Los Angeles
Pasadena
Yesterday, we decided to take a trip out to Pasadena with our new puppy Iggy. As usual, we got a late start… 🙂 Our first stop was the Armory Center for the Arts, which was formerly an armory (seems like its very popular to turn armories into art galleries); the photo show was interesting: Jeff […]
January 15th, 2010 by alephnaught
The Griffith Observatory (and dinner in Los Feliz)
We decided to check out the Griffith Observatory, which stands on one of the higher hills in Los Angeles; Aviva’s brother Howard took his family up there and said the views were amazing. We stopped at Wacko on the way – its a cool store for books and odd gifts; I kid you not, there’s […]
January 4th, 2010 by alephnaught
Malibu Hindu Temple and metal animals at Oasis Imports
We decided to go for a drive yesterday; Aviva had rediscovered the Malibu Hindu Temple and we both wanted to check it out. So we bundled all three of us, including Iggy, into the car and drove to Malibu. The temple is quite impressive as you can tell from the pictures below. Best of all, […]
January 2nd, 2010 by alephnaught
Iggy’s first long car ride, the Chemosphere house, and the Hollywood Bowl
Yesterday we took Iggy for his first longish car trip; we decided to drive down Mulholland drive from Laurel Canyon to the 101. Our first stop was the Chemosphere house; this is a famous architectural landmark designed by John Lautner, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, in 1960. It looks like a space ship landed […]
July 24th, 2009 by alephnaught
The Getty Museum
After driving home from ComicCon 2009, we decided to visit the Getty Museum, since Nathan, my son, had never been there. Its a picturesque large museum overlooking Los Angeles; the Getty has the largest art conservatorship in the United States. Aviva and I have been to the Getty Museum before to see the Bernini and […]
July 12th, 2009 by alephnaught
A massage, chairs in a window, the Farmers Market, and some
Another posting of miscellaneous stuff we did recently. Aviva got me a massage for my birthday, so I went to the local spa/training place; it was a very nice massage, helped relax my neck. We also took a trip to the Farmer’s Market and the Grove in LA – here’s a metal sculpture there: We […]
July 3rd, 2009 by alephnaught
My 50th birthday celebration
We decided to go out for dinner for my birthday on Friday July 3 because most of the good places are closed on the 4th. We drove down to west Hollywood to check out the latest version of my glasses – they’re still too big but much closer, hopefully we’ll be ready to order them […]
June 27th, 2009 by alephnaught
Sawtelle, Glasses, and a Woody Allen movie, “Whatever Works”
Aviva went to a lecture on acrylic techniques at an art supply store in Culver City; while she was there I went to my favorite news stand at Robertson and Pico, then to Sawtelle, which is the second and smaller Japanese area. I bought a few toys. Card with picture of Buddha figure I purchased […]
June 20th, 2009 by alephnaught
Dinner at Genghis Cohen in Hollywood
We went shopping most of the day, including ordering a new frame for me to check out from Retrospecs, which is our favorite optician now. We walked over to the Pacific Design Center, which is closed on the weekend, and then to the MOCA gallery. We couldn’t decide where to go for dinner when we […]
June 19th, 2009 by alephnaught
Dinner at Villa Piacere
We had dinner at Villa Piacere, a restaurant on Ventura Blvd. in Woodland Hills. The service and food were quite good; we parked in their spare lot across the street which is daytime parking for a bank – the bank locked the gates on the lot but the restaurant sent people over to unlock them […]
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January 24th, 2010 by alephnaught