Everyday Living

making the rounds of LA transit

By Eric Richardson — June 11, 2004

Yesterday I managed to travel every rail line in the Metro rail system in a single trip. I first needed to get to Pasadena City College, where I thought I would be taking a summer class, so I biked over to Union Station and hopped on the Gold Line. Sure it takes a little longer, but I had a book to read (I've been reading Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam) so...


doh... catch up time

By Eric Richardson — June 11, 2004

I've not been the best at keeping things up to date over the past few days. Can't say that was intentional. Wednesday night Kathy and I walked the three blocks or so down to the Orpheum to see Sunrise. The Orpheum has undergone extensive restoration and renovation since it stopped being a first-run movie house several years ago, and it shows. Everything looks...


the pistons thought they had it

By Eric Richardson — June 09, 2004

Last night my roomate and I headed over to the Bonaventure Brewing Co to watch game 2. Those of you keeping score at home may remember that this was where Kathy and I watched game 4 of the San Antonio series. This time, though, it was an early game and happy hour pricing was in effect for the first hour. I got fish and chips, which were $5.95 and not the ...


short dream

By Eric Richardson — June 08, 2004

I'm sitting in the apartment this morning waiting for the cable guy to come. I hate Comcast, and I hate how much cable costs, but it will be nice to get more channels than just ABC, KCAL9, FOX, UPN, and PBS. But whatever, you don't care about me getting cable... The important thing is that I think I just had a one-minute long dream this morning. I'm pretty...


L.A. Means Business

By Eric Richardson — June 04, 2004

Brady Westwater, who just joined the LA blogging scene, today pointed me to an event he's helping put on called L.A. Means Business. As you can see from the L.A./Downtown discrepancy between title and URL, it's focused on bringing business back to the central city. From the site: So whether you want to create the latest hot night spot, a hip fusion restaurant...


Birthday Wishes

By Eric Richardson — June 03, 2004

Kathy and I -- along with 2000 other people -- saw Some Like It Hot tonight at the Los Angeles Theater. Doors were set to open at 7, so Kathy was going to pick up Subway on the way and come over to my place at like 6:15. We'd eat and then walk around the corner to the theater. She was running a bit late and pulled in at 6:40. She told me there was already...


changing drivers

By Eric Richardson — June 02, 2004

Two weeks ago I commented about riding the Gold Line and having the train stop for a minute over the Los Angeles River. At the time I guessed this might have been to let Chinatown station traffic clear. Today the same thing happened, in the same spot. This time, though, I was in the back of the front car instead of the front of the back car (more on that...


Los Angeles Theater

By Eric Richardson — June 02, 2004

I mentioned back at the beginning of last month that Kathy and I were going to be going to some of the Last Remaining Seats showings put on by the LA Conservancy. The first of those is tonight, when we see Some Like It Hot just around the corner at the Los Angeles Theater. This USC page has a good picture of the neon sign that I see out my bedroom window each...


the magic of cinema

By Eric Richardson — May 26, 2004

So my block is New York today. I didn't take pictures, 'cause I was driving after all, put sitting next to the building on the northeast corner of Spring and 7th was a line of NYC taxis. The building it'll have gotten a bit of a coat of paint (although only up to the 12 or 15 foot level... are they going to leave that or just do something different later?...


another sequel

By Eric Richardson — May 25, 2004

I could have gone a whole lifetime without knowing that they planned to make a Miss Congeniality 2. Unfortunately, I didn't, and they are. In fact today and tomorrow they're shooting it on my block and have two lanes closed to traffic on Spring. I know downtown filming is a fact of life, but I wish we could agree for the inconvenience to at least be caused...