This past weekend, the Dwell on Design convention was in town, and consequently I was able to enjoy two of their home tours. Once again, my feelings could be summed up in a word: wow. This event is a fantastic way to discover the endless ways that architects and designers have created living spaces suited [...]
It took me 18 years, but last weekend I finally visited the Getty Villa. Now I wonder why it took me so long! It’s probably because I don’t seek out collections of antiquities. But I must admit that I enjoy them every time I see them. I didn’t realize that the Getty Villa was designed [...]
One of the draws of Topanga Canyon was the excellent hiking it offers. In planning our stay at Topanga Canyon Inn, we knew we’d want to begin it with a hike in the nearby state park. And as always, I turned to Modern Hiker for ideas on which ones to do. We decided to park [...]
I enjoy it when my handful of readers – mostly on Facebook – suggest blogworthy activities. This weekend’s adventure was inspired by a Westways article forwarded to me by friend B. The article described a “weekend walk” taken by a pair of friends last December. It started in Redondo Beach and ended in Topanga Canyon. [...]
The LA Sampler of June 18, 2010 continued with a visit to Galco’s Soda Pop Stop. As with the Schindler House and Museum of Jurassic Technology, A from Rochester inspired me to visit (how funny that someone clear on the other side of the country is more up on cool places to visit in LA [...]
Charles Fletcher Lummis was quite a character. Wikipedia gives you a good idea of just how much in their first paragraph: Lummis lost his mother at age 2 and was homeschooled by his father, who was a schoolmaster. Lummis enrolled in Harvard and was a classmate of Theodore Roosevelt, but dropped out during his senior [...]
