This Wednesday, September 19th, a group of hippies people will take over various parking spaces around LA and turn them into garden-like settings. This day hath cleverly been dubbed PARK(ing) Day!

As if we weren't already aware, the point of this tomgooderie is to prove that we live in a city without a whole lot of parks or green areas.



While we love artistic expressions, plants, the earth and after parties*, we also feel that:

1. People don't move to a city looking for parks.  They move to a city because...well, it's a city.  You want greenery-move to a rural area...or be smart enough not to plant your roots (har har) in a well known Metropolitan area!
   
2. Directly contacting the fine city folks at the LA Parks and Recreation Department could be handy.  After all, these few people are the ones who actually control these things.  The rest of already waste enough time on our daily commutes...must we spend even more time searching for parking?

*Even hippies love good times!  The After Party is from 7 to 11pm at the A+D Museum across from LACMA.  Think a faux apple orchard, lounge areas, KCRW DJ's and free antioxidant cocktails.