![Alameda Swap Meet and LA’s Chinatown](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d8a25db85a54c4d64fe76/1623109473042-3D16L91CDSBPVBCYBW0V/Untitled-1.jpg)
![Downtown LA and MacArthur Park](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d8a25db85a54c4d64fe76/1623080487441-RGA7CI7BM9DPG2ZDKX4E/000246950007.jpg)
Downtown LA and MacArthur Park
I didn’t ride the Angels Flight funicular railway, but I did take the subway up to McArthur Park.
![California City](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d8a25db85a54c4d64fe76/1623032776678-75UGAKF7NT5X0MX1DJ79/000246960014.jpg)
California City
Dotted by roads to nowhere, aircraft graveyards, and a dried up waterfall—California City was once envisioned to rival Los Angeles. As schemes continued well into the 21st Century, was it all too good to be true? A podcast inspired me to go have a look.
![Santa Monica and Playa Del Rey](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d8a25db85a54c4d64fe76/1623007923711-8EWFL4MDUN89LFVR7DAG/R20_7770.jpg)
Santa Monica and Playa Del Rey
Under the boardwalk, bird feeding, two beaches, an engagement, and a decent calzone.
![Venice](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d8a25db85a54c4d64fe76/1623110027399-ND2P0242KT68WC322L2U/header.jpg)
![The Theme Building/Plane Watching at LAX](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d8a25db85a54c4d64fe76/1622912886846-WAXKX6SU65B8G40FOY52/SocialImage.jpg)
The Theme Building/Plane Watching at LAX
As 2020 ended and 2021 began, I was in California. That’s a longer story for another day, though. In the mean time, for the next few posts over the next few weeks, some photographs made around Los Angeles with a quick detour into the desert.