santino rice
arden and i were at LACMA checking out the philip lorca-dicorcia photography exhibition when i heard a familiar voice behind me. hmm sounds like santino, i thought to myself. but surely it can't be him. i turned around. holy crap...
August 3, 2008 @ 1:56 AM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
los feliz, kara and arden get cultured
yesterday in brief: morning: go for a run around the neighborhood. discover the pretty houses north of franklin and accidentally stumble upon the barnsdall art park when i'm jogging down new hampshire and see a big staircase ahead and wonder...
August 3, 2008 @ 9:40 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
OMG I HAVE TO SEE THIS
live dinosaurs (brought to you by the magic of robotics) at the LA natural history museum!!!!!!! is this still available to see? does anyone know? best part of video: when a dad urges the t rex to eat a kid,...
August 3, 2008 @ 10:05 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
alpine vacation, day 7: kindberg, kraubath, st. veit
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August 3, 2008 @ 11:29 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i should've rented where pets are allowed
did i really just suggest ellen could pay me by giving me "some one-on-one time" with her cat? did i actually say that out loud? yeah. yeah i did. help....
August 6, 2008 @ 6:34 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
alpine vacation, day 8: italian dolomites, innsbruck
Happy Birthday, Aunt Pat! We drove through the Iselsberg pass at approximately 6000' to the Italian border. We made a 'comfort stop' at the Iselsberg Cafe where we had a gorgeous view of the Dolomites. We lunched in Cortina,...
August 7, 2008 @ 11:52 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
alpine vacation, day 9: pontresina, st. moritz
This was by far my most memorable experience from the trip. In Pontresina we took an hour-long open-air horse carriage ride through the Roseg Valley up to a restaurant with views of the Roseg Glacier. I cannot emphasize how...
August 13, 2008 @ 2:53 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
yum
I declare the great cinnamon roasted potato experiment a success!...
August 16, 2008 @ 7:05 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
kaboom
came home after long day of shopping (bought awesome dress for arden's end-of-year party), eating (korean place in the mall, yogurt from boba loca), laying out by the pool and driving (los feliz exit backed up, find a parking spot)....
August 17, 2008 @ 8:42 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
selections from h.p. lovecraft's brief tenure as a whitman's sampler copywriter
i can't decide which is my favorite - on mcsweeney's, naturally....
August 21, 2008 @ 2:37 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
alpine vacation, day 10: chiavenno, lake como, lugano
We left St. Moritz by way of an extremely steep and twisty mountain road. Driving down Alpine switchback roads in a giant tour bus gets the heart pumping at 8am. We made a comfort stop in Chiavenno, Italy and...