the gib

carmel beach
dec 24

postscript - the first time I've been at the beach since breaking my leg 1.5 years ago!

ali's lavender

beverly hills
dec 22

prism

nepenthe at sunset, big sur
dec 15

votivo

henry miller library, big sur
dec 15

big sur

fall leaves, big sur
dec 15

goaty-goat-goat

saloon goat, the valley
dec 8

moted

petting zoo hours do not include saturdays, the valley
dec 8

again with the alleys

down the way, silver lake
dec 4

and first prize goes to...

this little garden oasis wins a gold star award for being the neighborhood's most charming cottage...
the great silver lake
dec 4

finally...

i've been looking at this fence for over a week each time i walk del - so much so that the homeowner must think i'm crazy. this time, i brought the camera...

del monte, the great silver lake
dec 4

periodicos

v to the dome, the great silver lake
dec 4

portrait #411

cob on vendome, the great silver lake
nov 22

C.A.P

our living room, the great silver lake
dec 1

lady bob and doctor del

our living room, the great silver lake
dec 1

one of many lefton planters...

...that are the result of a former addiction to eBay

mi casa, the great silver lake
nov 22

my humanimal came for thanksgiving...

dr. del champion bonzer, the great silver lake
nov 22

three little cups of joy

cupcakes from town & country in silverlake
nov 22

thanksgiving feast (the tofurky is hiding in the back...)

we had so many things to be thankful for this thanksgiving, that it could take all day to record them all. but the highlights include: quality time with our family and friends (this includes our humanimals, bob and del), our health, our art, my healing leg!!!, the green movement and the fact that we are - despite many efforts to undermine our personal liberties and privacy - still free.

our kitchen table, the great silver lake
nov 22

thanksgiving preparations...

exhibit a) whole cranberry sauce with orange zest and nutmeg
exhibit b) assorted vegetables marinating in veggie broth in anticipation of mañana's Tofurky. needless to say, jake's thrilled about the idea of a "roast" on a traditionally carnivorous holiday. he is, after all, a veterinarian.


the great silver lake, los angeles
nov 21

poaching some lady's smoothie...

san jose airport
nov 15

i love this woman...

Megan L. in southpark, san diego
aug 4


postcript: raison une - she has no problem with painting her nails in public. at the park. despite the fact that the mothers sitting next to us thought there might be some kind of toxic fume leaking from the ground. we clarified that it was just OPI.

hotel adventures with my bird

cathedral hill hotel, sf
nov 5

(the last day with the fixator!!!)

from the old hood...

whistlestop, san diego
aug 4

because it was just about a year ago...

gramercy park hotel, nyc
nov 5, 2005

i've had a thing for alleys since 1981

southpark, san diego
aug 4

i'm just gonna go with it...

southpark, san diego
aug 4

one from the archives...

southpark, san diego
aug 4

postscript: the funny thing about this particular day is that meg and i descended upon a music festival in southpark that we thought would be a fun change of pace - and lo and behold, many a family with small children was present. there was a whole lotta funky white multi-generational groovin' happening on the lawn in front of the stage while the very loaded singer of one local blues band belted out "i just wanna make looooooove to youuuuuuuuu..." we would have been hard pressed to find a stranger scene. the evening proved even more serendipidous as we attended south bark's (home of the canine blueberry facial) double feature movie night (Lost Boys and Licensed to Drive) where we even enjoyed complimentary boar's head hot dogs. south park is nothing short of amazing.

baba's got a brand new hat...

and she's none too pleased about it, either.
oct 31

bad moon rising

halloween moon rising over silverlake
oct 31

awe-some

regina spektor at the wiltern
los angeles
oct 30

echo park
oct 28

sunrise by fire

well, the blood-red sun wasn't so bloody after all. and for anyone who knows me well, it's pretty safe to say that i'm not a morning person. but i was so inspired by the spector of the burgundy orb that rose over the hillside just two days ago (that i only managed to see because i happened to wake up for 30 seconds, looked at, marveled at it for all of 3 seconds and then went promptly back to sleep) that i decided to try to capture it for everyone's viewing pleasure. this, sadly, was the best i could do on tuesday morning at 6:45am (when the sun rose a few moments later, it looked like any other sunrise), but the lack of redness does mean that the air quality is getting slightly better, though everyone is still warned to stay indoors through today and possibly tomorrow. the fires raging in Lake Arrowhead to the east of us are still largely uncontained as they devour the acre upon acre of dead pine growth that did not get thinned enough over the past few years to prevent this tragedy in that community. many of our friends in san diego have been evacuated from their homes, but to date, no one has had any bad news - and we hope that remains the case.

silverlake, los angeles
oct 23

seemed appropriate...

because i failed to document the fires that rage in all directions (literally) from my home, this oldie but goodie seemed a natural fit. the skies in my neighborhood look not unlike this new delhi sunset (courtesy of the city's dense pollution).

tomorrow, i'll have a picture of the blood red sun rising over the great silver lake. promise.

new delhi gate, india
oct 2005

lights out LA

lights out LA
oct 20

india archive #48

chadni chowk, new delhi
sept 2005

india archive #212

holy cow
south ex market, new delhi
oct 2005

india archive #247

rooftop of the corporate park hotel
new delhi, india
oct 2005

namaste

neem rana, rajasthan india
sept 2005

the remnants of a really good meal

cafe cruz, capitola
oct 2

one from the archives...

burlesque shimmy, san diego
circa april 2005

mac, cob and james dean

hwy 46, lost hills
oct 7

the cutest doggie bag i've ever seen

nepenthe, big sur
sept 30

just me and my shadow

and maybe some pine needles
carmel
sept 29