Hi, Beware Of The Blog readers. I flew East for a week to visit family and work for my store (Rockaway Records) at the WFMU Record Fair this weekend. Stop by and say hi if you'd like. Tell me I'm not a shitty blogger.
Being in New York and New Jersey affords me many opportunities Southern California does not. For example, it's autumn right now. We don't have autumn in Los Angeles. We have couple days of sometimes warm, sometimes cool weather. It might rain or become foggy one night. Other than that, it's in the low 70s and sunny. It gets cold at night I guess, but definitely not cold enough to wear a scarf like most Eastside hipter douches do. Two years ago I bought a winter coat, and it's been hanging in my closet ever since. That's LA autumn/winter for you.
We don't get foliage! We have palm trees. So, after spending some time with my father in his small New Jersey town today, I drove to the South Mountain Reservation and hiked around for a few minutes. It was creepy and nice, and pretty warm outside. There was a yellow labrador retriever splashing in a creek, and then it ran over to me and jumped on me. Afterwards I drove to the Riker Hill Art Park, which was something of a second home for my friends and I before I moved west. I was going to watch the sunset there, but I decided to buy some wine and grab a quick dinner with some friends instead. Oh well. Here are some of the photos I took today judged to be the most interesting by my friends. Bonus points if you can spot either a Sasquatch or the Jersey Devil...
GREAT pictures! Not an exit sign of the NJ Turnpike OR the Garden State Parkway in any of them! I too live in a small town in NJ (Winfield Pk.) but I CAN view the Parkway from my front door! These pictures prove to the rest of the country there's more beauty in the "Garden State" than they could ever imagine!
Posted by: Rich | October 22, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Mr Fungus, I also live in So Cal and although the fall here is nothing like the eastern fall, you are wrong if you don't visit the mountains and canyons here where cottonwoods,black oak, and even aspen can be seen. Just sayin.
Posted by: BigJay | October 22, 2009 at 11:15 PM
I will second Big Jay's comment, the oaks around Big Bear (not as much around Lake Arrowhead) are the most vibrant yellow that they have been since I moved here 5 years ago. Big Bear is only about 1.5 hours away from LA.
Posted by: JasonB | October 23, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Better than Pere Marquette Park...by a long shot.
Posted by: Jonathan Steinke | October 23, 2009 at 07:50 AM
Autumn in NJ pwns.
Posted by: Texecution | October 23, 2009 at 04:05 PM
Great Pictures, I drove up through Jersy and it was lovely.
Posted by: Mike Yahwak | October 25, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Our seasons exist, they are just not as apparent ;)
Posted by: festivalinsider.wordpress.com | October 25, 2009 at 05:37 PM
So Cal seasons are Santa Ana & Marine Layer. "Mediterranean" for all you climatologists out there.
Posted by: twitter.com/PatTwit | October 28, 2009 at 04:32 PM