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A MISFIT SPEAKS OUT

I can't believe this. As if it's not bad enough they stick me out here next to the friggin' freeway, but then they dress me up like a goddamn tree. Like it's so bad to be a cell tower. This sucks!...

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SNAPPED ON THE WAY TO WORK

Jewel idolatry off the 134 in Burbank.keywords jewel • billboard • elektra • burbank

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COOL LITTLE HOLLYWOOD MOSAICS

This is a building at Ventura Boulevard and Firmament in Encino near where I work. It has these cool little mosaics on the gate surrounding the building. Each depicts a scene from a Hollywood...

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APPARENTLY NOT A W SUPPORTER

keywords george bush • skankjob

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JUNE BLOOM AMID THE GLOOM

To Angelenos, June means two things. Actually, that's a lie. Like everything else in Los Angeles, June means approximately 12.9 million different things to the 12.9 million people that live here, so...

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LANGUAGE HURDLE

One can only hope that this is a case of sloppy translation in North Hollywood.Also see Hair People.keywords yummy hair • north hollywood • funny business name • signage

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THE SUCKING AND THE SMACKING

I have a problem. I share an office with two space aliens named Rajneesh and Kathy. I suspect they weren't the best of students in their "How to Convincingly Act Like a Human Being" training. In fact,...

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MORE TROUBLE WITH ARTHUR LEE

Few things are as dangerous as two bored kids with nothing to do on a summer afternoon. The extended sunlight hours, the lack of supervision and the teenager's innate sense that the thrill of bad...

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POSSIBLY THE BEST PLACE TO GET A HAIRCUT IN GLENDALE

If they make a mistake, abracadabra, you're as good as new!Haircutting and magic...almost as good a combination as this.keywords dean's shoppe • haircutting • magic • glendale

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CAPITAL ONE JUNK MAIL

Last year, I received a ridiculous amount of junk mail from Capital One. Not only is it a waste of paper, it's a pain because I can't just throw it away. I have to rip it up or shred it first. It seems...

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FAKE LETTER*

Service ManagerJohn Elway Dodge on Arapahoe10743 E. Arapahoe Rd.Centennial, CO 80112Mr. John ElwayElway Enterprises1 Elway WayDenver, CO 80204Dear Mr. Elway:Mission accomplished. Rest assured I have...

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SCRIBBLES AT WORK

I recently attended a high-level meeting of great import and consequence. Here are my notes.keywords office humor

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GETTING NAILED

I yearn for a simpler life, one where the clock ticks just a little bit slower, where getting a manicure or a pedicure is considered an "event" as they apparently are in North Hollywood.Also see Hair...

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DOUGHNUT HUT

Peole LOOOOVE their donuts out here. Places like the one below are everywhere, though few have signs that try so hard to be clever and unique.Also see Faster Donut.keywords donut • doughnut hut • signage

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REALLY, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK

It's just a knitting shop in North Hollywood.keywords happy hookers too • north hollywood • funny business name • signage • knitting

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THE TIME I FELT CLOSEST TO MY SISTER LESLIE

In the mid eighties I was going to college in Rochester, New York, a frigid, blustery place that provided a relatively safe four-year sanctuary from reality and all of my impending adulthood's...

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PALM SPRINGS SUNSET

Cindy and I and friends Julia and Chris were lucky enough to spend this weekend in the Las Palmas neighborhood in Palm Springs. This sunset is just one of countless incredible moments were shared.Click...

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THE TIME I FELT CLOSEST TO MY SISTER KIM

My sister Kim is smart as hell. Not like, "That was a good movie. The writing was so...SMART!" No, I mean smart smart. Book smart. #1 in her class, Ivy league, straight A, list the awards...

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A MAGNETIC RIBBON THAT MEANS SOMETHING

Finally, someone's gathered the courage to stand up to those arrogant, self-righteous bastards in the Pro Soliloquy faction. It's about time those yahoos got their comeuppance.keywords support ribbon •...

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THE TIME I FELT CLOSEST TO MY SISTER JACKIE

"Uncle Tom, can I ask you a question?" Mae's perpetual smile was speckled with potato chip crumbs. I sat across from her at the kitchen table at the beach house my family was renting in Yarmouth,...

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WHAT, INDEED?

keywords ralphs • meat veg stick • funny signage

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A COOL HOUSE IN THE HOT DESERT

In 1957, Bob Alexander built a house for his doctor in the Las Palmas region of Palm Springs, California. In 2006, Cindy and I and friends Chris and Julia rented it for a weekend in July. Here are some...

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ME + AN ORANGE VW BUG DRIVEN BY PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW THAT WELL = DANGER

I have a policy of not riding in orange VW bugs that are driven by people other than close personal friends because of two incidents that occurred during the 1980s.INCIDENT 1 - ICE DONUTSGreg was an...

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MORE ONE STOP SHOPPING

Save yourself a trip. Get your medical supplies before you get drunk and be prepared for those inevitable injuries.keywordsfunny signage

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THE END OF SCRIBBLES FROM L.A.

It's been fun but it's time for us all to move on, don't you think?

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