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 [...]
Pretty – The Next Generation
I’ve started doing research into cameras – finally going to upgrade the ol’ Kodak. It’s well-past time, really, but I like to get my money’s worth. How did I do? Well, the camera was a $150 Black Friday special at Wal-Mart. Add in anything I’ve spent on a tripod, battery charger, memory cards, and that [...]
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 [...]
Bloomin’ Pretty
On Saturday I paid a visit, in perfect weather, to Descanso Gardens up in La Cañada Flintridge, in the foothills of the Angeles National Forest. The Gardens were developed by a Los Angeles newspaper magnate in the 30’s and 40’s and are at their most gorgeous in the Spring. Photographers and art students are almost [...]
Laguna Beach – A-to-Z
For a proper A-Z city walk, you need a city that’s got a heart, and a history. You want that walkable core where the character has had a chance to manifest itself over decades. Not all of Orange County’s major cities lend themselves to this – they trend towards these disparate consumerist sprawls; dense but [...]
Turns out I do have allergies
Yesterday, Roxie and I spent a couple of hours strolling through the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden near her home. The pictures can do most of the talking:
What’cho lookin’ at, bird?
More substantial post about Valentine’s Day Weekend is in the works – but in the meantime, a brief taste of Pretty from a recent walk Roxie and I took in Upper Newport Bay after several days of rain.