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A Relaxing Weekend in Ojai
OK, this post is only more than a month late, but I did want to share…
Over Halloween weekend, Evan and I decided to get out of LA for a bit. He’s been working 6- or 7-day weeks, and he finally had a full 2-day weekend to relax for the first time in more than a [...]
France and Ev’s Vegas Vacation
Over Labor Day weekend, Evan and I went to Vegas. It wasn’t a party-and-gamble type trip — in fact, neither of us gambled a cent. We were there for an occasion — Evan’s best friend Adam’s wedding.
When Evan headed to Vegas on Thursday for the bachelor party, I didn’t quite know how to picture his [...]
The July Recap
How time does get away from me… this is the first time I’ve gone more than a month without posting to my blog. It’s not that I haven’t thought about it, either. It’s just that somewhere in my two week trip to Pittsburgh, preparations for Evan’s return home and other summer activities, I just didn’t [...]
Frank Lloyd Wright Houses of Western Pennsylvania
One of the best days of my trip to Pittsburgh was spending a Saturday out in the countryside visiting Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob, two Frank Lloyd Wright houses.
We got to Fallingwater first and were set to take a guided tour with a small group of about 10. We all gathered at the visistor’s center, and [...]
A Beautiful Walk Through Phipps Botanical Garden and Oakland
Friday was a beautiful, sunny day, so I decided to go check out Phipps botanical garden and conservatory, Schenley Park and some of Oakland’s other sights.
The botanical gardens, almost entirely housed inside a giant glass house, were lovely. To add to the already impressive array of trees and flowers, there were also Frabel glass pieces [...]
A Day of Immersive Art on Pittsburgh’s North Side
I finally got to head back to Pittsburgh for a second visit and I arived in the city on the brink of summer. Everything in lush and green, the sun is out and my allergies are making my nose run and eyes itch.
Like my last trip, I’ve had a good amount of time to wander [...]
A Hike in Griffith Park
Yesterday, my friend Jared and I went for a hike in Griffith Park. I hadn’t been hiking there in a while, and it was great to get back out there and experience some of the nature LA has to offer.
The paths are mostly wide and sandy, and they wind up and around hills where there [...]
A Whirlwind Tour of Niagara Falls
For the weekend, Evan and I went to Niagara Falls. I’d never been there before, so I was really excited to see the falls — and to return to my homeland, Canada. We had a great room on the top floor of the Sheraton Fallsview that had an incredible view of both the Canadian and [...]
A Few Days in Pittsburgh
Thursday morning, I arrived in Pittsburgh to visit Evan, who has been working there since the beginning of April. While he was working during the day, I spent my time wandering about the city, taking photos.
Thurdsay, I walked across the Smithfield Street Bridge and started exploring downtown and the Cultural District, where all Pittsburgh’s big [...]
San Diego Weekend: Coronado and ‘The Cradle Will Rock’
This weekend, I went down to San Diego to see a friends’ play, The Cradle Will Rock, and my friends showed me around the city with a fun driving tour and a walk around Coronado Island.
The fun started at the beginning of my day, though, when I got to go to my favorite brunch spot, [...]
The Hammer Museum: ‘What Manner of Person Art Thou’ and other exhibits
Last weekend, Evan, my friend Laura and I went to the Hammer museum to see “What Manner of Person Art Thou” and the other exhibits. Though the Hammer is a small museum, it has some really wonderful works and frequently changing exhibits.
We started with the Francesca Gabbiani-curated collection of images that have to do with [...]
Tuttle #2 – This Time With Video, and No, We Weren’t in a T-Shirt Shop
Tuttle #2 was even better than Tuttle #1. We met again at the Library, and started by meeting in the cozy room on the left that has lots of couches, but we had a special surprise — a video Skype chat with Lloyd Davis (aka the Tuttle mothership, as Geoff said), who is at SXSW this weekend. We were a bit loud when on the call, so one of the annoyed Library patrons suggested we head to the bizarre extra room off to the right, which was empty.
East Hollywood ArtCycle
Yesterday, Evan and I headed over the East Hollywood ArtCycle to check out the scene and see some art. While it wasn’t quite as large an event as we’d imagined, it was still quite nice. There were bands and other groups performing — our favorite that we saw was a band called Confessions of a [...]
The First-Ever LA Tuttle Club
Today we had the first-ever meeting of Tuttle LA. Maybe it should be called Tuttle LB, as we were actually in Long Beach. In any case, Geoff and I had been planning for this for a few weeks, but weren’t really sure if anyone was going to show up. Thankfully, we didn’t have much to worry about — we had a nice small group of 7.
West LA Tweetup
Last night there was a Tweetup — the first I’d actually attended in LA (I know, I’ve been a bit of a slacker since getting back into town what feels like a very short 6 months ago). In any case, when I heard that people were getting together nearby after attending Gravity Summit, I thought [...]