him. Then he very theatrically raised his arms in the air, dropped down right over the tracks, and draped… Continue reading Is the Los Angeles metro safe? Part 8
I fell asleep on the Metro the other day. I don't recommend that you do this. But I was extremely tired. And, nothing happened to me. I awoke with all my possessions intact and no one had decided to give me a black eye during my slumbers. So therefore, we can state that, having fallen… Continue reading Is the Los Angeles metro safe? Part 7
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