Griffith Park & Silver Lake Blog.
Posted in Silver Lake on May 27th, 2008
Of the myriads of people in this state I’ve been talking with recently, I was most impressed by the excellent Pete Weisser of the Department of Water Resources. He won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the California State Information Officers Council (SiOC) and he was in the California Health Department investigating the Anacin laced with [...]
Posted in Compliment Corner on May 21st, 2008
The day they started to refill Silver Lake I got an interesting email. Patt Morrison had read my blog and wanted to interview me on her KPCC show about the one year commemoration of the Griffith Park fire!! Quel honor! I can’t tell you how pleased I am when readers stay more than a few [...]
Posted in Creatures, Silver Lake on May 20th, 2008
Great blue herons kicked out of Silver Lake. I went over to Silver Lake right before I got sick, to take some photos of the lake as it was refilling. I had seen this sign up on the fence a couple of days earlier; SOMEONE took it down since I took the photo. It has [...]
Posted in Breaking the 4th Wall on May 20th, 2008
Yes, I know the store and the food, and will report more once I have all my ducks in a row. Let’s just say that I was on the bathroom floor for two days, and I was fortunate that I live alone. On the other hand, that’s kind of sad. I was in a haze [...]
Posted in Silver Lake, The Land the Times Forgot on May 6th, 2008
Late this afternoon a state official called to tell me LADWP has promised to start refilling Silver Lake at 8 AM on Wednesday. There will be a press conference. Why? Self-aggrandizement. I was very happy to get the news, but you heard it here first: I predict (very unhappily) that they will drag out the [...]
Posted in Important Stuff, Silver Lake on May 5th, 2008
Julian Harris-Calvin, Councilman Tom LaBonge’s assistant, a cheerful girl with a very busy schedule, said Marty Adams, “some kind of scientist” for the LADWP, would call me. He didn’t. I finally got him the next week. We talked for a good 40 minutes. Surprise -he’s not a scientist! He said he is an engineer. He’s [...]
