continued public transport adventures

i decided to go to the fashion district yesterday. i have 3 weddings coming up in the next month and nothing to wear. i wasn't going to drive, with gas prices so insanely high, and then dealing with trying to find parking there and paying for it. with my monthly bus pass i get from work, i can get there by paying just for the gas it takes for the 2.82 mi roundtrip cost of driving to highland park station.

if i do say so myself, i was pleasantly surprised to discover that i have become quite adept at using public transport. i took one bus (the 83) to get there. then on the way back, too hot to wait for that same bus, just hopped on the first bus that came along (10), figured out where it was going, and got off to wait for my bus again, but at a stop near the subway so that in case i didn't want to wait i could take it. it turns out i didn't want to wait after 1 minute in the heat so i hopped on the train and got home! it was beauty.

i've had lots of practice since last year when i first experimented with public transport in LA. at work we can choose between the bus pass and the parking pass. the bus pass is way better because it covers all train and bus lines. and i don't have to pay for gas. and i use it on the weekends.

places of interest for me during the lunch break:

grand central library & farmer's market - my most frequent stop (bus)
chinatown (bus)
fashion district (bus)
cathedral of our lady of angels (rail)
7th & metro mall (rail)
k-town (rail)
city hall (bus or by foot)
groundwork coffee (foot)
lost souls (foot)
lot 44 coffee & tea (foot)
famima (foot)
bonaventure (bus)

the fun continues...

food for thought

a friend emailed me today about this catering company called food for thought and when i looked them up i saw that someone i know started this company. how cool! it is a catering company with a cause. they use their company to give job training and employment opportunities for youth in the inner city. check it out.

{aside: omg, i just realized i haven't posted anything here in 3 months! it's because i've been posting on my other two blogs. this is what happens when you have too many blogs.}

1st crochet project: booties

I finally finished these last night! These pink booties are a 2-month overdue birthday gift. I hope they still fit her.

dude

i want one of these...

owls

These are so cute.

by yumiyumi.

prints

I want to get some art for my walls. What do you think of these?

by dkim.

fig & ave 57

is the theme of the photos in this post, and the area of the neigbhorhood that I frequent most. Figueroa is the main street which runs through Highland Park. In September, the much-anticipated Antigua Bread Bakery Cafe (not to be confused with Antigua Cultural Coffee House in El Sereno) opened near the corner of Fig and Ave 57. I don't find myself going there a lot. It's nicely set up inside, and I'm glad it came in. It just lacks a little something that I'd look for in a cafe...


At the fruit stands on the NE and SW corners of that same intersection, you can get a whole bunch of fruit cut up for you and sprayed with lime juice right on the spot for just a couple 'o bucks. Yum!

Here are a few more pics, just to give you a feel. This photo was taken from west of Fig, on Ave 57.

Here is the smaller parking lot by the Metro train station.

I took all of these back in October, thus the brightness. I've been trying to take some photos as I ride the Metro, so hopefully those will be coming soon as well.