Picket Fences

Long Beach has its nice parts and its not so nice parts. Belmont Heights is a quaint neighborhood in Long Beach where people ride around on their beach cruisers and live in adorable homes. Unlike the OC where all the houses are brand spanking new and formulaic, the nice thing about Long Beach is the individual character of each home.

Walking around, you realize that things don't have to be perfectly manicured to be admired. The crooked things somehow add more to the charm of the neighborhood.

Even the front doors and house numbers are distinctive.

But my favorite home was this one:

5 Sweet Things

-C.

Last Long Beach Post, Ever (I swear).

My lazy-butt has only been taking pics during my lunch hours in Long Beach. I promise to start adding more variety. But, I give credit to the city of Long Beach for making the town photographable. At least, below 7th Street (local joke, ha-ha).

Very cool. They even have living fish in the lagoon!

- H.

Piece of History

I'll admit, I'm not a big history guy, but a block down the street from work is a building that always captures my attention like a costume drama filled with pretty people.

The building is called the Villa Riviera and it's been around for over 80 years. It's impressive and  I thought it was worth a few words...

The day I walked-by, a shiny new Porsche sat in front, making the building even cooler . 

Most people probably don't notice these scary/weird ornamental things on the door.

Here's a pic I found of the Villa back in the day. I wonder if people would stop to take pictures of it during their lunch break, too. Probably not. 

H.

Reggaefest 2009

There's no better way to spend a Saturday than in hot-boxed arena with over 9 hours of reggae music. Once again, the Ragga Muffins Festival (or Bob Marley Festival) did not disappoint. 

Its was day of food, drink, souvenirs and funny cigarettes. But, it was also a day for a group of people to groove and celebrate the spirit of reggae music. One love.

I didn't have my camera, but I had my cheap 2 mega-pixel phone.

Obama's face was on everything this year. I picked up this little canvas piece.

Until next year...

H.