Just Above Sunset
June 20, 2004 - As seen by others... Guest Photographers
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Venice Beach: Everything
you imagined a Los Angeles Beach would be. Can’t get here? Here’s a taste – And
for a real time view, if you have a fast connection The Venice Beach Webcam – updated every few seconds. 1.
A life-long
fan hears a band play at the Venice Beach. The band is not identified, nor is the young fan, nor her tatooed father.
France: And if you cannot get to the south of France this week, our correspondent in Chicago
(just returned) will provide a fix here: Photographer’s
note: I don't remember where this was. It could have been any one of a dozen villages. St. Paul de Vence, maybe.
But
let’s not overly romanticize sunny Provence…. There is crime, as
you see from this sign at a gas station
somewhere in the mountains of the Luberon, somewhere north of Apt – “They may not have as many guns as the
US but, alas, they have some ...”
And
they have graffiti – even in Arles, that town Van Gogh made us all love. Photographer’s
note: Atkins diet
acoloytes in Arles? This confused me until I got home and Googled it. This was the work of the Arles Green party,
registering their opposition to genetically modified food or OGM (organismes génétiquement modifiés). [ Los Angeles graffiti isn’t
so high-minded and political. ]
Companions: Classic
pet shots, Dingo and Phoenix, of London, Ontario, Canada.
From a fellow who used to work for me when I lived there for two years. London is a fine place. |
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