2018-05-05: Just days after getting back from Seattle, I had an adventure a little closer to home. Along with Alex, I attended the Yallwest Book Festival in Santa Monica, California, and together we had a very busy day. “Yallwest” partially stands for Young Adult Literature – West coast, … Continue readingYallwest Book Festival: Santa Monica
2018-04-22: Happy Earth Day! Earth Day is my favorite holiday. It’s on April 22nd every year, and was started in 1970 by Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson after seeing the terrible oil fires in Santa Barbara, CA the year before and deciding to channel the youth … Continue readingHiking Runyon Canyon Park: Snakes, Ruins, & Earth Day
2018-04-09: What an eventful Monday! Early in the morning, my co-worker Mary picked me up and gave me a ride to a big business meeting we were having with a client in Calabasas, California. Calabasas is up in the Santa Monica Mountains which were very scenic … Continue readingHiking King Gillette Ranch & Malibu Hindu Temple in Calabasas
2018-01-25 – 29: My good friend Lauren flew into Los Angeles to visit me for a few days. She’s a college classmate I know from Chicago, but now she lives in Rochester, NY. I had visited her last year, so it was her turn this year. … Continue readingLauren in Los Angeles
2018-01-06: Alex took me out to Malibu for the first time to explore the Adamson House & Museum. I had just visited the James J. Hill House, a mansion tour up in Minneapolis, MN, and I think she was inspired to show me one down … Continue readingAdamson House & Museum Tour in Malibu
I used to go to a lot of concerts. I go to fewer now – usually only when I’m already a big fan of the performer. So when I heard that one of my favorite singers, HANA, was playing a rare show at the Teragram … Continue readingHANA Concert at the Teragram Ballroom
2017-08-06: My good friend Andria texted me out of the blue one day asking me what I was up to. This is unusual because she lives in Chicago, so it’s not like we usually check in on each others’ evening plans to hang out. In … Continue readingAndria in LA: La Brea Tar Pits & Melrose Ave
One day, my good friend Marina and I were riding the Los Angeles metro rail and I was, as usual, talking about the Spider-Man trilogy. The Spider-Man movie trilogy, consisting of director Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 1, 2, and 3, starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and … Continue readingPeter Parker/Spider-Man at the LA Natural History Museum