California Sky (View from My Infinity Chair)
Some days, especially after a journey, best be spent doing much of nothing, and a bit of something, so as to make the nothing part justifiable. I did spend some…
Burgers & Brats
Phase II - Burgers & Brats. Delightful except the fire was still too hot for the Wagyu burgers and I burned the buns. One more weekend of practice before the…
Green California!
The hills are alive with the sound of . . . green color. Best time in Southern California – a few weeks of green. Likely the best time in Death…
Gardening in the Big Box/Small Lot LA Suburban Wasteland
First attempt at organic heirloom non-GNO vegetables that taste like vegetables. Wishing I had an acre! Whatever – tomatoes, peppers and herbs should be just fine.
Prepping for Spring
No I am not gloating – I spent the last five Januarys in Maryland, Nebraska, Nebraska, West Virginia and Maryland. Never again. Prepping for my first grilling event with the…
Spring Cleaning in January (or Dodging Dystopia through Denial)
I work with a brilliant group of aerospace design and stress engineers from China, Italy, Israel, India, Spain, Iran, Czech Republic, Romania, Nepal and even the Republic of Texas (and…
Room with a View (obscured by suburban sprawl)
This is the view from my home gym on a rare clean air day after two days of rain. I should have gone for a mountain hike today, but alas,…
The 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show
LA= Cars! We had the first real rain here in LA today, which made for a good excuse to head to the convention center to catch an early glimpse of…