Halloween Weekend

Sometimes things converge like a perfect storm, now usually that term is used for a general calamity...........But in this case I would say that it all came together for a great weekend in the hometown. The first cool thing was the Lucha Va Voom show at the old Mayan Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, this great multi-use theater is one of the few remaining in use movie palaces from the 1930's



Now what this wacky Lucha show consists of is two things.............Mexican masked wrestling and Burlesque dancers
you throw into the mix a couple of comedians and a pumped up and raucous audience and you have the makings for a really fun evening, the show starts with some striping and then some wrestling and it just keeps going on like that for the next couple of hours, my friends and I had a great time seeing all the crazy sights and sounds


The Poubelle twins starting their act



The first wrestling match included one of the crowds (and mine) favorite
"Dirty Sanchez" he always has a bad cramp and then a terrible mess in his
pants then he rips off his shirt to wipe his butt....and of course there is a lot of ass to face action after that happens


Next up was one of my favorite dancers "Lucie Fur"


After Lucie were the crazy chickens


It was time for the intermission and a walk around the Mayan


Another crowd favorite was "La Park the dirty dancing skeleton with the Chupacabra as his teammate




Anther great thing to see here are the Mini's and the next match had the Japanese monster Hotaru and his teeny tiny mini, they had this match under the black lights which always has a cool effect






Well the show ended
and you could hear everyone talking about their favorite performer as they were leaving the Mayan....... The following day was Halloween and I was invited over for dinner to my friends Steven and Joyce Christensen in Hollywood
They had some other friends over and we all carved pumpkins as we watched the general migrations of people going down Santa Monica Blvd. for the big West Hollywood Halloween carnival street festival


A shot of everyone's pumpkin


Well Steven had to work the next day so it was a school night for him
So I decided to hope on the scooter and go check out the some of the freaks and get in the mix with the other tens of thousands of other revelers

I landed at Barneys Beanery and parked the Harley and started walking


This is one of the craziest scenes in LA all year and for anyone who hasn't experienced it should at some point


A Pee Wee Herman


Sailor girls


Bug Boys


Well it was getting late and I was done howling at the moon so I got back on my bike and headed home to the Valley


Saturday was full of thunderstorms but I managed to get most of my work done at the stable with my horses in between the intermittent deluges

I decided to just chill and watch the laker game instead of going out to another party because my favorite organized bike ride of the year was the following day
The Southern California British Bike Gathering sponsored by the Norton Club at Hansen Dam, this ride is probably the largest British bike gathering in the country
It doesn't cost anything.......... all you have to do is show up
There is a bike show for anyone who would like to enter and a great ride through the local mountains.

I find that this event has all of types motorcycle enthusiasts It doesn't matter what you ride even though this is primary an English motorcycle event, all are welcome......even us Harley guys

After meeting in the park and hanging out everyone fires up there motorcycles and head out to the Little Tujunga canyon, the ride is a great loop of mountains and canyons.........lots of twists and turns
I find also that the level of riders are much better so everyone has a great time
carving canyons as they say

I latched on with a group of guys as we went under the freeway and started up the canyon


Doing a steady pace while climbing up the canyon you could tell this was going to be a perfect weather day for riding




After forty miles or so you end up in Acton,
it's a rural area full of ranches and horses


Many of the riders stop at the Forty Niner for some breakfast
and sense I was hungry I pulled over to have a bite


All of the guys I ride with for the most part were out of town so even though I would ride with whoever I came across I was solo.

I decided to double back a little ways and take a few pictures of some things I saw as I was flying by them earlier

Like this old gas station


Or the Cafe


I liked the look of this old rusted tin sided barn


Turning back around I hooked up with a bunch of guys on sport bikes


These guys weren't shy about the throttle so it was fun tailing in right behind them


This part of the ride had some beautiful scenery, the type of place you play some sort of soundtrack from your memory as the world glides right on by






Well this went on for about forty five minutes till I finally arrived back at Hanson Dam

Parking the scooter I heard the lovely strains of a bagpipe
seemed apropos for the British bike show that was about to start


I walked around and took a few pics
like this nice vintage BSA




Or these custom bobbers,


Well I had seen enough so I decided to head over to Chatsworth and go visit my horses


My carrot munchers know the sound of the Harley and that equates to something good to eat so they were quite happy to see me


It seems I ended up landing at the barn just in time to give a lesson to one of the girls at the barn who was riding my other horse Bandolero


Well after feeding the horses it was time to head home put on some music and take a nap

I love it sometimes when you don't have to stray to far from home to have a great weekend........this was certainly every bit of that!

~M