Up on the Roof

 

Pillsbury Ave. S.
Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Deir Yassin Remembered

On the Greenway, at Pillsbury Ave.

From the Wikipedia entry "The Deir Yassin Massacre":

The Deir Yassin massacre took place on April 9, 1948, when around 120 fighters from [Israeli/Jewish] paramilitary groups  ... attacked Deir Yassin, a Palestinian-Arab village of roughly 600 people near Jerusalem... during the civil war that preceded the end of British rule in Palestine.
 Around 107 villagers were killed during and after the battle for the village, including women and children...."

Photo Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Jungle Theater Parking Lot

Photo: Marz Haney

Inside The Electric Fetus

A mainstay in Whittier since 1968, we take you behind the scenes of 

The Electric Fetus, through that 'keep out' gate, where thousand of recordings in the form of LPs, CDs, DVDs and 45s are taken in, organized,and managed for resale to local and beyond audiophiles.

Paul the manager of the Gifts Dept. shows me around.  See  Nippy at the right.

Photos by Jo Ann Musumeci

Dog Walk

Along the Greenway...

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Welcome, Glam Doll Donuts!

Glam Doll Donuts opened on Friday at 2605 Nicollet (next to Black Forest Inn).

Baker Jessica (top row) frosts Peek-a-Boo (tres leches) donuts, while owners Arwyn & Teresa (bottom row)--in postwar hairstyles--offer up coffee and designer donuts.

Glam Dolls on Facebook, click:
https://www.facebook.com/GlamDollDonuts

Photos: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Recyling Pick-up Is Friday

You can put all your recyling in you big, blue recycling cart--no need to sort any more (though I coufess I can't stop sorting).  I wonder how they get that stuff sorted at the recycling center.  You know someone's got to do ti.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

A Late Valentine's Day Message

Oh well, a week late to show off this lovely mural just off 26th St. between 1st Ave. and Nicollet.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

"Your look gives meaning to..."

 

"City life, urban life, living in big cities, in fact, is living in a galaxy of unimportant, random, stupid, absurd images. But your look gives a strange, mysterious meaning to these little details of streets, asphalt or cobblestone roads, advertisements, letters, all the little details of bus stops or chimneys, windows. All these things constitute a texture of a city, and each city in that fashion is very different."

–Orhan Pamuk
(Turkish writer, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature)
from here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3131585.stm

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Eat Street Social

Happy Hour cheese plate; Antonio at the bar

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Seen at Midtown Global Market

Photo: Marz Haney

Leash tangle ahead...

Neighbors let their dogs play, by the alley

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Svedka in the Snow

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Enchanting Snowfall On the Midtown Greenway

People bike on the Greenway all year, like they do on the city streets.  It must have been quite a magical ride on this day.

Photo: Jo Ann Musumeci

Happy Valentine's Day

Even this snow-family is showing their love.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Target Hearts

The Target Building displays hearts for Valentine Season.
(Snapped just as the bus pulled up at the bus stop on Nicollet Ave....)

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Most Happy Fellows

 At first I thought these statues were lions that you often find (guarding?) at walkway or doorway entrances.  But they are jovial Buddha-like figures with instruments.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

A Sign Of The Times?

The Church of St. Stephen (or St. Stephen's Church, as it is also known) was built between 1889-1891.    It's a beautiful building.  I wonder what prompted its placement, or why people would be sitting on the steps.  The St. Stephen's parish was admonished by the Archbishop a few years ago for it's 'liberal' ways--adapting the approved litergy (such as including an environmental poem), allowing the laity, such as a "female minister" to have a stronger role in the mass.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Pink Dream In Storefront

Rudy Fig, a self-taught artist, shows her work in the Artists In Storefronts program in Whittier, near the corner of 1st Ave. and 26th St.  In her bio, she explains that her parents were professional toy designers, and she was "a painter, designer, and professional day-dreamer."  I think she succeeds in creating a dream-like work here.

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Happy New Year, Blog!

Decorated for Lunar New Year (Tết in Vietnamese), the window of a Vietnamese grocery on Nicollet Ave. reflects a shopper making her way through snowy slop.

This blog started on Asian New Year in February, 2011, so this is its second birthday! On we go, into our third year...

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Land Of 10,001 Lakes

Well, maybe not a real lake, just an ephemeral one, providing a nice reflection of the boulevard tree.  Watch out when that re-freezes!

Photo:  Jo Ann Musumeci

Econoline

On the edge of Phillips

Photo: Andrew Casey

Bluegrass Toddlers

Sorry, this photo is fuzzy because I took it quickly with my laptop at the Midtown Global Market where I just happened to stumble upon toddlers dancing to a mid-morning bluegrass performance.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Freewheel Fix Up

Winter is hard on bikes, but you can roll off the Greenway and into Freewheel Bike Shop, where Joe (or someone) can replace a  broken cable or lube a chain on the spot.

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Batman at the School Bus Stop

Photo: Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Ice Feathers

This morning's window, at 3ºF (-16ºC)
They keep saying, "It's a lovely day, tomorrow..."

Photo Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Bakery Wall

Photo: Marz Haney

Halo above Whittier

This is shot from the corner of 26th & Harriet of the beautiful sight astronomers call a "halo." It's the result of the sun reflecting and refracting light off of tiny crystal particles within the thin layer of cirrus clouds high up in the atmosphere. 

Photo: Matt Barthelemy

Karmel Square

Photo: Marz Haney