“You taught me a lesson today,” said the guy I was playing tennis with yesterday.
Category Archives: tennis
#465 Panorama City Rec Center
“It’s ironic that I’m near the beginning of my tennis journey and you’re — you have so much experience.”
#466 Nibley Park, Glendale / Kabab Way
Los Angeles spends much of the day looking grim, but dawn continues to be rosy.
#467 North Hollywood Rec Center / NoHo Diner
I wondered if I should say anything to the other passengers, and decided that would make me just another crazy person yelling at the people who simply want to mind their own business and get where they’re going.
UPDATE: Mar Vista Rec
I used to think these courts were schleppy, but now I think of Mar Vista as a welcoming tennis habitat.
#468 El Cariso Park, Sylmar / Tacos El Vampiro
Traveling to Sylmar was my way of sailing to the edge of the world.
#469 Sunland Rec Center / Casita Tacos Al Carbon
As I’m gobbling down these far-flung tacos, I am sometimes visited by the spirit of Jonathan Gold, who savors all the flavors I simply devour.
#470 Loma Alta Park, Alta Dena / El Patron
Taking in the overall state of your fellow bus passengers is similar to being a teacher in the classroom as students are filing in except that on the bus, you must also be on the alert for dangerous lunatics.
#471 Reed Park, Santa Monica / Yagul
Usually tennis balls, when they stick in the fence, are ankle to waist high. These balls were a good ten feet up there, and they had been there a while because that screaming neon green had faded to gray.
#472 – Barrington Park / Modelo
There are a lot of people walking around in America with superior attitudes that have absolutely no basis in reality, and I regret to say that especially as a doubles partner, I am one of them.