Posted in Creatures, Everyone's a Photographer on Jun 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
You never know what’s doin’ in the nooks and crannies of Griffith Park!
I found out about some of these doings when I was allowed to attend (my) first meeting of the Griffith Park Natural History Survey, let by George Grace of the Franklin Hills Residents Association. This was a fairly small meeting with only 10 […]
Posted in Meetings as Theatre on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »
We had the May 29 meeting of the PROS committee (the first meeting of this group since the fire) at the Autry Museum for a change. They were having a community Open House to present blah blah new plans and wings blah adding more traffic blah blah and not enough parking blah blah blueprints […]
Posted in Creatures on Jun 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Los Angeles Animal Services has only one Wildlife person. That is Officer Greg Randall. (I do not know what kind of officer works in Animal Services, but it is not a police officer, because I asked him. A vet? I’m not sure. And looking into the black hole of City Hall is not for […]
Posted in Forest Fire, Creatures on Jun 15th, 2007 3 Comments »
This is the question that has been on my mind since the first hour of the fire.
All day and all night, neighbors stood out on the deck watching it, and as it grew later, we realized it wasn’t going to stop that night, and some of us even wondered if we’d have to evacuate, […]
Posted in Everyone's a Photographer on Jun 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Of course, H C-B is known for his rule of thirds in photographs (or art). But he didn’t mean like this, did he? That’s the Obs way at one end, and doesn’t it look fresh and new! This was also almost my exact view when I lived on Vermont Avenue.
The hillside looks bleak, […]
Posted in Meetings as Theatre, Forest Fire, Important Stuff on Jun 14th, 2007 35 Comments »
I can understand why homeowners have been nervous nellies about pointing fingers at the fire department, really I can. Who needs firemen most? Desperate housewives and homeowners. But the LA Fire Department did such a craptacular job in the recent Griffith Park fire that maybe it’s time for someone to point a finger. So […]
Griffith Park, Interrupted
Griffith Park and Silver Lake blog, by Donna Barstow.
