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Photos to come…
I’m a bit behind. Didn’t really have internet all weekend. Will update with a couple photos tonight hopefully. 🙂
4th & Hope Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
los Downtown Los Angeles can be deserted on a weekday night, but that doesn’t mean all lights turn off. Corporate America is hard at work no matter what time it is. This is taken from the area around 4th Street and Hope Street. Skyscrapers everywhere!
Central Library, Los Angeles, California, USA
The Los Angeles Central Library is located in the heart of downtown LA. I had never been in there before, so I was surprised by how elaborate the architecture was. There were many floors, connected to each other by escalators and elevators. This lit globe was hanging from the ceiling on a chandelier in the […]
Summer Concert Series, The Americana, Glendale, California, USA
The Donate Life Summer Concert series has a couple of dates throughout the summer. The night we went, it was Vanessa Carlton performing in the outdoor venue. With her hits such as Ordinary Day and a Thousand Miles, the familiarity with the songs brought me back to years ago when the songs were first out. […]
Vineyards at Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Maria, California, USA
From these green branches are the grapes that are grown to eventually produce wine. There were vines that stretched far down in rows over what seemed like acres of land. Great area to go wine tasting and be able to enjoy the vineyards just outside the tasting rooms.
Tres Hermanas Winery, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Maria, California, USA
There is a stretch of miles and miles of vineyards located in the Santa Ynez Valley within Santa Barbara County. At the Tres Hermanas Winery, we met two of the owners and got the chance to try some of the wines they offered, while conversing with them about their daily flow of winetasters. Just outside […]
Tchaikovsky Spectacular with LA Philharmonic, plus Fireworks!, Hollywood, California, USA
Spending a summer night outside watching a classical music performance, drinking wine and eating cheese and crackers with friends – this is what I love about summer! Towards the end of the show, there was a fireworks display and luckily, I was able to capture the multitude of colors coming from behind the main stage. […]
Reflections on the EMP|SFP Building, Seattle, Washington, USA
The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMPSFM) is a uniquely designed building by none other than Frank Gehry, who has come to be recognized by so many famous buildings (Walt Disney Concert Hall, Guggenheim Museum). The building takes typical vertical and horizontal lines and bends them in a way […]
Hammocks for Sale, Costa Rica
On our way to Manuel Antonio, we made a short rest stop to a place with a restaurant and little shops. This shop in particular was selling hammocks in all different variations of colors and prints, all hanging from a bar. Sorry, my descriptions have been less wordy as of late. That just means I […]
Houses along the way to Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
🙂 Don’t feel like writing much today, except to say that these were some of the cute, quaint houses we passed as we walked to Wimbledon!
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