On Monday morning I didn’t go to work – but instead enjoyed what was probably only the third vacation day I’d taken in 2010. To celebrate this momentous occasion I went with my parents to Las Fuentes restaurant for brunch. After that we went to Fryman Canyon, which I used to frequent but hadn’t visited […]
Sunday – the day of rest
Originally I’d planned to take my parents to Malibu Creek State Park for a five hour hike, but they requested a break from hiking after the previous two days’ outings. We started the day at A&W Seafood buffet in Northridge and then headed to the Lamps Plus outlet store so my mom could shop for […]
More photos from graduation
More photos are starting to filter in from Saturday. I still don’t have Victor, Myra or Cindy’s photos, but Sam gave me a 400 photo archive combined from four different cameras in her party (including a pro with a DSLR). Here are some of my favorites: Before the ceremonies with the OG Encino Kerns crew. […]
Parents Visit Day 2
On Saturday morning I walked across a stage, shook a few hands and left with a new acronym to put after my name. More photos will be up on facebook (and maybe here) later that were taken by my friends that came to the event (thanks Cindy, Victor, JC and Myra!), but below are some […]
Parents’ visit Friday
On Friday morning I picked my parents up at LAX. Despite getting up at what would have roughly been 2am PST they were down for a full day of Los Angeles…ing. First we went to Little Ethiopia and ate lunch at Messob. Below is dad scooping up some lentils with injera. From there we went […]
Art Walk December
Sam and I went to the Art Walk on Thursday night. It was dead. There weren’t very many open galleries. There was a new “gallery” that was referred to as the Art Walk Lounge. In the back there was a circle of easels with canvases. It seemed like the people doing live paintings were complete […]
Art Walk November 2010
The ever-changing art walk seemed more subdued that normal this month. However, I noticed drops in participation last fall as well. I think people are less willing to bustle about in the windy downtown when the temperature drops below 55 degrees at night. But I did. And here is what I saw: There were at […]
Day 2 on “price less” piece
Thank goodness this is a tiny piece – otherwise I don’t know if I’d have it done in 4 weeks. I’m getting to work on it maybe 2 or 3 hours a week maximum…. very frustrating. I think I want to have her sitting in a puddle in the rain – not sure how […]
Culver City art walk
On Saturday night Sam and I joined two friends (a fellow Pepperdine MBA student and his wife) and headed to Culver City. We went to the Ethiopian restaurant that Sam and I had tried a few months back. We didn’t remember from before, but the restaurant had actually purchased tables that were too small for […]
Nick Ogawa
Nick Ogawa is working on a new album, his third I think. The first album was heavy on the cello, which I really liked. The second went in a different direction (this was his “midnight vultures” kind of album I guess) that I didn’t like so much. Yesterday, Nick started posting songs from the […]