CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[peterbaron]

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[Tev62]

Had to go to the Chemist today for some soothing eye drops. One of the staff members comes in on a Ninja 250 so they put some motorcycle only parking out front for him, nice.

So this is my August entry

[Bazbro_imp]

I like that this is painted like a 'box junction', Tev. No cars can mistake that!

[Tev62]

I like that this is painted like a 'box junction', Tev. No cars can mistake that!

Yes, never seen that bay blocked. You might have some problem picking up your prescription if you parked your car there

[Bazbro_imp]

It would be nice if this became the standard for 'motorcycle parking'.

[Gone in 60]

That boat-shaped restaurant it really neat looking. We have a boat-shaped restaurant in Southern California as well. Clearman's, which has a small chain of restaurants, is known for quirky architecture. I'll have to grab a photo of their location in La Mirada on my way to the museum. It's adjacent to The 5 Freeway, and has fake snow on the roof. Their location in San Gabriel is called "The Boat", and features a boat nestled up to the restaurant building. It was an actual mail boat between San Francisco and Alaska dating back to 1913, and was converted into a Clearman's restaurant in the 60s. It now sits next to their larger restaurant but is, I think, just a neat feature and not functional.

A bit far for me to ride, but I eat there once a year, at least. On the last Sunday of the year, there's a rally for antique cars (anything pre-1932) that runs through the Pasadena and San Gabriel area, down Colorado Blvd along the Rose Parade route, and ends at The Boat restaurant for lunch. I usually hitch a ride with one of my vintage car friends.

If Mrs. G doesn't want to come with me to the museum this Saturday and I ride, I'll snag a pic of an interesting nautically-themed building in L.A.'s industrial area that's pretty famous.

Tev, interesting markings on that motorcycle parking area. Here in California, our motorcycle parking areas are typically striped dianonally in white, suggesting narrow parking spaces for motorcycles.

[the Ferret]

Not a restaurant, an individual's HOUSE! lol

And I snagged the other part of the challenge today. Rode to 5 different MC dealerships (3 of them Harley shops, 1 Polaris and 1 Can Am) and finally found a MC Parking Only sign at the last one (Harley), just as I was about to throw in the towel

[Gone in 60]

Wow, Ferret, you really gave this one a lot of work! So that's a boat-shaped house? Wow. We have house-shaped boats.

[Cormanus]

Only in America …

[Gone in 60]

I dunno, Cormanus, I've seen shows about people living on boats in other parts of the world. Some look pretty residential.

Around here, if you go to L.A. Harbor, Marina Del Rey, a few others, you'll see semi-permanently docked vessels in some of the boat slips that clearly haven't moved in quite some time with porches, plants, lawn furniture, residential doors and windows, etc.