June 3, 2011

Last weekend Penelope and I went on an interesting urban hike through a series of hidden staircases in Montecito Heights. We found the hike in an awesome book gifted to us by Pen's mom called [*Secret Stairs: A walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles*](http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Stairs-Walking-Historic-Staircases/dp/1595800506) by Charles Fleming. The book is packed with hikes in different LA neighborhoods that take the reader up and down a series of staircases hidden away in plain sight. We really enjoyed our first hike through Montecito Heights. I dragged along my camera and tripod and made some HDR photographs: ### [Secret Stairways Montecito Heights](https://eecue.com/a/1610/Secret-Stairways-Montecito-Heights.html) [](https://eecue.com/p/32363/Fallen-Stairs.html "Fallen Stairs") #### [Fallen Stairs](https://eecue.com/p/32363/Fallen-Stairs.html) [](https://eecue.com/p/32366/Purple-Flowers--Billboard-and-Abandoned-Mechanic.html "Purple Flowers, Billboard and Abandoned Mechanic") #### [Purple Flowers, Billboard and Abandoned Mechanic](https://eecue.com/p/32366/Purple-Flowers--Billboard-and-Abandoned-Mechanic.html) [](https://eecue.com/p/32361/Downtown-Los-Angeles-From-Montecito-Heights.html "Downtown Los Angeles From Montecito Heights") #### [Downtown Los Angeles From Montecito Heights](https://eecue.com/p/32361/Downtown-Los-Angeles-From-Montecito-Heights.html)