My exciting Sunday afternoon.
Got up late. Checked all blogs, social networks, etc. Put on sunscreen and drove to Porto’s Bakery in Glendale. Within 5 minutes after entering city of Glendale had to turn on air conditioning. :( the week before Halloween. :( (Glendale is about 10 degrees hotter than any part in LA.) Very long lines today in Porto’s, and extra hours. Who knew that people think of bakeries when they think of Halloween? Is this a cultural thing?
Warning to self: stood in line behind extremely wide woman who took up the space of 2 people. Both sides of her touched the wait line ribbon thingies.
Got my chocolate croissants, but no samples today. Too bad for them, because last time I tried Quesadilla for the first time from a sample and bought it!
Drove to Armstrong’s Nursery on San Fernando. I like it, but how anything can grow there, in one of the hottest streets in the valley…Looked for scented geraniums, my favorite plant. Didn’t have any.
Drove to 99 cents store in Burbank. (Shout out to 99 Cents Chef, who I met through Kevin at LAObserved!) The homeless woman out front joined me. Lots of fun Halloween decorations, but didn’t buy any. (Now I feel bad – what was I thinking?!) Got a few necessities. I put some back, though, because this is a difficult month, even in a difficult year.
Drove home behind a wall (an assy SUV with illegal tinted windows.)
But the bright spot on my mind behind my errands: already know what I’ll do as my cartoon for Slate today, and I think it will work! No worrying and fussing over what to pick, and that’s always good.
Photo courtesy of Creative Commons, by HeySandra.
Donna Barstow
Griffith Park is the 2nd biggest park in the US, and I'm just the person to investigate it! I've lived here for over 25 years. I was part of the PROS Committee in Griffith Park Neighborhood Council and am on the Housing & Tenants Rights Committee in the Silver Lake NC. I'm in the LA Press Club, and you can find some of my articles in the LA Weekly and the Los Feliz Ledger. I'm a cartoonist for Parade Magazine, The New Yorker, LA Times, Slate, & most major media. Questions and contacts welcome.