2011 and Beyond

View of Downtown Los Angeles from the Sierra Madre Trail, 2011.

A leafless tree just off the trail of Sierra Madre.

 The Balian Mansion, Altadena, CA, 2011


 Chuck's old studio apartment on Mariposa in Altadena.

Altadena Community Church

Trailhead or parking lot, Eaton Canyon, 2011

 A river runs through it at Eaton Canyon, 2011.

 South stairs at Grand Avenue Park, Monrovia, CA 2011.

Monrovia Park Tennis Courts.  Paul Parker pretty much taught me to how to play tennis here before I took a tennis class at Citrus College where I ran into Vincent, the red-headed kid I knew from middle school and high school.  The other key event was my date with Sylvia Schiveto.  I liked her more than I could express.  She left me with some terrific memories.

This is an upstairs room I had at the StarDust Motel in Pomona right on Foothill Blvd.  I stayed here one week before driving out to Denver in 2014.  But I really loved this room.  It made me feel like I was living the life of Jack Kerouac.  I loved the red tones.  In the course of the week here I saw some pretty good movies, too.  One memorable movie was the 2013 picture, The Counselor.  Brad Pitt plays a friend and confident conman to the counselor.  I liked him most in this role than any other.  It fit him perfectly I thought.