FrogBlog | Translating Los Angeles

Well, why not?

Do you know this feeling – you are driving past a place and it just hits you… you have to stop and go in and try it out…

Boy, we were lucky that we did! Señor Fish rocks! Big Time.

Both the Fish Taco Sampler

(Halibut, Tuna & Salmon) and the Sopes

made us swear to come back next weekend to Eagle Rock to investigate the menu further.

General impression: Superior food and laid back premises – what’s not to like?

While the Canada Geese are already taking their offspring for a walk,

the Great Blue Herons are still busy getting the nest ready.

Of course they are not the only ones – in the trees left and right other couples are preparing to start a family.

Why this guy is still up and about, nobody knows. It’s a Night Heron – he should be hanging out in a tree, waiting for nightfall.

You want to know in which secret corner of California one can discover all these birds and many, many more?

Two miles from Downtown Los Angeles, at Echo Park Lake.

Give it a try any morning at around 8 AM – you will be amazed.

Oh no – not today, on the first Day of Spring and the L.A. Marathon.

But Spring it is and the Marathon has been run, with a fabulous victory by two Ethiopians.

So there – nothing spoils our fun here in Los Angeles!

…for Spring.

A few times each year the local zoo opens very early in the morning for its members to come in and watch the animals having breakfast and such.

Even at this early hour the meerkats had already put out sentries… just in case…

The tapir gave us a friendly smile, even though we disturbed him during breakfast.

In the next enclosure the tortoises were plotting again how to take over world power. They agreed on acting very, very, very slowly.

Those giraffes… Guys, just having a long neck does not make you automatically a superior being. Stop looking so smug!

This is not a Black Bear, this is a lazy bear. So lazy that he can sleep even while sitting.

And this is a totally exhausted sentry. It’s not easy being a meerkat!

Give the Girl Scouts the $5 – no problem.

Only weak people take the cookies too.

And Borders next door is closing down too.

This is the definition: “A prehensile tail is the tail of an animal that has adapted to be able to grasp and/or hold objects.” (Wikipedia)

Inquiring minds need to know…

“That’s Mr. Gimpy for you!”