From square footage to hand held. What you missed by being born too late. What you did miss was huge electronic equipment to do what simple desktop PCs can now do. My very first big job back in 1969 after leaving college was with the Schick Razor Company in Culver City, California. Just aroundContinue reading “From big to little.”
Category Archives: LosAngeles
So we began to stir the pot.
Black History Month. I grew up in one of the biggest melting pots on the American continent. Los Angeles, California. People of color which includes Asians, Hispanics, Europeans, Africans(in the broader sense),indigenous people, Middle Easterners, Catholics, Jews, protestants, Atheists, conservatives, liberals, poor, wealthy, professionals, and blue collar. And anything else I left out. TodayContinue reading “So we began to stir the pot.”
Travel the world and buy a bank.
International Travel. East Los Angeles 1956. We got a call from our uncle Kelly wanting to know if we cousins want to drive with him to Tijuana Mexico. A good two hours south. And again this was pre-Interstate driving down the coastal highways. Driving the PCH and other coastal roads. So uncle Kelly shows upContinue reading “Travel the world and buy a bank.”
Where is sleeping beauty’s castle?
Disneyland is my place. I grew up with Disneyland going back to the old Disneyland TV show hosted by Disney himself. I visited Disneyland the first week it was opened. I witnessed Disneyland changing and becoming bigger and better after numerous visits I know the place. I love the place. I have not visited DisneyworldContinue reading “Where is sleeping beauty’s castle?”
Oh nuts with a White Christmas.
I’m dreaming of a somewhat hazy Christmas. Just like the ones I use to know. Just like in my little village of Los Angeles. Busy with people and cars honking, crowded shopping malls, difficulty finding a parking space, and a red-kettled bell ringer at every mall entrance. Not to mention a light shroud ofContinue reading “Oh nuts with a White Christmas.”
Twas the night before Christmas
The night before Christmas and peeking out the back window shade. It must had been about 10-O-clock and I was peeking out the back bedroom window. What I saw was most encouraging. I saw my dad carrying into the back door a brand-new blue Schwinn 3-speed racer bicycle. I thought to myself, hot diggitydog! Continue reading “Twas the night before Christmas”
My mom and her trendy Xmas trees.
She talked to the trees. Once we moved east to our new and bigger house in L A County my mom thought it trendy to buy a fake Christmas tree. One wants to follow the trends of course. My mom was a devoted trend follower. Getting most of her inspiration from the Sears andContinue reading “My mom and her trendy Xmas trees.”
The Freshman 24/7.
 College Freshmen are the more stupider. First semester of my freshman year I thought I could juggle two jobs along with the last week of my college classes. I was in the final week before Christmas break December 1962. Our class counselor told me of a seasonal job at the Sears west coast catalogueContinue reading “The Freshman 24/7.”
He was not a chocolate Lab.
They were all Labs. I was partnered up with three different guide dogs. All were yellow labs. Most were just about blond or creamy white. But boy could they shed. My first guide was named Axle. He was about 20 or 21 months when I started working with him. He was trained first by aContinue reading “He was not a chocolate Lab.”
Think Snow.
So it’s Christmas. We rode with my friends parents to downtown Los Angeles to Pershing Square. On the ground level was a landscaped park with normal variety of trees, bushes, and mowed grass with a paved common area for gatherings and political speeches. However we were just looking for the underground parking entrance. Once weContinue reading “Think Snow.”
Chuck the Blogger Guy 