Adams Ave.

I’ve lived here for a year and a half and I still have to use Mapquest to get to the grocery store. It’s high time I learn my neighborhood. So one of my sabbatical goals is to visit every establishment on the main drag that runs along our neighborhood. In a 3 mile stretch of Adams Avenue, you can pretty much go around the world [and in some cases…underworld]. Just for illustration, here are some of the targets on my Tour de Hood:

• Mama’s Roots – Traditional and Urban Magic. [Glad to see we can still go old school on our magic. Paging Harry Potter.]
• The Stuff Store [someone did NOT spend much time on their branding]
• Eritrean Community Center [can you still use the Community Center if you have ZERO idea where Eritria is??  Why do I anticipate problems trying to "pass" for Eritrean?]
• Pilgrimage of the Heart Yoga [someone spent too much time on their branding. This combines ALL my favorite transactional events…pilgrimages of the heart, yoga…can’t wait.]
• The Martial Arts Gym [full contact spin class?]

We won’t even include the tattoo parlors since I visited most of them during the unfortunate belly ring incident>>  http://savemethecall.blogspot.com/2008/05/belly-ring.html

Rita already dropped out of this little game right after the trip to the Crown Jewelry and Loan [I LOVE pawn shops]. It’s early in the pursuit, however, and our addiction to $2 popsicles is already paying the rent at Viva Pop [3330 Adams Ave].

One thing I haven’t decided is whether I will just visit these places or do I need to actively engage/purchase/participate? Because while I will be happy to do business with the donut shop or $5 pizza places, it will be tougher to transact with the Philosophy Tree Metaphysical book store or the Cabrillo Academy of the Sword, Theatrical Sword Play [although I WOULD love a school sweatshirt.]

And for the first time ever – I did not make up a single name/location in this whole blog entry - these are all places within 3 miles of our house. My visit to the Cabrillo Academy of the Sword will undoubtedly be its own blog. I wonder if they do birthday parties…

Meanwhile, anyone interested in the AmVets Wednesday night bingo…let me know.