Monthly Archives: June 2005

This dog is just having a stressful afternoon waiting for patrons on
Catalina’s mini-golf course. Sometimes he has a pal lying up there
with him, and they get loads of attention. Just another day in paradise!

People seem to have a penchant for the whimsical here on Catalina
Island. I spotted this a few blocks from the ocean in front of
someone’s house. I love the cat’s matching fishtail!

The mermaid mystique is alive and represented here, as you can see by
this lady, though her lower half looks more feather-like than scaly.
Or perhaps this is not it at all. Perhaps she is meant for the prow
of a ship. What strikes me about this place is the hand-painted
nature of things everywhere. I will continue to document this and post.

Well, it’s actually Hotel St. Lauren, as you can see on the entry, but it’s the most striking hotel here. I thought the architecture would look lovely in Monrovia. Perhaps some developer will see this and get inspired. I know that Monrovia has some plans for hotels in its future!

One of the reasons I love Monrovia is that it has a small town
ambiance about it. The only thing it is really lacking is the ocean.
Today I am blogging from Avalon, the by-the-sea small town on
Catalina Island. Of course, on my first day, I had to have ice cream.
Thankfully, they didn’t make my serving this large.

This beauty stopped me in my tracks. I love the detailing around the
twin window sets, the striping on the posts, the reds accented here
and there. Someone did it right!!

I spotted this gutted home just north of Foothill. I wish I could
remember what the original house looked like. You can see that there
is brick just underneath the flagsone. Which looks better? I just
hope that they don’t build something with vinyl windows. There is a
house up the street from me that was a cute (but small) wooden
affair, and they took it down to studs and put up a quite large and
somewhat generic home in its place. The siding is not wood, and the
window frames aren’t either. I call these toxic houses. I suppose
that p.o.v. might bother some builders, but I’m a plastic-phobe. I’m
keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

I spotted this beauty whilst exploring the neighborhood; I was
surprised to learn that the lovely front porch is an add-on. It looks
small from the front but is quite large inside. I know because it’s
for sale!