This past week has brought some really pleasant weather our way. Just when I thought I was going to wilt and die, the mercury dropped. Made me want to get out of the house and enjoy the cool breeze, walk a little more slowly and enjoy the milder weather. It’s amazing how much more I [...]
It continues to remain super hot here in Southern California. I’m not heat tolerant. Never have been. So why do I live in Southern California, where summer usually starts in June and goes on through the end of October? Sometimes I ask myself how this all happened. Sometimes, on days like this, when the mercury [...]
It’s so hot here in southern California that I’m certain I could cook my dinner on the pavement. I was thinking of making a steak dinner, and I doubt I’d have problems getting that slab of meat well-done. Yes, it’s that hot. After some really cool and occasionally rainy weather in June, I just knew [...]
I was saddened to hear of Walter Cronkite’s death. Though I never saw live the broadcasts he anchored following the Kennedy assassination, or the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., or Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s historic walk on the moon, I eventually studied his work and grew to admire him. He clearly loved being [...]
After two weeks in Beijing, where he worked on the final color correction for his feature film “GASP,” Wolf returned around midday Wednesday to the sunshine of Los Angeles. Originally, I was going to post a shot or two of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to show you just how ugly a place it is [...]
It’s July 14 - le quatorze Juillet - Bastille Day in France! France’s national holiday commemorates the storming of the Bastille at the start of the French Revolution. When I was a kid growing up in France, I thought this was the most awesome event of the ever. Years later, after covering the G7 Summit [...]
Not me, of course. I always deal with my problems head-on.
I took this picture on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. during the annual garden tour of Georgetown. Many of the gardens were tiny, and I was impressed by how the owners used such small spaces so well. This sculpture, near the entrance to one [...]
Since I live in the Los Angeles area, I figured I’d try to get tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service. I was not selected.
Guess I’ll go to the dentist after all…
We had some major tree-chopping and trimming done over the weekend. The oleander that runs along the west side of the house had grown out of control - nearly 15 feet tall! - and blocked the living room windows to the point where the room felt like a dungeon. I had the gardeners chop them [...]