The Disappearing Things of Bird Way

A Box: 1 hour, 16 minutes

2009-06-28T16:18:00.000-07:00

It would have been criminal not to pass on this box. This was a great box.

Special Guest Star: Red Picnic Basket

2009-06-21T23:13:00.000-07:00

While waiting to leave the Hollywood Bowl stack parking, it made perfect sense to leave our old picnic basket for someone else to enjoy. As long as by "enjoy," I mean, use it for food, not call the bomb squad.

Lucy Workout Bottle: 2 hours, 18 minutes

2009-06-18T17:49:00.000-07:00

You workouuuut?

Special Guest Star: Suitcase and plates

2009-06-17T11:54:00.000-07:00

Perfect if you want to throw a dinner party for your host family.

Mini M&M's Fun-Bags: 7 hours

2009-06-13T20:42:00.000-07:00

Inspired by Obama picking M&Ms as the "official" candy of the presidency, I remembered these were still in the cupboard from V-day.

Thermos: 31 hours

2009-06-11T14:37:00.000-07:00

Go green! This didn't fit in the car cup holder as well as the Coffee Cat ones from Santa Barbara.

Big League Chew & Hubba Bubba Gum Tape: 14 hours

2009-06-09T11:29:00.000-07:00

"You're in the big leagues when you're into Big League Chew."

Tupperware! 13 minutes

2009-06-03T08:22:00.000-07:00

Can you spot the REAL Tupperware in this sea of food storage imitators?

First Photo: someone else's sofa

2009-06-01T23:03:00.000-07:00

Just found the first photo I took of someone else's sofa. After talking about doing this for three years, I started on July 2007.

A Big Pot: 1 hour, 3 minutes

2009-05-31T16:17:00.000-07:00

How long until they realize there are no handles?

Dog Toys and Gourds: Overnight

2009-05-31T10:07:00.000-07:00

Together at last?

Black-N-Decker Toaster: 6 hours, 42 minutes

2009-05-23T13:04:00.001-07:00

In honor of the Battlestar Galactica marathon, please enjoy a toaster.

Vegetarian Cookbooks: 3 hours, 18 minutes

2009-04-26T03:08:00.001-07:00

Just because I'm a vegetarian and you like estate sales, doesn't mean I need every vegetarian cookbook at every estate sale you go to...especially when I could exist on frozen soy dogs alone.

Palm Pilot: 50 hours

2009-04-26T03:04:00.001-07:00

I have always preferred pen and paper.

Halloweenmas Scarves: 2 hours, 18 minutes

2009-04-22T23:04:00.000-07:00

Who doesn't need a scarf with Frankensteins or poinsettias on it? Wait, I don't.

Xmas Ornaments: 78 hours, and counting...

2009-04-19T14:57:00.000-07:00

They look so pretty on the tree I secretly hope they don't get taken. Not so secret now.

Shabby Chic Bird Thing: 68 hours

2009-04-11T18:02:00.000-07:00

From Pom Pom on La Brea. Broken, so I got it for a steal at $185. Yeah, steal...would someone please steal it?

TJ Apple Juice: 3 days

2009-04-11T18:00:00.001-07:00

C'mon people, they're juice boxes. Juice boxes my mom gave me. Why? Bye.

Kid Adirondack Chairs: 4 minutes

2009-03-28T16:03:00.000-07:00

The only thing I loved about these tiny chairs was watching them get loaded into the back of a pick-up.

Special Guest Star: Things from S

2009-03-15T11:51:00.000-07:00

A few treasures from S's box of alley items. The candles were the last to go, we think because it looked like a vigil.

Scarves: 4 hours, 3 minutes

2009-03-14T12:47:00.000-07:00

The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind.

Loeffler Randall for Target: 41 minutes

2009-02-22T18:35:00.000-08:00

Hollywood's biggest night - so I left out the fancy shoes. I wore them once, they hurt like hell. Why can't I do discount?

Happy Valentine's Day: Love Monkey, 6 minutes

2009-02-13T19:39:00.000-08:00

Paying it forward: last year's valentine's gift will make someone happy this year. Made a protective box so it would stay clean. Love is in the air, and the alley!

Gold T-Rex: 49 minutes

2009-01-17T14:26:00.000-08:00

Extinct.

Nike Beanie NWT: 14 hours 18 minutes

2009-01-17T14:09:00.000-08:00

It was a cold night. I thought this would help the angels stay warm.

