huh? ofcourse not ...

Put your game face on... in line to the Superior Court House.

Which way...?

Tourist undecided which way to go.

Shadows of the concert hall..

Disney Concert Hall and the downtown LA skyline.  Took the photo while waiting for my bus ride home... I'm glad this Monday is done.

The Grand Avenue Park

Hot Pink chairs and tables?$%# curiosity is brewing among the downtown folks.  In any case, I'm just glad it's finally going to open after more than a year...

Grand Park - downtown Los Angeles.

Almost done.... the fountains are working properly.

Grand Park, downtown Los Angeles

Taken on March 2012.....

Hummingbirds nest.

Hummingbirds seem to love our back patio.  This the 2nd nest this season...

The Canon FTb circa 1971

The 2nd to arrive was the Canon FTb QL. (05/07/2012) - it came with a 50mm FD f1.8 lens.  This was owned by a pro photographer and for a 40+ year old cam, it is absolutely immaculate. Near brand new condition.

The Lubitel 2.

A 2 week eBay obsession on old film cameras resulted in 5 cameras shortly joining the party.  I started bidding on cameras I didn't expect to win, but I did.  I tried for Fed-2s, Rollie's, Kievs, Rollieflex (still determined to get one) and the Holy Grail of rangefinders - Leica's.  I've already used up my budget and the Fav Five is more than enough to keep my busy for the summer.

The first to arrive is the Lubitel 2 (05/04/2012).  - Lubitel (cyrillic: Любитель) means "amateur" in Russian. The Lubitel 2 was made in great numbers by the Leningrad GOMZ (later LOMO) factory. More than two million were produced between 1954 and 1980.  I'm not sure when mine was made but it looks like a 70s model.  I still have to check the to see if I can find any Serial Number info on the Net.

The lenses look clean but the viewer mirror has black specks on it.  It shouldn't affect the picture since it does not go through the taking lens, but it's just annoying.  Medium foramt 120 processing is not easily available, so I'm thinking of shooting 35mm on it.  I know, I know...it's just WRONG! (purist talking)  but I hope to shoot some 120 pics on it soon also.

this way for illumination and coffee.

Second favorite...

... Saturday morning breakfast nook. Bagels for everyone.

high and low maintenance.

guess which ones is which.

the S factor

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Tiki Bar & Grill.

some Poke, Fish & Chips...

Playing their balsa airplanes...

at the Sandy Beach Park handgliding landing area field

at Sandy Beach Park.

Same. Kiddos playing. Parents chillin.

Souvenir shopping.

Ended up at the International Market Place.

doing touristy stuff.

Up and ready for day 2.

Ewa Beach. Free from tourists...

It's nice to have inside info from the locals. The kiddos loved it.

The tall buildings in the far left is Waikiki in Honolulu.

kids playing. parents chilling.

2 hours after landing.

ALOHA! landed...

Hawaiian Agricultural Forms...

Fedoras on, getting ready to land..

Free beverage cart... inside flight 1152

In flight entertainment..

Keeping the kiddos busy is key...

Boarded, strapped in...

...checking the onboard entertainment.

At LAX.

Strolling around terminal 7 searching for some breakfast chow.  The primetime van was on time, check in was fast.

Was at Studio Claremont at the Packing House.

Breakfast Perfection.

Light, absolutely healthy, and guilt free light. Wheat French toasts, butternut squash and ricotta tartines. Yum.

Our fav Saturday morning breakfast nook.

Le Pain Quotidien.

A bday spin to start the day.

The LA County Civic Center Mall

Still under construction... still waiting for the day to spend a nice lunch break at a nice park.

Old school.

Spotted at a little corner. Is there anyone breathing who knows how to get around MS-Dos 6.22? Its an IBM PS-55.

Stress reliever.

I really needed one cold one after a rough few days...

The galaxy we live in...

True Blue.

True blue skies and I'm stuck in the office.

Blue sunny skies deceived.

Yes. Its another picture perfect day in LA. But its really freezie chilly outside.

Can't complain about winter...