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Chris Burden’s “Urban Light” sculpture – LACMA

Urban Light incorporates 202 antique cast-iron lampposts from various cities in and around the Los Angeles area. In the 1920s, each city designed its own streetlamps as a form of public art and civic identity. Over the past seven years, Burden recovered and restored many of these vintage one-and-a-half ton lampposts. When they arrived at […]

My Kitchen is Clean. Now Stay Out!

Had a little Spring cleaning session today. The kitchen wasn’t looking to good so I went at it. A few hours later it was polished up and I pretty much shut the doors on it. I went out to eat tonight just so I didn’t have to go in there and ruin my fine work. […]

Imageworks Crew Photo

We’re this big. Well, we used to be. I shot a photo of the Imageworks crew today. Of course when you do that you don’t get to be in the picture. When I showed someone at work the picture the first thing they said was, “Wow, look how bald I am.” Oops… sorry.

Lancaster Poppy Reserve

It’s that time a year again when the desert blooms. I was telling Blaine at work about the poppy park my grandmother was involved with and he was interested in going out there to shoot. So as soon as it seemed the flowers were peaking we went out there. I don’t think it ever got […]

Imageworks Wine Trip (hic)

Sometimes you sign up for things really far in advance thinking ‘oh that might be fun’. Then the day arrives and you’re not particularly in the mood or even interested in going anymore. Well, that was this trip. I’d completely lost interest in going, and besides the Nintendo Wii was sitting home all by itself. […]

Academy Awards Imageworks Party

Since Imageworks had “Surf’s Up” in the running for an Academy Award for Animated Feature they put together a party for us to watch (us lose) the Awards. I really think Surf’s Up should have won this year as I thought Ratatouille was Pixar being mediocre at best. Persepolis was the pat on the back […]

Academy Award Animated Short Film Nominees

We had a nice thing at work this week. The Oscar nominees for the animated short film were screened and all the filmmakers were there to talk about each one and answer questions. Then we had lunch after and got to chat with them more personally. The one I really loved, Madame Tutli-Putli, didn’t win […]

Ray Harryhausen Live Commentary

The American Cinematheque had a screening of Ray Harryhausen’s The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica. Across the street Ray did a book signing of his book “The Art of…” It was nice to meet him and I picked up two books, one for me and one for Liza. He […]

Lovely Times

Last days in the England. Oh no! Made the rounds on the weekend by visiting everyone and saying goodbye. Spent time going out to dinner and I did some last minute shopping. DVDs mostly. That’s me above in the rollover writing down f/stop numbers for Liza to remember. We also hung out with Soraya and […]

Live at Leeds – Side 4 and Bradford Photo Museum

Yesterday we spent a relaxing day just shopping and getting some photo print stuff done for Liza. We also went back to the japanese restaurant for lunch. Today we’re heading back to Liverpool but first a stop at Amira’s hospital to say goodbye and have lunch. That’s her hospital above in the rollover. Nice, huh? […]

Live at Leeds – Side 3

Today we spent most of our day out at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Really really nice place. Huge sweeping grounds and they had to keep evacuating the Center Centre with the galleries because some alarm kept going off. Funny to see people evacuating a building over and over. Anyway we grabbed some lunch first which […]

Live at Leeds – Side 2

Today, Old Greg, Amira, Liza and I went to a butterfly zoo! Or so we thought there’d be butterflies. Turns out… not so much! Caterpillars no. Butterflies no. We got them in their second stage, cocoons, which is pretty low on the action factor. But… there were iguanas and birds and fish and people and […]

Live at Leeds – Side 1

Off to Leeds! After being out late last night we got a late start but wound or way through the country and up a big hill to the middle of England to Leeds. We’re staying at Liza’s sister house. She’s a dentist, so hide your sweets and practice your tooth brush calisthenics. I’ve always associated […]

Alma de Cuba, Liverpool

I flew back to Liverpool this past week to spend the last part of my 3 months off with Liza. She was working this week so I hung around and did handyman things like fix chairs, hung pictures, and I even installed a shelf! Thank you very much. Hung pictures. On brick walls! Check me […]

Macworld Conference & Expo & Trees & Motel 6

Greetings from the woods! I’m building a log cabin. Wait! That doesn’t look like the Macworld Expo? It isn’t because the Macworld kinda blew this year. Yeah yeah, they introduced the MacBook Air and it was boring, but that’s what makes having the show in San Francisco so nice! You’re IN San Francisco. So whatev, […]

Magic Burrito Mountain

George and his buddy Pete flew into L.A. from New Zealand for a quick holiday getaway. Pete embraced the magic of mexican food and made the claim “from here on out I’m eating nothing but burritos.” And he did. We also went up to Magic Mountain for a day of coaster ridin’. My stomach held […]

The Merry Christmas Glitter Deer

Christmas! ( I know you’re reading this in May of 2008, but just work with me here) At least we’re still closer to last Christmas than this years. This is an ornament Liza’s sister Soraya gave my Mom. She wanted a picture of it in California. It’s glitterrific! Had I been really clever I would […]

Liverpool Week – The Capital of Culture 2008 doncha know?

Not that many photos this week as I just stayed with Liza and relaxed. She had to work this week so I took the occasional walk into the city to see some sights. She’d start work and I’d go out and fiddle around, come back for lunch and sometimes I’d go back out for some […]

Last Day, Mom UK Tour 2007

Last day with Mom, here she is… “Sunday morning – Liza picked us up about 11:00 to do a “driving tour” as we wind our way to the train station in Liverpool. She stayed the night with Soraya and Pat stayed with Veronica, Rick and Ava. We drove to Blackpool which felt like a small […]

Warwick to Stratford to Birmingham to Liverpool to Formby to Southport

Yesterday was travel day from Stratford to Liverpool. We checked out of the hotel in Warwick and drove back to Stratford to drop off the car. No problems with that and then we had about an hour wait for the train. We have to go to Birmingham first (Hometown of Black Sabbath, Rock!), switch trains […]