Just in case you’re not planning on attending this Sunday’s IAAL•MAF “Serenity Now: An L.A. River ODDysey” bike ride from Griffith Park to Cypress Park and back that I’ve been planning, you’re gonna miss out on an a sincere attempt at and edutaining experience. I’m so into getting some fact-based talking points down for the …
Phone rings at 11: 53 a.m. I answer on the second ring. Me: Hello, this is Will. Silence, only backgrounding telemarketing bullpen sounds are heard through the phone. Me (after a pause): Hello. This is Will. Her: Uh yes, may I speak to a Willy Campbell please? Silence from me this time. Her: I’m trying …
It’s one thing to be able to look so close through a set of such gorgeous stained glass wings (click to quadruplify): And its another extra special bonus entirely to have a front row seat as one frolics in the water while another attempts to join the pool party. I’m not sure if the dragonfly …
Two years ago today Susan and I were in Rwanda outside Volcanoes National Park getting set to trek mountain gorillas. 19 JULY 2005 ‚ 0015 HOURS ‚ VIRUNGA LODGE, RWANDA I am sitting at the writing desk in our banda at the Virunga Lodge just after midnight, having slept some four hours. I am writing …
Ranger and I have a game we play every now and then outside the backdoor that utilizes a tennis ball and a wall and thus we call it Wall Ball. When we first started playing it, Ranger would try desperately to get the ball as it passed her going forward and then again on the …
click to quadruplify Pepper and Jiggy. Dinner time. Fancy Feast. Kitchen Counter. Jiggy won.
Perhaps it’s because I’m guilty of having been rather proficient behind the fountain counter at the old Beverly Hills Swensen’s Ice Cream Shoppe where I worked during high school, but the $5 milkshake that I had Saturday at the vaunted Milk on Beverly Boulevard left a lot to be desired. Like a shot of bourbon …