Everyday Living

wow. that was hard.

By Eric Richardson — May 12, 2004

8:30am, I get up, get dressed, and Magilla and I head over to the U-Haul center that’s conveniently just like a mile away. We’re getting a 17’ truck for $29.95. Plus $5 handling fee to reserve it. Plus $14 for their insurance. Plus $10 for an appliance dolly. Plus mileage. So really not at all the $29.95 they advertise. But that’s ok...


still fun with moving

By Eric Richardson — May 08, 2004

I helped a friend who’s going to be living in the new apartment over the summer move his stuff in today. I figured, oh, it’s saturday, downtown won’t be busy. I was wrong. But we made it to the apartment ok, and successfully used the loading zone right out front for getting his stuff up to the fourth floor. We met one of our neighbors, a...


The Palace

By Eric Richardson — May 03, 2004

So at the new digs today I checked and it is the Palace Theatre, as I had guessed when I looked at the picture I took out my window. Some of the old Broadway (the street in LA, not the place in New York) neon was relit earlier this spring. Cinema Treasures posted some good pictures showing the front sides of the Los Angeles and the Palace.


it's the little things

By Eric Richardson — May 03, 2004

Went down to the new apartment today to drop the first small load of stuff off and see if the power was turned on, etc. Each time I’m there it’s the little things that strike me about how much I’m never going to miss City Park, the apartment building I’ve called home for two years now. First off, it’s ridiculously hot right now...


classic movie fun

By Eric Richardson — May 02, 2004
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The other day I saw a Film Radar email talking about Last Remaining Seats, a yearly set of events put on by the LA Conservancy. They show classic films in some of LA’s historic theatres, places the general public really doesn’t get much access to these days. Kathy and I are going to be seeing three of the films, two of which will be right around...


Los Angeles Theatre Center

By Eric Richardson — May 01, 2004

The Downtown News has an interesting article on the Los Angeles Theatre Center. There’s a fight going on right now to see who’s going to manage the struggling complex, with a lot of politics as usual. Normally I wouldn’t really care about something like this, seeing as my nights out don’t usually include catching a play, but the Theatre...


fun with history

By Eric Richardson — April 21, 2004
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Sometimes I wish I could just sit around and read about history all day. Today, while looking for nothing in particular, I ended up at losangelesmetro.net. That led me to experiencela.com, where I clicked around for a little bit before discovering their tour of the Figueroa corridor. Stop number four on that tour is the Stimson House, something I’ve passed...