For anyone of you that happened to be hiding under a rock for the past day or two the Kings here in LA won the Stanley Cup and we are going to have a victory parade here thursday. am I going to head over and take photos? If I’m not feeling completely drained still why not. I think I’ll pass out again now.
Go Kings.
Got home little later than I wanted to, so much crazy stuff went on and a lot of photos coming. I also brought my video comer but like a dork I didn’t record anything. oh well I know some other people that likely did so I’ll post that up later. So in the mean time might want to wait for it, might not be up till sometime tomorrow. Also I found out there is some video with me last year messing with some of the protesters during the event in which there seemed to be fewer of this year.
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.
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.
I just wish I knew about this, I so would of been there for that and would of been fun I’m sure. Well the line is open to the public tomorrow anyways and there will be some stuff going on at some of the stops, and it’s free to ride this weekend so no need for a pass. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to ride it some if I’m not up to anything.
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/
I just came across this one. I posted another video of her being a little goofy but I will always remember that time I was heading home and she gave me that sandwich.
And now is it online, glad my tape didn’t mess up any. The song I used was “The Isolation Game” by Disarmonia Mundi
Very strange day that ended up entertaining. So I went over to Pershing Square incase some people didn’t know the event was canceled to let them know about it but the security guys there told everyone that it is in fact at The Cornfield. So I rode up with a group and we decided to see what was up over there and a park ranger came out and let us know we can’t have the pillow fight for the reason that if feathers start littering the ground everyone could be cited. SO what we ended up doing was parking at a mostly empty lot near a nearby gold line station and having a little battle there. Some more people came in and joined in the battle and it ended up being a lot of fun.
This was the afternoon of reckoning!
More photos on LA Weekly from Nanette Gonzales
Yes! they are online now. Alright now let me tell you about my adventure, first thing I did was I went down to Hollywood to find the right phone store because I was having a problem with mine and I wanted it fixed so I can use it again. During this extra trek I was finding that my timing seemed to of been going well then I started heading back over to North Hollywood to meet with my crowd for the ride to Union Station. So as I was heading over to union one of the people I was talking to on the ride over had the idea we run over to the other cars and meet with idea people on them and take more photos and after riding the train for a half hour we finally made it.
Greeting us at Union Station was a larger number of people that rode over from other lines in LA coming from Pasadena, East LA, and Koreatown. After roaming around the place for 30 to 45 minutes we all hopped back on the red line going to Hollywood once again for a group photo at the Chinese Theatre and then just wander about the area.
Lots of people on the subway come to discover this and found it very funny, while others clearly looked disturbed and likely wanted to shoot themselves in the face.
