Walking in LA
I was up at 5:00 am yesterday, Central time, and fell asleep early last night.
I was up early this morning and decided to walk. LA is famous for the observation that nobody walks, but of course, that's not true. Lots of people are walking at 8:00am. Many of them, dressed in scrubs, or jeans and casual clothes, or uniforms, are walking to or from bus stops. Most of them are brown or black. The one white woman I saw was older, wearing a long denim skirt and a dirty sweatshirt and either had no access to or didn't much use shower and laundry. But that's not what we mean or what we see when we talk about people walking.
I was up early this morning and decided to walk. LA is famous for the observation that nobody walks, but of course, that's not true. Lots of people are walking at 8:00am. Many of them, dressed in scrubs, or jeans and casual clothes, or uniforms, are walking to or from bus stops. Most of them are brown or black. The one white woman I saw was older, wearing a long denim skirt and a dirty sweatshirt and either had no access to or didn't much use shower and laundry. But that's not what we mean or what we see when we talk about people walking.
posted by Maureen McHugh at 11:40 AM
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Hey, nice to see you blogging again although I hope Bob + der dogs get to move to LA, too.
Just skimmed through something in The New Yorker about an architect in Culver City — heck, googled it (being the New Yorker it is a guy writing about another guy):
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/skyline/2010/12/20/101220crsk_skyline_goldberger
Looks like something worth seeing.
In-and-Out Burger's good and I know you just came from Texas but go for the Mexican food. There was a great burrito place in Arcadia, so I figure they are all over the city.
The nobody who walks in LA must be the same nobody who takes public transit.
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