The Fake Angeleno

Pumpkin Picture: 2011 Edition

Hard to believe it's the fourth year running for the annual posting o' the pumpkin picture.  

For those of you unfamiliar with this grand tradition, the goal here is to either hold (or photoshop) the previous year's pumpkin picture in the current year's offering.  This procedure is inspired by a noble tradition started back 19 years ago by our friends Chris and Alysia.  They've put a tremendous amount of care, dedication, and art direction into creating one of the best things you can look at on the internet.

Every year since 1992, they've taken Chris's picture at a pumpkin patch -- while he holds a copy of the previous year's picture.  It's a Halloween tradition like no other and highly recommended viewing...[LINK: Legend of the Pumpkin Pictures]

My own pumpkin shot was taken this year outside the Farm Store at Cal Poly Pomona.  We stumbled across a huge pumpkin patch there at the university's Kellog Ranch this weekend on the way home from Palm Springs.  

For those interested, you can see the Fake Angeleno's whole series of pumpkin pictures here.

That's it for this year. We'll see you the week before the election in 2012.  

Pumpkin Picture: 2010 Installment

Though I wish I could report differently, this year's pumpkin purchasing excursion again took place in no more exotic a location than the pumpkin patch set up in the parking lot of the Rite Aid / Albertsons on Mesmer St. in Culver City. The place was lousy with little shavers begging pony rides and sewing havoc with their radio flyers. I shuddered with thoughts that one day they would work at Walmart.

That didn't stop us from selecting a fine, orange gord while snapping a picture for the third year running.  The conceit here is to either hold (or photoshop) the previous year's pumpkin picture in the current year's offering.  This procedure is inspired by a noble tradition started back 18 years ago by our friends Chris and Alysia.

Every year since 1992, they've taken Chris's picture at a pumpkin patch -- while he holds a copy of the previous year's picture.  It's a Halloween tradition like no other and highly recommended viewing... [LINK: Legend of the Pumpkin Pictures]

At any rate, here's this year's offering from the Fake Angeleno...

See all three Fake Angeleno Pumpkin Pictures.

See the amazing 18-year run of Chris and Alysia's Pumpkin Pictures.

And, apologies, I need to link here to an Applebees Happy Hour San Diego page.

Pumpkin Pictures 2009

It was another eventful Halloween in Mar Vista, as the local youth came by the house in droves to extract their share of the processed milk chocolate we'd bought at Rite Aid the day before.  The kids were adorable as usual and our pumpkin this year was a basic bucktoothed, smiling creature -- as opposed to last year's Obama propaganda tool.

We had the usual blast driving over to the pumpkin patch to select our round, orange gord.  The highlight of the trip was seeing a smartly dressed Laura Dern and her young daughter picking out their pumpkin as well. 

Finally, if you haven't done so already this year, you'll want to head over to Chris and Alysia's Pumpkin Pictures Chronicles.  Every year since 1992, they've taken Chris's picture at a pumpkin patch -- while he holds a copy of the previous year's picture.  It's really one of the greatest things you can look at on the internet.  [LINK: Legend of the Pumpkin Pictures]

Last year, I started a tradition of our own, snapping a picture pumpkinside.  This year, I forgot to bring last year's photo, but we still snapped a 2009 pic anyways.  With apologies to Chris and Alysia, here's this year's Fake Angeleno pumpkin picture offering:

And here's a much more appealing photo of Jessica at the patch in Santa Monica:

 

Did I mention I need to put a random link for Orange County Mortgage Brokers here?  Sorry. Oh, and a shoutout for Find Los Angeles Restaurant Happy Hour as well.

Promised Pumpkin Propaganda

Happy Halloween.  I love you Los Angeles!  (You love me back.)

As a reminder of what's at stake Tuesday, I offer you this excellently carved (by Jessica) message of change over more-of-the-same, engagement over posturing, sunshine over secrecy, strategy over reaction, and, yes, HOPE over fear. 

 

The Fake Angeleno endorses Barack Obama for President of the United States of America.

Pumpkin Patch Picture: Mesmer Ave. and Jefferson Blvd.

Inspired by our friends responsible for The Legend of the Pumpkin Pictures, Jessica and I decided to start a legend of our very own.  Here is our inaugural snapshot, with me modeling our fine looking pumpkin selection and Jessica behind the camera. Something about the lighting makes it look as if it could be the mid 1970s out there...

The pumpkin patch itself was a site to behold.  Not only could you select a pumpkin to take home and carve, but if you were the parent of any child under the age of 10 you could be hijacked for the price of a choo choo train/bus ride around the patch's perimeter; face painting; a romp with some assorted halloween ghouls; and various other genius ideas for drumming up incremental revenue dreamed up by the patch proprietors. 

Stay tuned for the "after" photo of our pumpkin carved up into some sort of yet-to-be-determined Obama propaganda statement...