one of my favorite [and most taken for granted] parts of the day is my morning commute. b and i take the train into downtown every day. i am so lucky to be able to work w/ the husband; we usually have a lot of fun on our walk to the train [partly because we have made up names for most of our regularly-spotted neighbors and their dogs].
our train station is just a ten minute walk from the door of our apartment. there are so many parts of the walk that make me happy...so last week i brought the camera along to try to capture it, starting at the door of our apartment:



pasadena has the best architecture. this giant house is down the street from our complex -- it's still cool even though it's a little rundown:




how crazy blue is this sky? amazing:

and then we end up here:

we board the gold line and ride nine miles through the most amazing valleys and hills of so cal. even though i grew up close by, i never visited highland park or lincoln heights and i was seriously missing out. [let's be serious, it's not the NICEST part of town -- all the bars on the windows and lack of backyards sort of reminds me of the old hood on the west side -- but the scenery is amazing.] we can see from the san gabriel mountains to dodger stadium to chinatown to east l.a. and i marvel at the green hills and sunshine every morning. i love living here!
4 comments:
Yaaaaay! I love these photos. I feel like I just walked to the train station with you guys now. :-)
I like the morning walk! We had to stop by Casey's work on Sunday and as we passed Pershing Square, I thought of you. Btw, did you know there was a HUGE pillow fight there on Friday? Weird. We still saw the feathers floating around the grounds Sunday morning.
Surprisingly, this looks a lot like my walk to the train station. :)
aww I am glad you are back to happy. love the pics. I enjoy having a reference point now when you mention your walk to the train station. and thank you for rubbing in your fabulous weather. it's cold and rainy here. ick.
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