Neighborhood set 3. Free-Range Monkey

At the corner of Glendale Blvd. and Glenoaks Blvd is this mystery building.


It used to be a HOW'S market ( A Hughes Market) Then it was a Whole Foods for about a second. Now it is ZONE.
There is nothing on-line or on the building to indicate what kind of place this is.
I have determined from the sign that it is an indoor crossbow monkey hunting center. A place where you can nab your own delicious free-range monkey with your own crossbow or one you can rent from the front desk. MMMmmm Monkey!

Neighborhood set 2. Sylvia Wood Harp Center

The local hot spot is Saliva Wood's Harp Haven.

At the local harp store there are only two holidays: (according to the window paintings that change twice a year.)
4th of July and Christmas.

This is the Christmas/Jewish Xmas window. If you look to the right you can see Jesus/Moses, on a rock, playing a harp.
After new years day it becomes Uncle Sam, on a rock, playing a harp. Uncle Sam is usually on the rock playing to the stature of liberty with a giant flag behind them. I'm sure its the same damn guy who paints the windows year after year. The windows are god awful.

If you need a harp or harp accessories this is the place.

Next up I'll show you the curious building across the street.

Neighborhood set 1. The church.

I thought I'd showcase some points of intrest in my neighborhood over the next month.
The first thing I want to share with you are the creepy lifesize statues on the "front lawn" of the local God Prison.



"Hey you!
Yes You! Ya need some help?
Ya seem like a fella who is down on his luck.
A guy who could never catch a break. A guy who has the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Thats the kinda guy you look like ta' me... but whadda I know, eh?
You seem depressed, low, sad and confused. Perhaps things didn't go as planned? "







"No.
No they didn't"








"Well I'm here for you. I've been sent to show you the way. Pick up your flowerpots and your stick thing and shuffle off that way. I'm talking to you... Hey Hey buddy I'm talkin' to you...Eyes up here!
I've got tai-chi class here in 15 minutes and I have to have this area clear."



Remember kids:
No matter how far you stray there is always a kind soul to point you in the right direction.





I have a hard time driving by this church and not saying (in my best Luke Skywalker to a submerged R2D2 voice)
"Jesus... That way."