architecture – Careful Now!

Unexpected treasures…

The lovely city gym/pool building in Huntington Beach.

And this awesome tree in the parking lot.

It’s like a work of art.

Amazing.

At the Great Race Place…

The place looks great with the new paint job.

It’s an art deco palace.

The entry to the saddling enclosure and jockey’s room.

George “The Iceman” Woolf, an all-time great, and rider of Seabiscuit in his match race with War Admiral.

This guy’s name is Montana, and he got me a nice payday. Thanks, Montana!

…and down the stretch they come!

Old house tour…

The Newland House…

Newland House, 1898, Queen Anne style. Oldest residence in Huntington Beach.

…the kitchen…

…parlour…

The house has a turret, and from the time I was a little girl, I always wanted to know what was in it. It was a sewing/spinning room.

The view from the turret. What a wide open vista would have presented itself in 1898.

My favorite room. This girls’ room. I love the bank of wood-framed windows.

The stairs were…steep.

The barn, now a wedding venue.

I had a great tour, given by the city historian.

A day at the races…

The beautiful art deco clubhouse, sporting a lovely new coat of paint. There is no sporting venue like this one.

Old art deco style signage.

He looks…concerned.

I got a Lava Man poster signed by Corey Nakatani (his jockey) and trainer (Doug O’Niell). Lava Man had a glorious Hall of Fame career, then retired to work in his trainer’s barn coaching the young’uns in the proper behavior. He was so effective in communicating with his charges, that he did the job of 2 or 3 people. Unbelievably cool horse.

I love this statue of Zenyatta. She was (and is) magical.

My carefully considered choice. Yes, he was the favorite. Don’t judge me. I made enough money to not dip into my own wallet until the very end of the day.