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Los Angeles 2026 wrap-up and stray observations
I never planned to become a regular in Los Angeles, but here we are. This visit started out as a work trip to Long Beach, followed by a few carefully planned days off. My goal with this vacation was to have new experiences, and I think that worked out: if you told me six months…
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Graffiti street art lesson
One of my quirky hobbies I’ve covered on this blog many times is photographing street art, so it should come as no surprise that I was interested in creating my own. Hidden away in a nondescript building in LA’s Fashion District, I arrived at a class from Graff Tours taught by Andi, an extremely talented…
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The Nest by Hatch Escapes
Josie has died. Nobody has come to claim the contents of her storage locker, and it’s up to you to go through it all. That’s the premise of The Nest by Hatch Escapes. Don’t let the company name misguide you, The Nest itself is more of an immersive story experience. No spoilers will be posted…
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So… I flew an airplane
I spent an hour flying a Cessna 150 — and I have an official logbook to prove it. On Sunday I arrived at the Van Nuys airport for a “discovery flight” lesson with Sean from California Flight School. When I arrived it was pretty cloudy, but fortunately by the time we went inside and had…
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Hospital of Emotions
The Hospital of Emotions is a series of site-specific art installations inside a decommissioned hospital in LA’s Westlake neighborhood. Each section focuses on an emotion you might feel in a hospital environment like sadness, hope, or fear, with a team of artists turning those feelings into their own unique installations. Their website sums it all…
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How I learned DJ basics on real vinyl
Departing Long Beach for the more lively pace of central LA, I found myself on the Sony Pictures Studios campus in Culver City. There I met movie industry music supervisor, DJ, and self-described music nerd Burt Blackarach. His studio space is packed with floor-to-ceiling shelves of records, along with several desks topped with turntables and…
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A night aboard the Queen Mary: the world’s most haunted ship
I spent the night aboard one of the most haunted landmarks in California: a decommissioned classic ocean liner permanently docked in Long Beach. Before the age of jet travel, there was only one way to travel across the Atlantic: ocean liners. And as anyone who’s seen the movie Titanic knows, these ships were more like…
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Catalina Island’s Casino
Hopping off the ferry after an hour’s ride from Long Beach, I finally set foot on Catalina Island. Weather permitting, if you squint just right you can barely see the California coast with your naked eye from here. There’s a large crowd near the port, perhaps explained by the large cruise ship anchored near the…
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How I pack and travel light
Sometimes people ask how I travel for several days, weeks, or even a month with nothing more than one backpack. In this post I explain my methodology. Hint: it involves laundry. Traveling with minimal luggage isn’t something I ever set out to do because it was “trendy” or whatever. Like many people I kept bringing…
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Los Angeles 2025 wrap-up and stray observations
After flying into Los Angeles via the Burbank airport, my first two stops didn’t go as well as I’d hoped. First up was the Old Zoo in Griffith Park. It’s kind of depressing to imagine any animal larger than a mouse feeling at home here. The park itself was also partly roped off for construction,…
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