in the movie museum, sign reading “…. Valkyrie staring Tom Cruise”
lots of mud, but surprisingly little horse poop
sign reading “temporary air brush tatoos”
mariachi band
man with tattoos all over his face
confederate soldier uniform hats for sale
family with 4 little boys, all of them following after their mom like ducklings

license plate – “READ AYN”
red Cadillac, with whitewall tires, white convertible soft top, and genuine (3-4′ wide) bull horns on the front of the hood
tiny, bent-in-half, old old woman
tiny, bent-in-half, old old man
old, frail man (in a nice sit) crossing the street, but going so slow he was in the crosswalk sstill when the light turned and he held up 10+ cars.
gorgeous black vintage Rolls Royce
license plate – “IM META”
workers taking a break from building a block wall around the front yard of a recently bought house to eat popsicles
dead …

3 y.o. in front of us in line, having a frightened meltdown in Haunted Mansion. In her mom’s arms, squirming crying, “put me down! put me down! put me down!” Once her mom put her down she turns and goes to RUN! To make a break for it! Unfortunately, for her, we (read: strangers) were standing right behind her parents and kept her blocked in.
All kinds of little girls dressed in their princess dresses.
A ~16yr old girl dressed in a Jasmine-from-Aladdin costume. While walking around with a group of her …

Seen in L.A. (intro)
Seen in L.A. (II)

Satellite dish the size of a bedroom
Mailbox hidden in a big hedge on the border of a house’s property – presumable so the mailman doesn’t need to go past the big wooden gate.
gray-downed chicks – hovering around the domesticated fowl
Yellow and brown cement mixer, with a yellow drum with brown cartoony cowboy hats painted in random places all over.
Orthodox Jewish man carrying a small dress form and a grocery bag
Black Mercedes-Benx with the license plate “ANND CUT”
white 8.5×11 cardboard sign, taped to …

Seen in L.A. (introduction)
Seen in L.A. (II)
RV parked along side the beach, with camping chairs set out, and an overhang making the perfect morning reading spot.
Little kid getting knocked over by a wave, his dad trying not to laugh as he runs to grab him saying, “I told you to watch out for the waves.” Little kid sputtering water as he tries to gain his footing and his little swim trunks sliding off his bottom.
High school boy in full-fledged mohawk running down the beach.
Shark kite
Strangely named “point Dume”
Police officer and …

reminder about the new series
beach towels drying over apartment-patio-ledges. I love the signs of summer.
Parking lot at Ralph’s – in which 95% of all the cars parked there are either a Lexus, BMW, or Mercedes-Benz. The other 5% are Toyota Priuses.
House for sale with its own website.
Realtor of said house with her face/ad on a sidewalk bench across the street from the house.
Same realtor with her face/ad on a sidewalk bench around the corner about a block from the house.
Same realtor with her face/ad on a (Ralph’s) shopping cart. …

Because I love living in Los Angeles, and because many of my loyal readers are not here to share it with me, I’ve decided to start a regular section called “Seen in L.A.”
Every day I see something …. amusing. Or gruesome. Or fascinating. So every once in a while I’ll post a short list of recent observations of Los Angeles. Some of these things are just interesting, and some of them are quintessentially ‘L.A.’
This is the installment from the last week or so.
enjoy.
(note: All of these are quite true.)

(note …