Aprilbaby's California Life
Blog URL http://www.aprilbaby.typepad.com
Located Los Angeles, California USA
Tags California, Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, California Life, Native California, Writer
Random thoughts and experiences of growing up and living in California.
Latest Blog Posts
- I'm a Twit, So Why Not Twitter? on Nov 19, 2009
While I read Twitter about political events, etc. I never saw the point in starting my own acct. Then I realized I need a place to spill those useless thoughts, mini-rants and random spews that my husband tries to avoid....
- Meet my Alter Ego: Billboard Betty! on Nov 16, 2009 in advertising billboard betty business facebook marketing online promotion social media optimization
I've started a whole new exciting business - one I can't yet reveal exactly now. But if you want to join Betty's Facebook Fan Page. You'll be the first to know what I'm Betty's got up her sleeve.
- This LA Girl Loves (No... Lurves!) NYC - It's So Obvious!! on Oct 19, 2009 in Travel Central park I love NY Manhattan New York City NYC travel vacation
I love how the city smells so thick of food (lamb kabobs, sauteing garlic, pizza, Indian food...) it almost makes the air seem edible, as if I could bite into it. The entire city - the people, the racing cabs, the subways, the street musicians, the c...
- Get In the Car and Drive on Oct 4, 2009 in Los Angeles collectibles curious Exploring LA inquisitive kooky Los Angeles Main Street Parke Meek quirky Ray and Charles Eames Santa Monica
Then we came to Jadis, a shop we’d peeked into many times before but had never seen opened. This night it was. In the window stands a replica of the robot, Maria, from the film “Metropolis”. It’s surrounded by a crowd of whirling and flapping...
- LA Will Miss You, Julius Shulman!! on Aug 10, 2009 in California Los Angeles architecture iconic inspiration Julius Shulman Los Angeles midcentury photographer
And what a lifetime of work he already had accumulated. His stunning photographs conveyed the best of LA: creativity, innovation, sleek style, landmark-worthy architecture. From his lecture, he seemed to say his life in photography all began in a mys...
- My Slideshow of the San Fernando Valley on Aug 10, 2009 in San Fernando Valley California Suburbs San Fernando Valley Photos Suburbs of Los Angeles The San Fernando Valley Slideshow
The Valley is constantly portrayed in the media, and by those who dwell on “the other side of the hill,” as nothing more than a sun-baked wasteland of mini-mall strewn streets under a tangle of wires and smog, where only illiterate meth addicts,...
- Confusion Can Be a Very Creative State of Mind on Aug 4, 2009 in Los Angeles blind trust brain twister doubt kooky odd question authority quirky thought-provoking unusual
Horned humans, bats who can fly through solid matter, theories on forgetting, yellowed Victorian-era telegrams that come across as scammy as Nigerian Spam... What? Do you question? Do you simply trust? Do you have a good ironic laugh? Yep, and you ma...
