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  1. It's always been a myth that Los Angeles has "perfect" weather---YEAR ROUND. There's always a heat wave, in spring you better bring a jacket to the beach, and in the winter the highs often only get into the 50s, and the lows can get down to the lower 40s and sometimes even into the 30s---Fahrenheit, of course. The heat wave is over. Some days ago, it was still in the 90s at 9pm. Right now, in South Pasadena, at 6:35pm, it's 74 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Just to confuse people? Naaah, it was an agreement between Paris' RATP and LA Metro to rename a few stations in both cities as a "passing the baton" from one Summer Olympics host city to the next. Article: 2024 Olympics: six Paris metro stations change names to pass the baton to Los Angeles
  3. Legacy venue from the 1932 Summer Olympics; will be the diving venue for the 2028 Summer Olympiocs.
  4. I was trying to think of something really esoteric that hardly anyone would get, or would have to be explained, haha! But I like the flora/fauna thing. Maybe a coyote, which are native to southern California (and I feel I encountered them a lot a few months ago), and a Bird of Paradise, which is Los Angeles' official flower.
  5. ^^^^Seriously. I think Cybertrucks are one of the ugliest vehicles ever. I'm hoping the owners get rid of them soon, after the novelty wears off. I liken them to the huge Hummers you'd see here and there back in the two-thousand aughts, but you're probably too young to remember that. I think it's funny though, the people who try to make them look "different" from each other. Apart from the one above with the stickers, I've seen matte black ones, a pink one, a matte army-green one...
  6. Maybe April, possibly into May then. Things were still kinda green around here in May. Thanks! And I'll keep that in mind. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Speaking of the weather, sometimes I feel like our local news weather person likes to rub it in; this, from yesterday: A couple of random shots, both taken within the last few days.
  7. In fact, the Tom Cruise handover video where he ends up on the Hollywood sign was obviously filmed in March, being that the hills were very green. Of course the natural landscapes of California turn to those various shades of brown and greenish olive in the summer.
  8. Oh but it's not sunny every day! In fact I started this photo thread with May Gray/June Gloom. Los Angeles does have seasons, they're just very nuanced and subtle, not the in-your-face-must-be-spelled-out-and-obvious-for-some-people kind of seasons. When the flowers bloom and don't, cloudy skies, rainy days, the way the sunlight falls during winter vs. summer, the 2 different times of the year when the jacarandas bloom, pinkish-purple sunsets vs. silvery sunsets, etc. I tried to include different times of the year in this photo thread. Looking out my office window right now (I'm currently at work), it's very cloudy and 62 degrees Fahrenheit, in late August.
  9. Why? I think it'll be a breath of fresh air. Brisbane's never hosted before, so I think it'll be a very unique Games!
  10. And to clarify, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA, or LAMTA) decided to brand itself as "Metro" some decades ago, but officially it still is the LA MTA. That's why you will hear the terms "Metro Bus" and "Metro Rail." It was to provide consistency in terminology, because prior to that, you'd hear the media and people in general refer to "Metro Rail" and an "MTA bus." Aside from the Metro Bus example above, below is an example of Metro Rail: Metro Rail (photo by me): [\ In Los Angeles, "Metro" isn't just the train system, but the whole MTA system. To make matters a little more confusing, the Greater Los Angeles commuter rail system is called Metrolink, which is an entirely different system and spans the Greater LA five-county region.
  11. Vegas is actually a little closer to Los Angeles than the Bay Area, and even though summers are brutal in Vegas, they have a shiny new (American) football stadium that is enclosed and air-conditioned. And, Vegas to SoCal will be connected by high-speed rail by 2028 (supposedly), via Brightline West.
  12. I finally watched Paris' opening ceremony IN ITS ENTIRETY on YouTube last night; I think it helped that I was drunk when I started it, and then sober later. But OMG it was over 4 HOURS. I'll admit, I started hitting that forward arrow to advance the footage 5 seconds many, many times. In my mind I was thinking 'Wrap it up... wrap it up..." I'm hoping Los Angeles' opening ceremony will be 3, 3.5 hours tops.
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