An Odd Day in L.A.

I was able to convince Dear Handyman to get up really, really early today so that we could go into Los Angeles for an interesting sale. The drive up was uneventful and although we were there early, we were still number 30 & 31 on the sign up sheet.

We did find some absolutely amazing things. I found several favorite items but this child's chair has to be the best. The seat is wood, the legs are thick and the color is a chippy blue. Love it!

My other favorite find is this vintage 1960s era Color Wheel to light up aluminum Christmas trees. I've always been in search of one of these and this one works perfectly and came with the box.

The third favorite find was this all metal and glass bird cage. I love the look of old bird cages.

We found another scale that looks cool.

Lots of chandelier crystals.

A metal key organizer.

Several Christmas items.

Silver spoons with really pretty patterns.

An odd lot of buttons.

And a vintage plastic piggy bank with advertising for an eye doctor. I know this is vintage because the phone number begins with a word instead of an area code {anyone else remember those old phone numbers?}

Because this sale was up in the hills {Los Angeles has a lot of hills} we had to walk downhill for a few blocks back to our car. The streets were very narrow and the houses were probably from the 1940s. This was a neighborhood straight out of a Raymond Chandler novel. But there were a couple of interesting sights along the way.

Where else could you see a California poppy growing in the cracks along a street?

And across the street from where we parked we noticed these stairs linking two streets.

And now for the truly odd part of the day. We decided to have breakfast at one of my favorite restaurants in the Pasadena/San Marino/Alhambra area. This meant that we needed to take the Pasadena Freeway {they now call it a Parkway}. I grew up near here and learned to drive on this freeway. It is the oldest freeway in Los Angeles and was built when cars did not travel very fast so the freeway is very narrow and windy.

Because I know this freeway I knew that it can have many hazards at every turn. Cars enter from a dead stop so you can come around a turn and find a car entering the lane at about 30mph. Or exits might have a speed limit of 15 mph because there is a sudden 90 degree turn and a stop sign several feet after you exit.

So we were on the interchange to get on the Pasadena Freeway and noticed several cars pulled off  and a woman standing on the side talking to people on the other side of the interchange. That was odd but this was the Pasadena Freeway after all.

Then about a quarter of a mile further we saw cars slowing down. Again, this isn't that odd for this freeway. But when we got a little further we saw that there was a motorcycle crashed in the fast lane but there was no rider anywhere. Now THAT seemed odd. This freeway is only three lanes wide so perhaps the rider ran to the side of the freeway but we didn't see anyone there. There was no one laying on the road {thank goodness}. We have no idea if the people further back had anything to do with the motorcycle crash or where the rider might have gone. Just another Raymond Chandler L.A. mystery I guess.

After all of this we finally got to Twohey's in Pasadena/San Marino/Alhambra {not quite sure which city it is in but it is next to all of these.} I've been going to Twohey's {pronounced Two "E"s} for thirty-plus years. It is the best place to eat after a day at the Rosebowl Swapmeet or even a trip into L.A.

So I hope everyone had a great day thrifting. I plan on getting more items in my Stuff to Treasure store. Please be sure and follow my Facebook store page to be notified when new items are listed for sale. Oh so many things to do!

This is linked to:
Apron Thrift Girl, Coastal Charm, Her Library Adventures, House of Grace, It's a Very Cherry World, Mod Vintage Life and Very Merry Vintage Style