White Boy/White Dog Move To Skid Row

Certified Beach Dude Moves To Downtown Los Angeles

I was walking home today from a stop at Grand Street Market, and I ran into my homeless friend Troy (he is usually found on Broadway between 3rd and 2nd St.) I don’t know why, maybe I was feeling “chatty”, but I sat down on sidewalk with him and we did chat for awhile.
Then […]

I saw this post a couple of days ago over at Joe’s blog- Big City POZ, and it was shocking, as I live about 2 blocks from where this assault happened.  But the more I thought about it, the more it made me remember all the violence, towards both men and women, in the peaceful […]

I found a site that allows you to “draw” your route via mouse clicks, and it will calculate the exact mileage (and calories burned, which I don’t consider to be accurate but it’s a nice “gauge” of effort).  This app also takes into account elevation changes, something the normal Google Maps data does not include, […]

So I take Isis out for her 11 am walk and I run into chain link fence around most of City Hall- fence that extends to the curbs and closes sidewalks.  Main St. between 1st and 2nd is completely closed-off too.  Bummer! 
I was trying to avoid my usual walk Little Tokyo as this morning was […]

I heard Adam Corolla (radio host on 97.1 KLSX mornings) rant about drivers that do not make a right turn on red- how they are creating traffic congestion with not turning when they are allowed to, clogging up the cars behind them.
Then I realized that as a pedestrian, I also am bothered by these people that […]

I can’t seem to stop hurting myself- I dislocated my shoulder about 10 times lately, I’ve broken my hand, and now I scraped my knee pretty good while trying to catch Isis. I know it doesn’t sound bad, but you know how scabs on your knee or elbow hurt worse because they have to move […]

I love this pic- someone sent it to me (it’s from “Mad Max- Beyond the Thunderdome” I believe).
It would make a great Halloween costume except I’m sure I would be smoked by a cop before I went a block… maybe I’ll try it without a gun. 

I walk about 8 miles a day - 2 miles to gym and 6 miles with my dog.  I see A LOT of traffic, plus A LOT of cops (I live 1 block from main LAPD)
I see tons of bad drivers during my walks- I don’t know how they are not pulled over.  I also see tons of cops ignore […]

As I’ve been walking White Dog more and more (4x a day, 1/2 hr to 45 min per walk) I’ve started checking out new areas.  One day I went south from Little Tokyo (I think Little Tokyo is technically 3rd St. and north) and I went down 4th St. between Los Angeles and Central.  What […]