Favorite People Seen on the Great LA Walk, Part 2

AT THE KICKOFF to the Nov. 22 Great LA Walk we heard there'd be a water main (gas main?) break somewhere along the route. Sure enough, as Santa Monica Blvd.  descends from Sunset Junction, we found this guy. He was waist deep in a fresh hole. And he was indeed attending to some kind of utility-related issue. It must have been disconcerting on a sidewalk that normally sees light foot traffic to watch more than 100 pairs of knees pass by within minutes. He seemed quite amused by it all, good-naturedly answering the various versions of, "How's it going down there?" Favorite People Seen on the Great LA Walk, Part 1 More of my photos (in progress) from the 2008 Walk We Did It! Third Annual Great LA Walk

Great LA Walk 2008: The Video

TAKE AN 8-minute video tour (credit to Drewurd, not me) of what took more than 8 hours to walk: Union Station to the Pacific Ocean, mostly down Santa Monica Blvd. And see more of my photos from Saturday's Great LA Walk.

Favorite People Seen on the Great LA Walk, Part 1

EVERY YEAR I cull through photographs of our annual Great Los Angeles Walk (I snapped 850 this year!) and find a few gems. Some, like this one, are more accidental. This interesting fellow was leaning against the Tacos Delta counter in Silver Lake. Normally, bystanders stare at us, the walkers, because how often do you see 150 people walking in LA? But this guy, camo pants and all, was eyeing the utility workers behind us. This scene reminds me that our big city is sometime just a lot of small towns. More photos (in progress) from the Great LA Walk 2008.

We Did It! Third Annual Great LA Walk

Pep Rally, part of Great LA Walk 2008 by Atwater Village Newbie.

FOR THE THIRD YEAR in a row Mrs. Newbie and I marched in the Great Los Angeles Walk. We're 3 for 3 in this 21st-century pre-Thanksgiving tradition that takes us and dozens of strangers/friends from downtown LA to the Pacific Ocean. (At 4 m.p.h., instead of the usual 40.) First year we walked 16 miles along the length of Wilshire Blvd. Then in 2007 we hoofed 15 miles down all of Pico Blvd. Yesterday: 18 miles, starting at Union Station, we sauntered down parts of Cesar Chavez and Sunset, and all of Santa Monica Blvd. The cause? Just because. See you all in a year. In the meantime: Great LA Walk Blog Great LA Walk Twitter Great LA Walk Flickr Pool Photos from AVN (me) ... Photos from Scott ... Photos from Wildbell ... Photos from Meekorouse ... Photos from Beautiful Freaks ... Photos from Savemejebus ...