Chicago Trip Pic of the Day – 12/28
Lincoln Park Zoo, during their free “Zoo Lights” nighttime holiday exhibit:
Chicago Trip Pic of the Day
A little walk on the Millennium Trail, which dead-ends in the neighborhood of my current hosts, Jeff and Dawn.
Cheap Swank in Sin City, Part the First: Swank and Swank Envy
Las Vegas is a drug – a wild one, a staggeringly fun one. But you must use, as the finest fine print always reminds us, responsibly. Because this drug’s ultimate purpose is to melt down your brain and devour the dumb animal that is left behind. And no one knows how a drug is going [...]
Puttin’ on the Ritz
Ever since I got approved for my high-limit Venture Card, interesting things have been appearing in my mailbox. Invitations to the openings of high-end clothing stores, that sort of thing. Some algorithm out there in the Marketing Matrix has concluded that I have MO MONEY. Since a good chunk of my wardrobe still comes from [...]
San Diego Trip – See how happy the sun makes them?
Still fleshing out my notes from the trip, but since I know I can’t add anything to flower pictures other than “umm, here’s a purple one I liked”, I’m going to throw a pile of them at you to distract you for a little while. Like a chaff cloud of pretty. These all come from [...]
San Diego – A-to-Z
(I wanted to get the A-to-Z series up first. More details/pictures from the full weekend to follow). San Diego is California’s city for everyone. The idyllic weather writes the invitation, and then the city itself provides hospitality for guests ranging from the nerds of Comic-Con to the Navy men on the bay. The swells can [...]
The Watery City
(I wrote this on a legal pad on the train into downtown San Francisco the day I did my A-Z walk last month.) Maybe it all has to do with the water. We have the same ocean in Orange County, but it’s over THERE and we’re over HERE on the land and (apart for the [...]
For your ocular pleasure
Here’s a few keepers from the Chicago trip that go beyond the A-Z series. Everything behind the jump is from my day at the Art Institute with some of my dearest friends. And I’m not just talking about the Monets – which, we’ve discussed, Jimmy, make me powerfully emotional. This pic is courtesy of my [...]
Chicago – A-to-Z
Chicago is a city of icons. You realize this quickly when trying this A-Z picture-taking walk downtown. The city has a character and it comes through strongly in its public lettering. Chicago letters are robust and classic – those Roman and Gothic influences chiseled everywhere you look. It can be a little chilly – you [...]
How they do things in Texas – pretty much the way we do them here
Here’s a few pictures from the shoot on Friday. With a total crew of five – and that includes the Producer/Director, who also played an on-camera role – they shot all the dialogue in my 24-page script in a single day. That’s pretty stunningly good; although it wasn’t a dramatic screenplay, it’s a training video. [...]