Sunset Boulevard? LA, Oct 2007 (D.G., Sony)

Notes from D.G.:

Cindy loves this place. She saw it in her dreams even before she knew it existed.

The site was dredged in the 30's for land fill for houses in Pacific Palisades, and it filled naturally into a lake. Some honcho from 20th Century Fox in the 40's had the windmill built exactly to 400 yr old specs and his family lived there for a while. Then this Paramahansa Yogananda who was VERY famous throughout the US had a vision that he was going to get this property, and the guy who owned it had a vision to donate it to Yogananda!

The full name of the Lake Shrine is "the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake & Shrine." The windmill is still a chapel used for services by his followers on Sunday mornings.

The address here is 17190 Sunset Boulevard, Pacific Palisades, CA. But it's a place most visitors to L.A. (and most Angelenos, for that matter) never discover. It's tucked away in a small ravine near the spot where Sunset Boulevard meets the Pacific Ocean.

Malibu Smoke over the Pacific, 22 Oct 2007 (D.G., Sony)

Malibu Smoke, Pacific Palisades, CA, 22 Oct 07 (D.G., Sony)

Malibu Smoke, Pacific Palisades, 22 October 2007 (D.G.)

Davenport Hotel Annex, Safari Bar, Spokane, Sep. 07 (C.S., Canon)

Spokane Skyline, September 2007 (C.S., Canon)

Dusty is the proprietor of The Bates Motel in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The reference to Psycho is supposed to be the main selling point of the place. (Hygiene is not.) So it's a little unclear who would want to spend the night there. Dusty says the Bates just about pays for itself, partly with the help of t-shirt sales. I said I was happy to see on one of the signs at reception that the motel is "wireless enabled." "Mother would have wanted it that way," said Dusty.

The Bates Motel, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 28 Sep 07 (C.S., Canon)

Coeur d'Alene Lake, 28 Sep 2007 (C.S., Canon)

Hunter College, 24 Sep 2007 (C.S., Canon)

Campaign Nut Cracker, 23 Sep 2007 (C.S., Canon)

3rd Ave Closeout, 22 Sep 2007 (C.S., Canon)

Low Ceiling, NYC, 22 September 2007 (C.S., Canon)

Old Glory, Pawleys Island, 13 Sep 2007 (C.S.)

Parents, Pawleys Island, September 2007 (C.S.)

Pelicans, Pawleys Island, S.C., 9 Sep 07 (C.S., Sanyo)

Still Water, Pawleys Island, S.C., 9 Sep 07 (C.S., Sanyo)

Kayak and Chair, Pawleys Island, S.C., 9 Sep 07 (C.S., Sanyo)

Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, S.C., 8 Sep 07 (C.S., Canon)

Marsh Landings, Pawleys Island, S.C., 8 Sep 07 (C.S., Canon)