Greetings - Live and Love Life Y'all

Late spring early summer June gloom here in Southern California. The past week and a half has been grey and blah - it actually rained Saturday during my wife's graduation. Anyway, more flowers from the yard, something to brighten the day - and my mood...

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Compton kid in the house!
4/30/09 - USPRO Criterium Champion, Rahsaan Bahati (Rock Racing), win the Dana Point Grand Prix NRC Pro Men's Bicycle Race in front of an enthusiastic crowd in downtown Dana Point.

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I love this time of year because Loquats are in season.

I was driving around Monterey Park (the city I work in) with my new part-timer showing her all the Loquat trees in the city - she was laughing her ass off. We stopped at a house where this elderly Chinese lady I know… Continue

It's been a month since I last posted anything. Been busy, yeah right...

The early spring flowers from my March 9th post are all gone. I need to get out and tend to the late spring bloomers and plant some stuff for fall. I planted a bunch of Dalia bulbs when we first moved to the house - but they all seem to have disappeared. More likely eaten my Compton gophers - they are some voracious… Continue

Spring has arrived in the city of Compton...

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I'm on my bike (bicycle) heading back to the Inglewood bachelor pad circa 1998/99? I don't really remember the date, I just remember I was zooming east on Slauson getting ready to hook a right onto La Brea when I saw it. Stopped me dead in my tracks...

I asked the owner "Mr Vegas" if I could take a couple of photos. Back in the day I carried the 35mm around all the time. He was pleas… Continue

Last Saturday my son and I went to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to see the US Marine Corps "Batlle Color Detachment"

Isaiah is very curious about my military career - he wants to be a 'military man' too. I haven't done anything to encourage this - I don't have any military phot… Continue

So I'm walking the isles at the Grand National Roadster Show, and sitting all by itself away from the big motorcycle display is this great looking bike...
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Inspired by the blog - Church of Choppers... Most Sundays they have an off topic food post...

Yesterday was a holiday - no work for me and no school for my son. My Missus did have school last night, so I had to flex my Daddy skills in the kitchen for dinner...

I asked my son what he wanted for dinner - "noodles!" is his answer 24/7. I suggested chicken and rice, his response was "sure!" He's a good kid - if I'm eating it, he… Continue

In the summer of 1971, Imperials car club member Jesse Valadez put together a car that would turn out to be one of the most influential custom cars ever built. The Gypsy Rose - a 1963 Chevy Impala that was much more than candy paint and some hydros.

It was a show car that was driven on the street. Crushed pink velvet upholstery, chandeliers, a… Continue