July 15, 2005

Just read [this post](http://blogdowntown.com/blog/1944) from [Eric](http://blog.ericrichardson.com/) on [blogdowntown](http://blogdowntown.com/) about his little journey through downtown today... He took a [kick ass photo](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericrichardson/26256785/) of the sunset, the sun was really big and orange today. He went to the Music Center for [Dance Downtown](http://musiccenter.org/dancedowntown.html) and got his dance on... looks like he had a good time.

I wrote a story about the Downtown Art Walk and posted it [here](http://www.laist.com/archives/2005/07/15/july_downtown_art_walk.php#more) on [LAist](http://www.laist.com/). Here are the [photos](http://eecue.com/images_archive/eecue-album-1213-1-july_downtown_art_walk.html) from the story. [Eric Richardson](http://blog.ericrichardson.com/) posted about the walk as well... he had some [nice things to say](http://blogdowntown.com/blog/1943) about my photography (thanks) and I kept showing up at different galleries where Eric had just left. A few people whom I met on the art walk have been reading the *LA From an "Auto"* [[part 1](http://lavoice.org/article896.html) : [part 2](http://lavoice.org/article900.html)] series I have been posting and [Bert Green](http://www.bgfa.us/) was forwarded a photo of the [Edison Buliding](http://eecue.com/images_archive/eecue-images-23879-Headquarters_of_the_Edison_Electric_Comp.html) by Eric, which he said he has always wanted to buy, but didn't know anything about the actual building, not that the photo gave much information.

They're filming a movie across the street from my loft, I was watching the production drones scurrying about on the roof of the Hotel Alexandria. The yellow signs say Romco which to me sounds like a play on the infomercial master Ronco, but IMDB turns up nothing. I wonder what [Celia's](http://5thandspring.blogspot.com/) take is on all the action in her building, I'm sure it's nothing new to her. I remember when I was younger, there used to be a crapload of raves at the Alexandria, and I also recall speaking to my Aunt at one point, mentioning I was heading to a rave in downtown at the Alex, and she told me about when she was young they used to party there in the splendidly decorated ballrooms which are now used solely as music video and movie backdrops.

Tomorrow is the start of a 2 weekend course I am taking for Search and Rescue called Technical Rescue Basics Course. I have read through the course material and none of it is new to me, but I am sure I will learn something from the course. I am bringing all 3 duffel bags of my SAR gear with me because there are always call outs during trainings; some sort of strange Murphy's Law deal. This weekend is all classroom time and next weekend is the field training which should be fun.