WHILE LENIN READ A BOOK ON MARX

Sculpture by the Gao Brothers - "Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself  at the Top of Lenin's Head" on display on LaBrea Avenue at 4th at the Ace Museum.

HOLLYWOOD SIGNS

The famed Hollywood Sign, atop Mount Lee in the Hollywood Hills

Sign on the Home Depot retail store on Sunset Blvd. near Western in Hollywood, Ca.

Hollywood and Highland 

EXTINCT NO MORE

Always be yourself...unless you can be a unicorn. Always be a unicorn

 Lovely pink unicorn signage above vintage clothing store, The DogsShow, USA on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles

BRIDGE WORK

The New San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge

 

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

GREAT BIG STUFF

18-ft. tal, wooden "Fork in the Road" at the literal fork in the road of  St. John's Place & Pasadena Avenue in Pasadena, Ca. 

A trio of giant-sized jellybeans are sprinkled on the lawn of West Hollywood Park at San Vincente. The art installation titled, "Love Your Bean," is a work by artist Cosimo Cavallaro.

"Giant Fake Leica" is an art sculpture situated in the Leica LA store in Beverly Hills, Ca. Sculpture is by Liao Yibai.

IF YOU"RE GOING TO SF, FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR NO LONGER REQUIRED

San Francisco - City like no other

SHIMMER SHOP

The distinctive Maison Martin Margiela clothing store in Beverly Hills, Ca.
Its facade comprised of thousands of reflective plastic discs, it reminds one of a 60's Paco Rabanne dress, but was designed by Johnson Marklee Architects

PEGASUS

Pegasus Logo at Mobil Service Station in Pacific Palisades, Ca.

HOSTESSES WITH THE MOSTEST

The Galaxy Club in Downtown, Los Angeles. 100 Beautiful Girls 

Little Old Ladies, Welcome!

The Pasadena, California City Hall

Built in 1927

IN THE SWIM

 Vintage swimsuits (and one inspired by that Million Dollar Mermaid herself, Esther Williams) for the "Pacific Standard Time" exhibit at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2012

OF PARAMOUNT CONCERN

The Hollywood Heritage Museum 

2100  North Highland, Hollywood, CA

The museum is housed in the landmark Lasky-Demille Barn, a refurbished 1895 structure considered to be one of Hollywood's first film studios. Original leaseholders Jesse Lansky and Cecil B. DeMille, the building is considered the birthplace of what would later be Paramount Studios.

GOIN' DOWNTOWN

Just a few of the sights seen during a walk through downtown Los Angeles.

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

The globe atop the tower at Crossroads of the World at Sunset Blvd and Las Palmas in Hollywood. An outdoor mall fashioned to resemble a cruise ship surrounded by shops representing countries of the world, it was designed by Robert V. Derrah in 1936.

 Globe atop Paramount Studios on the corner of Gower and Melrose in Hollywood, Ca. Formerly the RKO Studio (the globe once held the RKO radio transmission tower). One time known as the Desilu Studios.