Apple doesn't fall far from tree

Did you ever pack up your badminton set, picnic blanket, adult diapers and thermos of mojitos, and head out to a beautiful picnic site with the kind of view you usually only see on greeting cards of the "sorry about your grandma dying and all" variety, only to discover that you forgot the food? It happens, don't be embarrassed. Let's talk about it. Because your situation is not hopeless, not by a long shot. Not if you live in Los Angeles, thanks to an group of picnic visionaries called Fallen Fruit. These guys and gals make maps of public fruit trees in the LA area, so that when you're hungry and in a bind, you can just stroll right up and pluck yourself some nourishment. Fallen Fruit is looking to expand their free fruit revolution to cities all over the damn place, so if you've got a neighborhood with delectable edibles that are ripe for the picking, you can make your own map, send it in and contribute to the feast. With any luck, they're gonna turn this crummy parking lot nation into a veritable garden of Eden, only this time around, there's no penalty for eating the apples! Here's the map for the Silver Lake neighborhood, where we at Eat Out More Often hope to be scavenging for avocados, apples, figs, peaches, and bananas next weekend. Cool, huh?