Lesson learned: don’t ever be without a camera, especially when hiking. You never know what you’re going to see, and that specific moment will be gone forever. Such was the case on my hike to Cucamonga Peak yesterday. I was admittedly underprepared – the bare minimum to ensure a fairly safe hike: proper boots, water, [...]
Nothing like a visit from Mom to help make up for the dearth of activities (and postings) this past month. In one weekend alone, I seem to have caught up, and then some.
On this, the last night of her visit, she announced that she was in the mood for a cobb salad. At least of [...]
Well, the Pasadena ride in March was a preview of the big day today – the LA Bike Tour that preceded the LA Marathon. The day began WAY too early, at 3AM. At that time, L and I crawled out of bed, strapped bikes to the car, and headed out to the USC campus, where [...]
Whatever name you know it by – Little Tokyo, J-Town or 小東京 - the area around 1st Street and San Pedro definitely shows its Japanese influence. Once home to about 30,000 Japanese-Americans, it remains the center of Japanese culture in Southern California. I’ve been here many times, sometimes to visit the Japanese American National Museum, [...]
…is both the title of the current show at Bob Baker’s Marionette Theater – and how I feel about this gem of a theater itself.
I’ve been intrigued by the place ever since I heard it featured on KPCC. As I learned more, I became further fascinated by it. It’s in downtown LA, underneath the Beverly [...]
I grew up to the music of Burt Bacharach. Whether it was “One Less Bell To Answer”, “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head”, or “Close To You”, his songs seemed to be everywhere in my house. Yes, my parents were of the “easy listening” generation.
So when I heard about the Back to Bacharach and David [...]
