Three nights ago I had a dream that I remembered very clearly in the morning. In the dream, I drove my car to South Central LA and parked it on the street. I left my windows rolled down and the doors unlocked. All my camera gear was in the back seat. For whatever reason, my bicycle was there and I decided to ride it around and greet people. Eventually, I rode it back to my car and found that not only had thugs stolen my car stereo and my camera gear, they had also slashed the tires on my car. I got off my bike to check out the car and the same thugs slashed the tires on my bike.
So I walked to Ice-T’s house. I told him I was just visiting to meet people and make friends. I explained what had happened to my car and bike and said that wasn’t right. Then I asked him if he would go talk to the area thugs and tell them that what they did was lame.
He said, "No. You need to go tell them that."
The next night after I had that dream, I got an email from a very good friend of mine in Dallas. We’ve known each other since 1988. Turns out that his car was broken into by his condo and the thief stole his car stereo. I was a little disturbed by the relevance of this crime to my dream.
So today, I decided to drive my car to Taco Bell. No big whoop. About three blocks from my house, two belts came off the engine and the car’s stranded. Parked on the side of the road. Tomorrow I’m getting it towed to my mechanic, but I’m kind of nervous about what might happen to it tonight.
Here are some photos from this past weekend’s session at Banana Farm and CFAN.
I had been hearing whispers that there was a new slab people were skating. No one I talked to knew where it was, but it was rumored to be very central. Finally, I was out at the Banana Farm Ramp Saturday enjoying a barbecue and fire with friends and I start hearing directions. "Is this to the new slab spot?" I asked. The guy describing the place, it turns out, had a hand in some of the construction of the structures at the spot. Intending to go check it out the following morning, I checked to see if he was cool with me bringing a few guys in from Philly who were stopping by on a road trip. Turns out the guy wants to open the spot wide. He even told me to put directions on the site. Here’s a 
It’s a cool spot. More concrete than the original slab on Burnett, but without the elevation drops (i.e. it’s all flat). The concrete is smooth and wide open. There’s a big fence that seperates it from River Street, but if you park in the Town Lake hike-and-bike trail parking lot across the street, you can just walk into the hike-and-bike trail area and follow the fence to where there’s a formal entrance. My guess is the city put the fence up to keep people from dumping trash on the property because it certainly isn’t fenced off from the hike-and-bike. One of the nice amenities is the public restroom right next to it.
