Box Nomads

To say we drive all around Southern California is an understatement. We deliver and pickup recycled plastic moving boxes for our green business, Rent A Moving Box. We see some weird, not-so-weird and tasty things around town. So buckle up and enjoy the ride.

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Saw this festive house near Century City. Must look even better all lit up at night. #Holiday #holidaydecorations #ornaments #Christmas #Christmasdecorations #house #CenturyCity #Christmasornaments #Christmaslights #losangeles #LA #socal #california #landscaping #homegarden #boxnomads #rentamovingbox

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Stuff happens…we got a flat in Long Beach but fixed it in time to stay on schedule.

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The Patsaouras Transit Plaza and MTA Building on the east side of Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles. The "plaza" is a bus station named after Nick Patsaouras, former Rapid Transit District board member who was an advocate for public transportation. The 398-foot-high office tower adjacent to the bus station is the headquarters for L.A.'s Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Completed in 1995, the office tower features a blend of 1930's Hispanic-Deco and post-modern architecture. The $300 million dollar tower has been criticized for its use of expensive construction materials as a public agency. One critic dubbed it as a "Taj Mahal" in reference to its Italian granite, English brick and a $300,000 aquarium.

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Downtown LA on a clear day, after the rain washed away all the smog, seen from the One Santa Fe Building in the Arts District.

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During Friday’s storm we kept getting splashed by the wakes of cars passing us on the 134 Freeway.

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We took this photo of Downtown LA on the morning of Friday, December 12. The storm, brought by the weather system known as the "Pineapple Express," dropped up to 2.74 inches of rain per hour, causing power outages, flooding, mudslides, and incredibly, a small tornado in South Los Angeles.

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Gold Line train crossing Pasadena Avenue in Pasadena. The line spans 13.7 miles linking Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and Sierra Madre Villa in East Pasadena via Chinatown, Highland Park, South Pasadena and Pasadena. Each rail car costs $2.36 million and seats 76 passengers.

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We discovered Ruben Soto’s mural “Eyes” while driving on Glendale Boulevard under the Sunset Boulevard overpass in Echo Park. The "eyes" in this photo belong to the artist himself. There are nine other portraits in the mural, including his daughter Storm Soto, whose portrait faces her father's from across the tunnel. The latest portrait, a memorial to the artist's friend Sage Stallone who passed away in 2012, is positioned across from a portrait of his father, actor Sylvester Stallone. Other portraits in the mural include radio and television icon Dick Clark and muralist Kent Twitchell.

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We saw this charming, colorful home in Sherman Oaks. Note the painting of the Virgen de Guadalupe and burro statue in the rustic garden.

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We saw the "Neuter Cruiser" on the 405 Freeway. In spite of the funny name, the company does serious work. NKLA, which stands for No Kill Los Angeles, provides spay/neuter services so fewer animals go into shelters and more are adopted.

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From a distance, these fake guard bogs on the porch of an Encino home looked frighteningly realistic.

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This 18-foot-high wooden "fork in the road" stands at the intersection of Pasadena and St. John avenues in Pasadena. Artist Ken Marshall created the sculpture as a gift for a friend on his 75th birthday. 

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Driving on Lincoln Boulevard by LAX the planes coming in for landings pass a hundred feet overhead. In 2012, LAX was the sixth busiest airport in the world by passenger volume. Before the 1930s, airports used a two-letter abbreviation based on the weather stations. At that time, "LA" served as the designation for Los Angeles Airport. But with the rapid growth in the aviation industry the designations expanded to three letters and "LA" became "LAX." The letter "X" has no specific meaning in this identifier.

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Waiting in the retro modern lobby of the new Stella Apartments in Marina Del Rey. The building's interior was designed by Ariel Fox Design and and Arroyo Interior Design.

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Riding into Agoura Hills on our steel horse. Agoura has grown rapidly since the construction of the 101 Freeway in the 1960s, but it retains its western flavor, with many ranch-style houses and a network of horse trails.

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At the car wash, yeah! We found a wash in Reseda tall enough for our truck.

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The Sunset Tower Hotel rises above the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Completed in 1931 for the sum of $750,000, it is considered one of the finest examples of Streamline Modern architecture in the Los Angeles, Ut is decorated with plaster friezes of plants, animals, zeppelins, mythological creatures and Adam and Eve. In its early years, it was the residence of many Hollywood celebrities, including John Wayne and Howard Hughes.