I probably don't have the correct architectural terminology here, but this is a quintessential California image for me, one that I snapped in Santa Monica years ago. The house, the palm tree, the clouds ... all just scream the state's name loudly to me. I don't go to Santa Monica anymore. It's another "lost city"... Continue Reading →
For over 18 years, I lived in downtown San Diego, and while the next line in the song "Downtown" is "You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares ... so go downtown ..." it's really not like that anymore. In fact, it's a little scary. But here are two photos (above and below)... Continue Reading →
Last post, I mentioned the view from Fort Mason Center in 2014 during the final Comic-Con sponsored APE event (look at my previous post for all the gory details). Well, here it is. That's the Golden Gate Bridge off in the distance from Fort Mason's Festival Pavilion. Hard to believe this photo is two years... Continue Reading →
(Above: a badge from APE 2008 designed by me (far left); the APE Exhibit Hall at the Concourse Exhibition Center; and Paige Braddock's simian cartoonist for the APE 2008 Program Book cover, colored by me.) When I look back over my 20+ year career with San Diego Comic-Con, I can definitely see what meant the... Continue Reading →
We sure do have some bee-u-tee-full sunsets here in San Diego-land. This one was taken after a Happy Hour excursion at my favorite Coronado restaurant with one of my favorite San Diego friends. We were driving back to my place and saw the sun setting as we got into my friend's car and decided to... Continue Reading →
I guess a better title for this would be “What I’ve Watched,” since I’ve finished everything I’m writing about, but here we are, so there. Happy Valley Streaming on AMC+ I originally watched this series (which, at present consists of two six-episode seasons) years ago—it first aired in 2014 and 2016 on British TV. A... Continue Reading →
You can pretty much see all of these photos in my UK 2022 Trip Diary posts (scroll down for them), but I wanted to single out a few of my favorite photos from each destination in that trip, before I lay it to bed. It was such a great trip, it's been a bit tough... Continue Reading →
A couple of massive books ate up most of my time in the first full month of fall, but everything I read in October was very enjoyable, even if one of them had a subject matter whom I detest. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton This massive autobiographical graphic novel reveals... Continue Reading →
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