Wood platter: 4 hours 26 minutes

2009-01-08T15:43:00.001-08:00

Big carved wooden platter. Good for...parties? Maybe once held candles. Move it out.

Special Guest Star Alley: Blue Beach Chair NWT

2008-12-23T19:35:00.000-08:00

Anyone who lives by the beach can always use another beach chair.

Pinecone Xmas Tree: 21 minutes

2008-12-17T14:15:00.000-08:00

Everybody's going green this Christmas.

Candy Filled Pinata: 3 hours, 23 minutes

2008-12-14T19:51:00.000-08:00

Bought for a photo shoot, and big surprise, never used. I would have liked to have seen it happen. Once it was gone, I looked for a trail of candy because that fiesta was heavy.

Really Big Calculator: 9.3 hrs

2008-11-30T10:37:00.001-08:00

I should have added a pencil for scale. About 8 1/2" x 11".

Cusinart Food Processor/Blender: 3 hours

2008-11-26T22:04:00.001-08:00

It got cranberries all over my counter.

Polkadot Glasses: 26 minutes

2008-11-23T10:44:00.000-08:00

Bought for a photo shoot, lived in the studio, then the house, used...once? Need more space, so out they go - and go quickly!

Special Guest Star: One armed Jesus

2008-11-14T09:44:00.000-08:00

This was given to my friend after it was found next to a dumpster in the Hollywood Hills. Jesus is clearly missing an arm and Joseph has had his head glued back on. Heavenly.

Mostly New Pillows: 18 minutes

2008-10-25T19:45:00.000-07:00

I put them in plastic to assure the taker they were sanitary.

Vase: 7 hours

2008-10-16T18:30:00.000-07:00

A Christmas gift I liked AND used all the time for flowers. So much use, I decided it was time to really clean it in a nice soapy bath. Then the decals came off one side. It wasn't pretty from the back, like so many of us.

Three NIB Flag Poles: 78 minutes.

2008-10-14T23:23:00.000-07:00

...and I got to watch it happen.

Fun Fur scarves: 15 hours

2008-10-10T19:43:00.000-07:00

Three little scarves, hanging all in a row

One thing's for sure, they all gotta go!

Conch Shell: 3 hours, 43 minutes

2008-10-08T19:16:00.000-07:00

I have better ones.

Grass Drying Towels/Grama's Lee Jeans: 3 minutes

2008-10-07T23:59:00.000-07:00

The fastest swipe to date and what a score. These towels were only used once to dry a hill of grass some kids were going to roll down. From Target, they sat uncleaned and mildewed in a garage for a month. I piled them up, took the photo, drove into the garage and by the time I got in the house they were gone. Plus they got two pairs of jeans a 93 year old lady last fit in when she was 73. Awesome.

TJ Crackers: 14 hours, 8 minutesSkippy Peanut Butter: 16 hours, 23 minutes

2008-10-05T23:48:00.000-07:00

Saturday was clean out the cupboard day. Both were fresh and unopened. Yet, the crackers went first.

Straw Bag: 19 minutes

2008-09-27T22:36:00.000-07:00

This cost a dollar at a garage sale. It was a prop for work, then a prop in my kitchen, in the corner where things go before they go here.

Balloons: TBD

2008-09-26T22:44:00.000-07:00

My mom blew up a bunch of balloons for my birthday, which was awesome. A week later, after already recycling some to AG for her birthday, the remainders were left in the alley. I never expected anyone to take them, just enjoy them. And jump when they popped unexpectedly. To date, they still hang there, sans air.

Bird Thing: 54 hours

2008-09-22T22:32:00.000-07:00

It was a Christmas present and I never liked it. A faux bird mounted on a wood block, sitting on a real branch. Max, the neighbor's cat, didn't seem to like it much either.

Dansko Sandals: 72 hours

2008-09-18T21:58:00.000-07:00

Okay, I realize they look pretty bad and I shouldn't be surprised it took as long as it did. But these were expensive walking shoes, made for comfort and style. I wore them only once really...to Coachella. And after three days in the desert, this is what they looked like.

During my last closet clean out, I protested I would wear them again. Then I tried and my pinky toe hung out. Unacceptable.

The shoes started on the alley floor, then were tried on and moved. The last time they were seen was on the lid of the recycle bin.

And now some angel is walking in both comfort and style.

A note, left on my neighbor's car, near the alley.

2007-10-08T00:35:00.000-07:00

Yeah, don't forget.