Empire Christmas, 21 Dec 2007 (C.S., Canon)

Midtown from Above, 21 December 2007 (C.S., Canon)

NYPD Aviation Hangar, 21 December 2007 (C.S., Canon)

Upper East Side, 18 December 2007 (C.S.,Canon)

New York Santa, 5th Ave, 18 December 2007 (C.S., Canon)

Skaters in Central Park, 18 December 2007 (C.S., Canon)

Central Park, 17 December 2007 (C.S.,Canon)

Dumpster, NYC, 17 December 2007 (C.S., Canon)

American Byways Slideshow

American Byways

American Byways Web Album

Los Angeles Thanksgiving, 22 November 2007 (D.G., Sony)

Mainstreet Pasadena, November 2007 (D.G., Sony)

Snow on an 80 degree day, Pasadena, Nov 2007 (D.G.)

Christmas Self-Portrait, Pasadena, Nov 2007 (D.G., Sony)

Pasadena trees, November 2007 (D.G., Sony)

Pasadena City Hall, Nov 2007 (D.G)

Scrooge NOT, Pasadena, CA, Nov 2007 (D.G., Sony)

Body Piercing Mainstreet, Pasadena, CA, Nov 2007 (D.G.)

John Marshall High School.
One of Hollywood's favorite facades,
used in "Grease" and many other films.
Now earthquake reinforced.
D.G., Sony, Nov 2007

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)