Yup. This is still basically the peak of LA's summer. It sucks if you didn't grow up here, because you're conditioned to start expecting it to cool off earlier just by the dates.
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Yup. This is still basically the peak of LA's summer. It sucks if you didn't grow up here, because you're conditioned to start expecting it to cool off earlier just by the dates.
Nintendoll
Member
I got your carne asada needs covered.
True, but what made it so awful to me was the unusual amount of humidity we had towards the end of August there. Made work so painful.
ClassyPenguin
Banned
It's been drought conditions for most of the country, so yeah.
TheKaeptain
Banned
All I know about tonight is that margaritas make me recite Sonnets to waitresses.
I DO NOT MISS working in a food truck in retrospect.
Yeah, that's pretty much where I'm at, at this point. Doing school would be good for rebuilding socially, which is important after half a decade of mountain hermitage, but it will lock me down at a point where I don't think I'm willing. I need to get more travel out of my system first, have more stories to write about. I'll take another look at that later.
I'll have to give 45 days notice on my apartment (and selling my car will take some time), so that's built-in recharge time back in the States, with a kick in the pants when the time expires.
That's the easy stuff. The hard question is: what will allow me to continue living without regret? The only answer I have, vague and incomplete as it is, is to not sit around languishing ever again.
And to marry a French girl. ;b
ZedIndyLil
Member
1 week from Carmageddon II: Gas/Electric Hybrid Boogaloo! Anyone excited?
Typographenia
Member
As a new resident of LA, what is carmageddon?
405 freeway closure. the entire city stays home and eats dibs.
Fuck the 405. Only plebes actually use it. There is always a superior street route.
If it weren't for the fact that all the idiots would be funneled onto the streets I use, I'd support using thousands of helicopters to airlift the 405 out of LA and dumping it into the Pacific Ocean, or even nuking the 405 from orbit (it's the only way to be sure).
It's a pretty decent freeway once you get past El Segundo though.
If it weren't for the fact that all the idiots would be funneled onto the streets I use, I'd support using thousands of helicopters to airlift the 405 out of LA and dumping it into the Pacific Ocean, or even nuking the 405 from orbit (it's the only way to be sure).
It's a pretty decent freeway once you get past El Segundo though.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
The 405 will close next weekend between the 10 freeway and 101, through the Sepulveda pass. This closes one of two main routes into San Fernando Valley.
Last time it was DOOM AND GLOOM for weeks leading up to it. Some people left the city, most people stayed home. It was the most glorious traffic weekend ever. all the freeways were wide open all weekend long.
I'm highly concerned it'll be the flip side this time, everyone thinks it was completely over blown and tries to go places.
We shall see.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
for millions of people, yeah.
and if there isn't traffic, it is. I know guys who live in SM and commute to Burbank, and they spend the morning on it but it's wide open.
Now if you need to use it during traffic, there usually are surface streets that are better. Hell, on Thursday after Weekend Confirmed i took PCH to Topanga, crossed there, then fired back on the 101. Probably took the same amount of time, but was much more fun than stop and go.
Regardless, you take the 405 out of play, and now those streets are jammed. That said, the non-week-day-ness of it alleviates most of the issues
teruterubozu
Member
Like what? All of L.A. would like to know. Like the shitty Cahuenga Pass? The fucked up Laurel Canyon? Traffic light hell up Sepulveda? The roundabout PCH Topanga route?
TheKaeptain
Banned
From my one month here I have figured out that the 405 isn't all that bad. You just have to know when to get on it. Which is North in the morning and South in the evening.
ZedIndyLil
Member
My guess is...actually, I have no idea what will happen next weekend. I'm sure it won't be a worst-case scenario, though. SPEND TIME AT HOME WITH YOUR FAMILIES PEOPLE
This. After years of experimentation, the truth is that most of the time, the 405 is simply the fastest way to get north of the hill.
Typographenia
Member
I will finally be able to see the music video for R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" in real life.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
If you are going west on the 101, and are in santa monica, PCH to Topanga Canyon can work.
Otherwise driving through Bel Air, which technically you aren't supposed to, but in reality you can, works as well. There is a road through there I've taken to get to Santa Monica appointments in the morning.
But yeah, there aren't a lot of options for crossing the hill
Fidelis Hodie
Infidelis Cras
(assuming this is to me)
Whatever you want, man. I'll have beer and whatnot and an open grill, so feel free to bring over whatever hungers you.
I think I'm also going to have bowls of cereal ready to go. I stole this idea from a friend. It is an awesome idea.
name the road bro.
ClassyPenguin
Banned
I've said this before, but one of the great things about California is being allowed to lane split on a motorcycle. Saved my ass many times.
Dude, cereal is serious shit yo.
