Tag Archives: Touring Los Angeles

Touring Los Angeles: The Crumbling Hermon Car Wall

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

     After randomly hearing about a wall built with car parts in Los Angeles, it took me five months to find Hermon’s Car Wall, and, well, it was partly worth it.      After five months of (very intermittent) searching, there … Continue reading →

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Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

    I really don’t know why it is that I like cemeteries. Is it because I listened to too much of The Smiths as a teenager? or did I listen to The Smiths because I like cemeteries.      I really don’t … Continue reading →

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On The Road to Poppies: Lancaster, California [Part 2]

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

     After we found the cherry trees, I had a better understanding of how the map worked, so we decided to backtrack to the Polaroid house.     “So the house was built by Mr. Polaroid?”     “Yea Mr. Polaroid, the guy who … Continue reading →

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On The Road to Poppies: Lancaster, California [Part 1]

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

     I woke up Saturday morning with itchy feet. I wanted to get out and do something, something outside, in the sun with life around and about. But I was supposed to sit in front of my computer and edit … Continue reading →

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Touring Los Angeles: Watts Towers

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Benjamin Simpson

     Growing up in Southern California, there was always an intermittent thought hidden somewhere in the back of my mind, the realization that I needed to visit the Watts Towers. Those skeletal towers -with a backdrop of blue sky- I … Continue reading →

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