LA Eastside

It’s a terribly dangerous world out there: salt shakers with loose tops, roses with prickly thorns, soymilk that goes bad after 10 days, it’s like someone is out to get you! And now I find out even the simple act of bashing a Piñata is full of potential peril, not just to the crazy kids swinging around a broom but also to the poor sack tasked to swing said paper monster round and round. Unlike newcomers to this celebratory tradition that seem content to just let the object of rage hang mid-air, most Mexicans and Chicanos like to swing it around to create a challenge, and maybe just to whack a kid or two. (Heh, heh, not that I would ever do that!) But if you look at the pictures on this van I spotted in El Sereno, the traditional way of taunting mocosos could lead to comical failure, and as the website states That’s No Fun! Thank you Piñata Jackstand for simultaneously warning us of hilarious accidents and for selflessly offering a solution! Play safe kids!

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A couple of more Politically Bent Halloween Images from last week…….Don’t forget to Vote tomorrow!

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November 1, 2008-I’m surviving a Halloween Hangover this morning following one of the best October 31st celebrations I’ve enjoyed in a long time…. (more…)

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The great thing about Halloween is that it’s a non-commital holiday; everyone loves the day but you don’t have to spend it with your boring family, unless that’s your decision. Religious and traditional holidays were you can’t really escape, now those are a chore, but this one you get to decide what you want to do! I didn’t have any set plans but I did have some stuff to do, so I brought my camera along and took some pics. Wanna see what I saw? Click ahead fool!

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Last year I was lucky enough to be in Mexico around this time and got to see many of the Dia de Muertos festivities AND their incorporation of Hallowin (jaja!) into the season. If Frankenstein’s Monster can get into the spirit by sharing a big ass Pan de Muerto with his ghouly friends, then surely we can do a little cross cultural pollination of our own, que no? Have fun mixing it up this weekend!

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The time for a vato loco to cruise 360 miles to his sanchas apartment is 3 hours more than the time for his vieja to travel 300 miles to go catch him. 

If the rate of his vieja driving is 15 miles per hour faster then the vato loco, find the rate of the rate of speed in which the vato loco is traveling to go see his sancha.

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That there are a lot of peeps running around with scarves, thick hats, Uggs boots and other “winter” wear???

WTF?!!?!?

Just because it is October and ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Ugly Betty’ (East coast shows) are experiencing cooler weather don’t mean we need to dress the part here on the West coast!!!

It is 90 something degrees and these peeps make me feel hotter just by looking at them in their winter wear.

Which reminds me how I want to kick people who put fake snow around Christmas time when its 90 degrees!!!

Mother Nature doesn’t follow our calendars, we should follow her cues.

So Cal. embrace our weather, which yes doesn’t change much. Don’t like it? Please leave and go freeze.

Us children of the Sun and lizard people like it just fine.

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Ever since I’ve moved back to the (Lincoln) Heights in July I’ve had this ice cream truck from hell come ’round. (more…)

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I took a little walk the other day to enjoy the crisp Fall air and just to see how my neighborhood was doing…. (more…)

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