While on my way to my fay-vorite bar last night with my dude and friend Alex (more on that later), our car ride was interrupted by a barrage of at least 100 bikers that completely took over the streets of Downtown L.A. Dudeguy informed me that this group was called Critical Mass and their aim is to raise awareness about how unfriendly the city was to cyclists.
Cool.
They ride around guerilla style ignoring traffic signals, stopping car traffic, and basically shutting down streets. Apparently, the police don’t support that activity and arrest a few of them. I tried to take pictures of all of this happening, but none of them came out too clearly. Oh well.
If you’re a cyclist, I support you. I may have to dust off my beach cruiser if gas gets to be too high. For the rest, enjoy this PSA my friend Daryl showed me today:
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And I’ll try not to ruin it for everyone, but I want to know how many saw “it” the first time around. BE HONEST!!!
Work let out a little early today because of the holiday (PRAISE sweet minty Jesus), so my frenemy buddy Fernando and I decided to go to the mall and walk around. A good time was had by all.
Cardigan & Jeans: Forever 21 + Shirt & Necklace: Vintage via my freakin’ sweet grandma + Shoes: Bakers + Bag: H&M
On the way back from our expedition (where he acquired the woven fedora and I, the nerd glasses – SCORE!), we saw this billboard for the latest Japanese art exhibit at LACMA. The graffitti fit right in with the graphic and it made for a nice shock of color on Wilshire Boulevard. You never need to go really far to find inspiration (or tagging) in this city.
BRING ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND!!!
I haven’t done an outfit post all week, so here is what I had on yesterday. Normally I’d wear an even more casual offshoot of this, but I decided that I’m going to give a damn this week and put some effort in getting ready for work (which doesn’t happen, mainly, because I don’t like to get out of bed until I hit snooze 5 times or more). It seems that circles were the theme of the day – I just noticed I had them on damn near everywhere. LOL.
I was fooling around with my camera (as usual), and I ended up getting this one on the stairwell leading up to my living space. I look all mysterious and dark. LOL. Very fitting IMO, because I live on the third floor of a 1906 craftsman full of history and stories of encounters with ghosts former residents of the deceased variety. Seriously. My house could take up a post all in itself.
*note to self: do a post on the house*
Jacket: Urban Outfitters + Shirt: Forever 21 + Necklace: H&M + Jeans: Rampage + Shoes: Bakers
I’m still juiced about shopping this weekend. The thrill of the hunt always gets me amped up. I just hope I can find something worthy of all this anxiety. I’ve heard these $1 sales can be pretty touch and go…
