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No Pants Metro Ride ’15 Photos

That, was a good day. I was the ride captain for the Culver City group riding on the expo line. Basically my job was to help people get their passes, to make sure they get on the train, and answer any questions they had. I had a pretty big group with me so that was fun. After we all got on the train we then went to Union Station were all groups from each line converged. After being there for a half hour it was time to start heading to the red line for the final leg of our journey to Hollywood where we flooded the street with our pantsless glory. We then went to near by bar along hollywood blvd, Loaded, and had ourselves a nice little after party. By the time I left most of the people inside had their pants on.

While on my way back home I found a few other people waiting for the train back that had already repantsed by then, and so did I.

I have to say, that was a good first event for the new camera.

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Scumbag BHHS

Something I found on reddit. Back in the old days here in LA, long before I was born we had a massive rail system here, and I do mean massive, it went everywhere. Also from what I understand the entertainment industry liked this a lot to. By the early 60’s the rail lines where gone. Then starting sometime in the 90’s the county has been working to bring these rail lines back because here in LA, we have traffic problems. Ride the 405, you’ll get it. So one project is to extend the purple line that started at Union Station and currently ends at by Koreatown going to Santa Monica by the beach. This would be extremely helpful because that ride over on the road is awful.

But there is one problem with this, the city of Beverly Hills wants to be annoying saying that don’t want the line going through the city or a stop there because it will bring poor people. I’ve been around Beverly Hills, it’s not that interesting anyways. So now the high school there is being a pain in the ass because the line will end up going under it, go figure.

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LA Dapper Day on the Subway ’12

And now to tell the story. The day started off with everyone meeting at the Hollywood and Vine red line station but because the train I was on decided to sit at one stop a few minutes longer then it needed to I ended up missing the first meet up. But with luck I got to see everyone at the first location we where going to on the subway, Barnsdall Park where we could see the Barnsdall Art Park and/or Hollyhock House. We hung around there for a good while, talked, took photos and such.

The next location was Olvera Street where Heritage Day was going on. They always seem to have something going on there don’t they? Where we got some food then across the street to Union Station where we got some drinks, hung more, and took a group photo of the lot of us together. After that we went on the subway again going to Angels Flight, the worlds shortest rail line in the world and learned the history of the area.

Last thing of the day was Chinatown, first taking the red line to union then the gold. Those of us left went to a restaurant, ate more and hung in the area to maybe do some shopping. I ended up taking off during that. It was a long day but fun, would do again.

Also I found some scientologists on the subway during the event. Looks like I need to make some cards linking to clambake. And now all scientologist that ride the subway are going to be briefed on me on who to look out for when talking to people because I’m sure they check the site all the time. Unless they don’t care about me anymore which would be sad.

Grand old time it t’was

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Dapper Day on the Subway!

An event by railLA, a Whistle-stop tour of historic Los Angeles! We’ll dress up and take to the rails in dapper attire to celebrate the history, culture, and future of Los Angeles and its rail lines!

Those who ‘dress dapper’ will be invited to attend art shows, tours, meet ups, and free events along the rail lines in LA. All that is required is a ticket to ride the rails and you – dressed up in your dapper attire of choice. Part performance art, part cultural experiment, Dapper Day on the Subway is about exploring the lost luxury and convenience of rail travel, embracing rail as a gateway to culture, and having a lot of fun while doing it!

railLA is hosting our first Dapper Day on the Subway this year on Sunday, April 29, 2012.

For more info including a schedule of events, please visit: http://dapperday.railla.org/