Don & Dales #oldtype

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Downtown Los Angeles- Clifton's Signage

Still on my list of LA landmarks to experience.  I spoke with someone today who said he wasn't a fan of downtown Los Angeles and I told him even though I live in the suburbs, there is a special place in my heart for downtown LA which is interesting since in the beginning, I was like others, I was afraid.  I now  think of it as a cherished secret-my little secret that only certain people understand.  I feel the same way about Savannah! (If you saw me speaking these words, there would be a glint in my eye and a flash of the dimple!) _______________________ _________________________________

Husband Daycare

As seen in Mundelein/Ivanhoe at Crossroads.  Never been to Weich's but great signage. _______________________ _________________________________

Signage gone awry

Viel Spaß!!!! I was in New York at a Hampton Inn (it said it was a Times Square location, but it was more like Hell's Kitchen) when I snapped this picture-yes a little fuzzy, but you get the point.
Isn't this a little over kill in having a Hearing Impaired sign written in braille?
It reminds me of my first night in Flat Rock, NC when we visited the Food Lion and my boss caught me staring at the mangled handicapped parking sign that had obviously been hit and backed over and hit multiple times.  There was even concrete rubble remnants.
My boss then commented, "That person wasn't only handicapped, they were blind!"
Beyond taking keys away from grandma, maybe we do need signage like this, plus the braille on the highway with speed bumps and cat's eyes that make noise! _______________________ _________________________________

Insure or Ensure?

in this case, my gut says ensure but oh what a wonderful play of words!

From Peggy Gillespie Hazelwood's ehow.com article, How to Use Ensure vs Insure:

1.Look at the sentence you are writing. Know what it is you are trying to communicate. Read the sentence out loud.
2.Know the meaning of ensure. Ensure means to guarantee or to make sure, safe, or certain.
3.Know the meaning of insure. Insure means to provide insurance coverage on something or someone. Insure can also mean to make certain by taking action and precautions.
Decide which meaning you need to use to communicate.

Generally, in nearly all cases, if you are talking about insurance, that is, an insurance policy, the word choice is insure.

If you are talking generally about taking care of something or someone, the word is ensure.

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Day at the dentist and another view of how I see the world.

Slight fail or Epic #Fail?

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Type Downtown Los Angeles

After  living in Los Angeles, over the last decade, the past three years have created my so called crush of downtown.
While headed to the last bookstore on Main, I saw these two old storefronts a block or so away.
As a prop and scene painter in the past, I really appreciate the sign painting and difference in type. _______________________ _________________________________

love this lettering!

How clean, modern and interesting.  Also my favorite time of day-twilight.

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