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…
The Santa Anna Winds
The Santa Anna winds are back – brewing up brown clouds from the yet-to-be-developed over-priced suburban wastelands; 100 F today but no word of fires – yet, thank god. After…
Doing my part to save water – without even knowing it!
I got this massive 4 bedroom house rental in California simply because it’s three minutes away from my client’s site at the Chino Airport, and it was only a few…
Ventura Harbor Revisited
In the early 1980’s I had lost my top secret job in aerospace and was rescued by my high school buddy Donny Laing. He brought me up from LA to…
Pacific Coast Highway Revisited
So rule Number 2 (Number 1 being live close to the client in a comfortable dwelling) is to create an adventure one day every week. I had forgotten how long…
Take me Anywhere!
This fully fueled G4 with engines running was headed to Madrid with one stop. Take me I thought, as I continued to my desk! Oh well! Meanwhile, welcome back to…
Sweet Home California
At this point in my life I have decided two things when taking on new clients: I’m going to keep the commute to a minimum, and I am going to…