Carthay Circle Park — Attraction in Los Angeles

When I was twelve, some friends and I got it into our heads that the dull summer day we were experiencing would be a lot more interesting if we had some money to spend. I don't remember who came up with the idea but I think it might have been Jackson. This park would be the perfect spot for us to try our luck at our new careers as...fortune tellers. It was a weekday around 3 in the afternoon which made it the perfect time to exploit the rush hour traffic. I think there were four of us: James, Jackson, my younger brother Joe Joe and myself. Jackson had on boxing gloves. He stood on top of a bolder, shirtless, while continually punching himself in the face. Joe Joe stood around looking cute while James and I hustled the passers by. Here's how it worked: we'd go up to one of the cars and ask the driver and/or passengers what was his/her/their favorite color. Based off their answers, we'd tell them their future: Green- you'll live in the forest Blue - you'll live by the ocean Yellow - you'll live in the desert anything else - oh no you're going to die, like, any day now. After doing that for about two hours, we made more than 60 bucks. Not a bad way to spend the day when you're twelve years old and full...

Its lovely to see even a small park in the midst of dense office buildings. No accessible or open restrooms nearby , probably why there was a homeless man peeling in the bushes. Its time to stop blaming the homeless, and start building safe clean...

Super relaxing. Watch cars go by. Plenty of shade. Sit on the rocks if someone's on the bench. Very small park. Nice place to maybe sit and...