I would swing by but after my crazy work week I just want to do nothing all day. Have fun everyone who's going.
Thanks for hosting, had a great time!
Hope we can get some more people from here out there next round.
Nintendoll
Member
A great time indeed! Fidelis rocked the freakin' house, and I'm pretty sure you and I made the biggest dent in the food supply. Was awesome bro'ing down on food/travel talk!
Fidelis Hodie
Infidelis Cras
Agreed! Thanks for coming man. Your steak was delicious.
I made people so hot and sweaty they just had to get rid of clothing.
Next time indeed man. BBQ House show fun times are my new favorite thing.
Fidelis Hodie
Infidelis Cras
what kind of music you play fidelis? (heavy metal, grunge, punk..?)
This kind of music. Heavily influenced 90's weezer fun times.
Jzero
Member
I like.
velvet_nitemare
Member
So this is where this thread is.
So I've been commuting from Echo Park to Westwood and back for the past week, and I've come to the conclusion that Los Angeles is not a functional city. It just isn't. There are some great parts, but for pretty large percentages of the day, you simply cannot do the things that people should be able to do in a major first-world metropolis.
StopMakingSense
Member
You are seriously fucking yourself traffic-wise commuting those directions.
My sentiments too, Puds. Great people, great food, tons of variety of neighborhoods and scenes from the beach to the big city, nice weather. All sounds perfect, except it's totally broken and crippled, ruined by the transportation. When it takes longer to get from one side of a city to the other than it does to fly from one coast of the United States to the other, there's a problem. Maybe in 20 years it'll have a hyper efficient Google Car system, but for now I'm hesitant to even set foot in the place again.
Not much I can do for the next two years. The only option would be to move closer to the westside. In fact, I am definitely going to do that, because I can't spend 10-15 hours a week in a car.
StopMakingSense
Member
You could try taking the MTA 2? Probably save a lot of money in the long run. (goes right to UCLA)
H.Protagonist
[-_-]/
Yup. We're old, but that also means that we can enjoy a little 5-star meal once in a while.
If it's any consolation, no direction seems to work from one hub in LA to another.
Exxxxactly. There's just no reasonable way to get around without a car, and even if you do have a car, the commute can be pretty absurd. But don't lie. You know you can't resist our 2AM bacon-wrapped hotdogs of regret. You'll be back. Yessiree.
MTA
use and abuse that site evilore...just be there 10-15min before cuz sometimes the buses comes earlier than scheduled except for subway. they come right on time as prompted from the media screen
H.Protagonist
[-_-]/
Fixed it for you.
But, should you ever feel like you truly deserve such punishment, I will detail the route I used to take to work before I moved to Torrance, and you will see what true pain is. I will have a nice cold beer waiting for you at Naja's if you survive.
Nope, nope. MTA is fair for getting you a schedule, but the problem with the system is that the buses don't show up, are so late that they miss their connections, or break down on the way. I had 3 years of MTA hell, 6 buses a day and that kind of stuff was not a rare occurrence.
poor hp..
:/
anyways, I dont know where you live but I had almost no problem gettin to the bus on time..or wait that much for it to get to where I wanted to go around L.A.
ZedIndyLil
Member
Carmageddon II seems to be as big a bust as the first one. Which is a good thing.
So the 2 bus goes from Sunset and Echo Park Blvd right to Westwood? I might try it out. The only issue I see is getting up a little earlier to walk to that intersection (probably a 15 minute walk from my house), and walking home in the dark with a backpack full of tech once Daylight Savings Time kicks in and the days really get shorter. At that point I will probably appreciate the fact that the gangbangers have mostly been replaced by hipsters in my neighborhood.
Sunset between Alvarado and Echo Park Blvd is hilarious now. So many tight jeans, horned-rim glasses, and stupid-looking hats where there used to be wifebeaters.
Sunset between Alvarado and Echo Park Blvd is hilarious now. So many tight jeans, horned-rim glasses, and stupid-looking hats where there used to be wifebeaters.
StopMakingSense
Member
It goes all the way down Sunset till UCLA, turns south at Hilgard, then down to Le Conte. Then around the edge of UCLA back to Sunset.
Puddles, have you considered taking olympic or Pico blvd to mid-wilshire/ktown and take a North on a residential street to Echo Park?
I commute 2-3 days a week from Silver Lake to WestLA/Santa Monica and back, coincidently I'm building the Expo 2 light rail project which will not be done until 2015.
Fidelis Hodie - sounds like a rad house party. Let us know next time!
I commute 2-3 days a week from Silver Lake to WestLA/Santa Monica and back, coincidently I'm building the Expo 2 light rail project which will not be done until 2015.
Fidelis Hodie - sounds like a rad house party. Let us know next time!