Walked by this apartment building and got excited about finding some hidden loot.5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/GodofWar
A boy sits on the sidewalk outside a midnight release event for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Glendale, Colorado. (2003)4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/harrypotter
[OC] Photo in my mom’s 1979 high school yearbook of the second annual Dungeons and Dragons Society, a club “named after a fairly new game that is easy to learn.”4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/DnD
The OneRing.net says they have confirmed the official synopsis for the Amazon Lord of the Rings series.3yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LOTR_on_Prime
iPad apps that are optimized to fit the screen but only work in portrait mode are the worst. Especially when your iPad is attached to a keyboard. (AMC Theatres app)4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/ipad
The inside of Steven Spielberg’s crazy submarine-shaped restaurant named Dive! Located at the Century City mall. (1997)4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Throwback to the first apps I downloaded when the iOS AppStore launched 12 years ago. I used to try and impress people by showing them that my phone could play games like Enigmo and Super Monkey Ball.3yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/iosgaming
Photo in my mom’s 1979 high school yearbook of the second annual Dungeons and Dragons Society, a club “named after a fairly new game that is easy to learn.”4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Have you ever seen the big blue TARDIS outside Geeky Teas & Games in Burbank? Apparently Grant Imahara from MythBusters designed it!10mo ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/burbank
This player noticed I’m brand new to the game and randomly stopped me to give me all this stuff.3yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/2007scape
Beverly Hills restaurant that faced backlash for inviting people to an indoor New Year's Eve party responds on Instagram with lies and backpedaling3yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Pacific Electric streetcar at the Santa Monica depot on Ocean Ave. (1953)2yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/SantaMonica
Hi-De-Ho Comics in Santa Monica closing after almost 50 years.6mo ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/SantaMonica
“The Big Wave” — The 42-foot-tall sculpture installed in 1989 as “a welcoming archway to emphasize where L.A. leaves off and Santa Monica begins.”4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
In case you missed it: Recently, Jake Gyllenhaal said he auditioned for The Lord of the Rings and Peter Jackson called him the worst actor that I have ever seen. Later, Peter Jackson's daughter tweeted that he's making it up.8yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/lotr
This palm tree in the Sawtelle area has another tree growing out of it.5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
The OneRing.net says they have confirmed the official synopsis for the Amazon Lord of the Rings series.3yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/lotr
Jub-Jub appreciation post. 🦎 Selma’s lovable lizard was named after a random phrase Conan O’Brien used to say while writing for The Simpsons.3yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/TheSimpsons
Matt Groening was really not a fan of Los Angeles back in the 1980s.4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Loaded up my Pokemon Blue save for the first time since 1999. My rival and I were just kids when I gave him his nickname, and now Asshole is probably old enough to have kids of his own.4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/gaming
“The Big Wave” — The 42-foot-tall sculpture installed in 1989 as “a welcoming archway to emphasize where L.A. leaves off and Santa Monica begins.”4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/SantaMonica
Marty’s Hamburger Stand in West L.A. Nothing glamorous. Just a cheap and simple local spot that’s been in business since 1959.5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Miss browsing for books under these random indoor palm trees. (Barnes & Noble at 3rd St./Wilshire)4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/SantaMonica
Barely interesting: In the early 2000s, I stole this ball from the Wild Thornberry’s Adventure ball pit next to the Nickelodeon Blast Zone at Universal Studios, Hollywood.6yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Had to inform Disney+ that they put an episode out of order.4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/TheSimpsons
In the N64 days I never realized that the Warehouse level in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater was in Woodland Hills.5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, seated with Roswell Newcomb Pinckney, a fellow member of the White House Gang of young playmates (1902)6yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Everyone talks about the year-round sunshine in Santa Monica, but my favorite weather in the city is the occasional blanket of marine layer fog.5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/SantaMonica
I love stumbling upon pre-movie merchandise at second-hand stores.5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/harrypotter
“The key to Springfield has always been Elm Street. The Greeks knew it. The Carthaginians knew it. And now YOU know it.”6yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/TheSimpsons
The new mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery apparently features professors who teach their students with medieval scribal abbreviations.6yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/latin
Y'all been to the Westfield Century City mall recently? Construction is finishing up in bits and pieces, and it's crazy how different this place is from the days of the Dive! restaurant and the Brentano's bookstore.7yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Aftermath of a tornado in Santa Monica on March 16, 1952. A man inspects damage to his car near the Sears building.4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Super specific, but I love finding old signs from a glorious period in LA history when you didn’t have to dial all 10 digits when calling someone in the same area code as you.5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Love stumbling on random crowds in unexpected places. [Lakeshire]4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/classicwow
“You’re stealing a table?” “I’m not stealing it. Hotels expect you to take a few things. It’s a souvenir!” “Ah — is that my necktie you’re wearing?” “Souvenir.”5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/TheSimpsons
Hotel room TVs with pay-to-play Nintendo games that your parents never agreed to pay for.5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/nostalgia
Edith Piaf and Charles Aznavour playing boule games (1951).6yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The real Halloween SPOOKS in graduate school are things like a 19th-century publication with a 29-page introduction written entirely in Latin. You know, just in case the 4 giant volumes of hundreds of medieval Latin sources weren’t enough.5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/latin
Tip for doing translations on Mac computers: If you press and hold the green expand button on the top left corner of a window, you can create a split-screened workflow that's perfect for having your Latin text on one side and another resource (like a dictionary) on the other.7yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/latin
An old receipt for the EB Games (previously EBX, later GameStop, now Macy’s) at the Century City mall. (2005)4yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
[Legit] What is your quote-on-quote main Super Smash Bros. character?5yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/BoneAppleTea
The predictive responses in iMessages on my Apple Watch randomly switched to Dutch. I was responding to a message that said Absolutely!8yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/AppleWatch
Little known fact – they actually started filming AMC's Fear the Walking Dead back in 1994.9yr ⋅ Durendal_et_Joyeuse ⋅ r/LosAngeles
