VISIT TO DOWNTOWN GLENDALE PART 17

HAVING FINISHED MY COFFEE AND SEVERAL DOUGHNUTS, I BRUSHED MY TEETH WITH IPANA TOOTHPASTE, LOCKED THE FRONT DOOR, AND FIRED UP THE HUDSON.  I DROVE THE SHORT DISTANCE DOWN ROSEMARY AND TURNED LEFT ONTO SUNVIEW.  WHEN I REACHED VERDUGO ROAD, I HAD THE WILDEST IDEA.  I PARKED THE CAR RIGHT NEXT TO THE HOUSE OF KENT LIQUOR STORE (!) AND DECIDED TO RIDE THE BUS TO GLENDALE.  I WALKED ACROSS VERDUGO AND WAITED AT THE BUS STOP.  IT TOOK ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR THE BUS TO COME AND I WENT INTO MEMORIES FROM MY 2012 PERSPECTIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 1952.  THIS CORNER WAS WHERE MY DAD CAUGHT THE BUS TO GO TWELVE MILES SOUTH TO DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.  THE SUBWAY TERMINAL BLDG.  HE WAS AN ACCOUNTANT ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THAT BLDG.  FOR YEARS, HE WALKED THE SIX BLOCKS FROM HOME TO CATCH THE BUS AND WALKED SIX BLOCKS BACK AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK. IT CAME TO ME THAT I NEVER DROVE OVER TO PICK HIM UP AND DRIVE HIM HOME IN THE CAR THAT HE HAD BOUGHT FOR ME.  THAT MEMORY BROKE MY HEART.   THE BUS FINALLY CAME AND I GOT ON AND DROPPED SOME COINS IN THE LITTLE GLASS BOX ON A METAL STAND WITH THE LITTLE WHEEL THAT WENT ROUND AND ROUND WITH A CLICKING SOUND.  I GOT OFF AT DORAN AVENUE AND WALKED TO BRAND BLVD,, THE MAIN STREET.  I WALKED NORTH ON BRAND AND PASSED A MUSIC STORE THAT STILL HAD THE WHITE PLASTER DOG SITTING ON SIDEWALK OUTSIDE THE STORE...RCA VICTOR!   I WENT A LITTLE FURTHER AND WALKED INTO A SHOE STORE.  THEY STILL HAD THAT WOODEN BOX YOU COULD STEP UP A STEP, STICK YOUR FEET INTO A SLOT, LOOK THROUGH VIEWING GLASS, AND SEE YOUR FEET INCLUDING BONES WITH YOUR SHOES ON.  OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS SOME KIND OF RADIATION THERE, AND THEY GOT RID OF THEM LATER.  I WALKED BY A RESTAURANT WITH SIDE WALK VIEW TABLES INSIDE, AND I REMEMBERED THE THE TIME WHEN MY BUDDIES AND I STOPPED THERE AND JUST STARED AT THE PEOPLE EATING.  UP AND DOWN BRAND I WALKED.  THE OLD ELECTRIC STREET CARS COMING AND GOING.  EVERY PERSON LOOKED SO WHOLESOME AND WELL DRESSED.  I SPENT HOURS DOWN THERE, JUST WALKING AND LOOKING.  THE SETTING SUN WAS PAINTING THE WESTERN FACADES ORANGE, AND I TOOK THE BUS BACK HOME.  CAR STILL THERE....DROVE OVER TO ROSEMARY....WENT INSIDE MY HOME, FIXED A SCOTCH AND SODA. AND PONDERED THE DAY.   (TO BE CONTINUED)