LA Today

I give up and I give in. After 800+ days of crying I accept that I am not going to power out of this depression, whether situational or not, without some pharmaceutical help. So I got me some cheaper meds and started them this week. I was reading the possible side effects and one of them is diarrhea so I am glad I missed that. Wait a sec. brb (be right back).Oooops...nevermind. I already have the jaw clenching thing that happens. Maybe if I develop a tic and inability to look anyone in the eye I will finally look like the nutcase I am.

Today started with the pysanky. I needed some supplies and the closest place to get any is LA. I have known about this place for years but I usually order online (and before that via mail - remember mail order?) from a place in Minnesota. However, since I am going hot and heavy with the pysanky I decided to check it out. Now, the place is only open on Saturdays from 10-3 so it was a small window.

I left the house at noon and figured two hours was a very generous allotment of time to get there. At 2:00 I turned onto the 101 into LA from the 60 (for those ho know the area) and it was at a standstill. I called Murph, Grecia and the pysanky store to see if anyone had a surface street alternative and they did not, but the pysanky lady said she would stay open until I got there. I arrived with 12 minutes to spare and was happy to see they had all that I needed.

The Ukrainian Culture Center - with a small store and pysanky supplies hidden on the second floor and only open for 5 hours on Saturdays - it's kind of like Brigadoon


There I was in LA and not one to waste the opportunity I did another personal tour. So I went from eastish LA via Santa Monica Blvd. to Beverly Hills and back via Wilshire. I am finally getting to know the area a little. Below are some of the things of note today.

I always suspected that L.A. was illegal

I love this building but I do not know what it is or anything about it - nor have I taken a very good picture of it

Gotta love it - it's a cemetery

Elizabeth mentioned that even ads namedrop - like one for an apartment that stated it was where Hillary Duff filmed part of her last movie. They don't mention that it was where she was homeless and used one of doorways to sleep in or anything - just that the apartment had a walk on in a film.

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And Our ART Segment...

I love art. And I love public art. And I love murals. I always see past the tagging to the main picture. I find it inspiring that people are moved to do that. A sign that creativity and enthusiasm exist in every corner. Below are some mural examples - I am seriously thinking of going into town one day and taking all public art photos - there are some surprisingly good things around.

The corner by the Ukrainian place at Melrose and Heliotrope in LA

This was after I had doubled back and was trying to find the 101. In East LA.

What I saw and was unable to capture:

• A sixty year old well dressed man on an overpass looking like a slightly crazy Disney-bot waving at the cars below on the 101

• And a tall muscular black man with a white fuzzy hat, long braids, a shiny black muscle shirt, and exaggerated black bell bottoms covering his shoes which I am guessing were 6" platforms - so very LA

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LA is well known for some great and very trendy restaurants...but I wouldn't know. Made my drink stop at the McD's on Wilshire on the Miracle Mile. I am livin' the dream people!