WHAT A DUMP! (Not really, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity)

The Bette Davis Picnic Area

Glendale, Ca

Although I can't think of a single actress who least comes to mind when thinking about a nice picnic outing,  legend has it that The Bette Davis Picnic Area, a part of Griffith Park located near the LA River, was named for the actress because she once owned a home on nearby Rancho Avenue.

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