Last weekend Mister and I attended a preview of a new exhibit at L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA): “Guillermo del Toro: At Home With Monsters.” Before I get into it, let me tell you that…
Art In Public Places
The other day I took a stroll beside a section of the L.A. River and came across the sculpture shown above. Now, I don’t love snakes. (Mister says he’s “Slytherin” all the way, so his feelings may differ.)…
Rain Room at LACMA
Recently Mister and I went to the L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA) for a special exhibit: Rain Room. This timed-ticket event was something we decided to do without knowing what we were in for. Honestly, I didn’t…
Sidewalk Art
Mister and I happened upon this little set-up while walking to dinner one night. We didn’t touch it, simply photographed it and left it for the next passersby. I wonder if it’s still there…
Sidewalk Graffiti
I spotted this the other day as I walked down Melrose in Holly-weird. And I didn’t think it was weird at all. In fact, I thought it was quite nice.
Ms. Leachman
A few weeks ago I attended an event that featured a living legend: Cloris Leachman. There was a short documentary, followed by a Q & A with Ms. Leachman, led by Sharon Lawrence. It was kind of amazing.…
Wary of Heat – Partly Melty
Okay. After very little sleep Monday night, and waking too early yesterday morning, I found myself dragging. Sleeping in a broken a/c, hot box of a house will do that. When I did get up yesterday, I immediately…
Wary of Heat
When I was a kid, living with my great-grandparents, conditioned air was nowhere to be found. There wasn’t so much as a window unit in the bedroom where 6 of us slept (no lie). In the heat of…
Hello, Sticky!
Now that Los Angeles is becoming more and more desert-like, I’m starting to see more and more lizards. To that I say, Hello, Sticky! This not-so-little guy was hanging outside the back door, waiting for someone to…