Being a native angeleno who cherishes connections to my city’s history (in part because so much of my personal historical landmarks have been destroyed), I take a special geekish pride not just in our 104-year-old house, but also that I live within the original city limits as it was incorporated in 1850. With that love …
There’s been a roadtrip story inside my head needing writing for awhile involving my friend Mark Burton, myself, his 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am, a bunch of cigarettes and a case of Old Milwaukee beer. I was reminded of it coming back through Bakersfield from our vacation to Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Parks on Monday. During that …
Stargazers with even the most basic of knowledge will rightfully scoff at the ignorance within which I’d adamantly maintained that Polaris was positioned at the end of the handle of the Big Dipper. As I finally discovered this weekend: wrong dipper. Polaris isn’t at the tip of Ursa Major (which includes the Big D), but …
Had an awesome time exploring Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park these last few days. Together Susan and I took about 2,000 photos so while we sort through all that, in the meantime here’s a couple vid clips of the local wildlife we awesomely encountered: On Friday night, we were visited by a bat at …
Last year for a mini-vacation around this time we drove up to Carmel and had an awesome time coming down Highway 1. For this year’s edition of an extended Labor Day excursion we’re leaving our zoo in the very capable hands of DogGone Walkin’ pet sitters, hopping in our new Ford Escape this morning and …
In response to my post about helping my daughter learn how to drive at the Hollywood Bowl (where I also had my first driving experience at 10 years of age), reader Gary commented that he, too, experienced his first motor vehicle operation at the fresh age of 7 running over empty beer cans with his …
Over several get-togethers, beginning a week or two before Susan and I bought the Ford Escape on July 31, I’ve been able to be a dad to my daughter Katie more than anytime in the past five years since we started seeing each other again, and maybe in her entire life — not for lack …