Musings

This is the house at 10400 Columbus Avenue in Mission Hills where legendary child star Alfalfa Switzer was shot and killed.

At the Festisurf Festival in Castell d’Aro, Spain, I was excited to see that I. Jeziak and the Surfers were on the bill, a surf band from Poland that several of my friends have been raving about.

I woke up early this morning in Barcelona and walked up the hill to the incredible Park Güell.

We went to the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, which has moved to a bigger place and merged with the local aircraft museum. Then we drove down the road to Alaska Land.

People in Los Angeles do some weird stuff to chill out and relax. Hot yoga, Pilates, meditation. I’ve got them all beat, and it’s more relaxing and cheaper!

I was so happy to meet up with Manuela Mondo again for a tour of my favorite cemetery in the whole world, Père Lachaise!

I had a big day in Paris today! Manuela Mondo (the world’s best 1960s-style go-go dancer) suggested the Museé des Arts Forains, an odd museum dedicated to the history of carnival arts…

The Bethune Retro Festival began to open for the day with lots of antique cars, a vintage fire truck display, and of course American 1950s rock ’n’ roll music bouncing off every building.

My friend Naela is small, but she’s a bit like a steamroller. It’s just easier to go along with her plans than it is to fight them.

I’m very sad to learn that my friend Marcos Elvis Elvis, the Spanish Elvis of La Mancha, passed away a couple days ago.