On another beautiful sunny LA day, we celebrated having avoided the winter storm currently hitting Washington by heading out on a long walk. We started out walking along Melrose Avenue.
The Paramount Pictures studios take up several blocks along Melrose. We passed by their iconic gates.
Most of the extensive lots are hidden behind a beautiful long and high hedge.
Paramount seemed to be pushing Jane Campion’s, The Power of the Dog before the upcoming academy awards.
We then made our way down Larchmont Boulevard. If we had any doubts that we were in southern California we just had to look at the businesses in this strip mall that we passed. It included a meditation community, an acupuncture clinic, something called Integrative Health Systems, and the Staninger Institute, which apparently deals in Toxicogenomics and Bio Ethno Life Science Systems.
And then there was this house which asked us to Believe
One thing about California, the state has amazing farmers’ markets. We dropped by the Larchmont market and admired the produce.
We find LA, by and large, to be a not particularly attractive city. However, there are some beautiful neighborhoods. Case in point is Hancock Park which has some beautiful homes on treelined streets.
Mal and Lauren 