Thom Yorke at the Orpheum
Great show watching Thom Yorke & Flea at the Orpheum in downtown Los Angeles.
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It’s been a while Part 4
Okay, so this should be the final installment of my pictorial recap. For the most part, we should be all caught up and now it’s up to me to keep things more up to date.
We first start out with the fires that burned in Los Angeles at the end of August and early September. It was another summer full of fires in southern California. This picture from Fernando’s rooftop is of the fires in La Canada.
After this photo we headed to little Tokyo for some food and store browsing. Love me some slightly ackward Japanese toys. Here is some sushi toys.
Been going to the North Hollywood dog park with Neron on Sunday mornings. Took some quick shots of the electrical towers next to the dog park.
At the beginning of October I got to see Thom Yorke play at the Orpheum in downtown LA. He put a quick band together (which included Flea and Nigel Godrich) and put on an amazing show consisting mostly of songs from his solo album and some new tunes. Flea rocked it and Thom Yorke was on point, as always. Here are a couple shots.
Last week I had to fly into New York on business. Flew in and out for an all day meeting and was not able to see much of the city. I was able to get a couple pics of Grand Central Station.
It’s been a while Part 3
So this is part three of the recap installment. Check the previous two post for the earlier parts of the pictorial recap.
First up, in mid July, is a Peruvian festival the family got a chance to check out. The food was great and it was good to see so much Peruvian food in one place.
In early August we got a chance to have a mini staycation in downtown Los Angeles. On the first afternoon we checked out the exhibit at the MOCA.
They had a room full of Rothko paintings.
Had a chance to walk around and appreciate the buildings architecture of downtown.
Finally, walked over to LA Live and checked out a mini tournament the Lakers were hosting.
It’s been a while Part 2
Okay so the pictorial recap of the last couple months continues (see the previous post for the first installment).
In early July we had Peanut Butter Wolf & Hawthorne Mayer perform at work. PBW was spinning the 45’s and Hawthorne Mayer came out and played with his band (they even had a horn section).
Then Pre Lai graced us with his birth on July 13th! (This kid is going places!)
Sandy and I decided to take the subway into Hollywood to catch a film at the Arclight. We walked around Hollywood for a bit then made our way to the theater.
Michael Jackson had just passed away the week prior. Here is his star on the walk of fame.
Finally, I was able to catch Inter Milan play Chelsea at the Rose Bowl. We were going for Inter, but they lost that night.
It’s been a while Part 1
Sorry for being away for so long. Been busy and put blame on work and life. I have been bad on regularly updating this. Need to improve on that. Anywho, here is a pictorial recap of random events in the last couple months.
First off, back in June, I got a chance to check out the e3 (video game conference). Some of the highlights were Beatles Rock Band, DJ Hero, Microsoft Project Natal, and XBOX 360 social media integration. Here are some random pictures from the day.
Another great thing about e3 this year is that the Lakers were in the play offs.
Late in June we went to Dwell on Design with the family. Great source of inspiration and got ideas for the house. Checked out some great furniture too.
It’s summer time! Few things happen in summer. The kidde pool gets inflated, and art goes up on the walls at work.
I’m in TechCrunch!
… well not really! Kind of!
I read geek news all the time and TechCrunch is one of the tech blogs I subscribe to from my Google Reader (For my non geek friends, Google Reader consolidates all the blogs & stories I read into one place.) Google Reader recently added the “I Like” functionality to its services and I have started to use it. There was an article yesterday that talked about the new feature and take a look at the picture within the article. The Liked list, third row, fourth name: my name appears. I did “Like” this article so I am pretty sure that is me.
Check out the link:
Peanut Butter Wolf sorting through his 45s.
Peanut Butter Wolf sorting through his 45s.
Originally uploaded by ricardodiaz11
Testing out the new blog integration from within Flickr.
Here is a shot of Peanut Butter Wolf playing a quick DJ set at work. He cruised by and performed before Mayer Hawthorne; a artist you will be hearing about later this year that is on the Stonesthrow label.
Catching up
So… sorry for the lack of updates the last few weeks. Been super busy with life but wanted to catch up on a couple recent happenings.
First off, the family got to hangs on the beaches of San Clemente a few weeks back (check the previous Easter post from the iPhone). Completely relaxing and completely needed. Here is the view from the patio. Pretty sweet!
These next shots were taken at the Fiest Broadway festival in Downtown LA. The festival itself was whatever. A lot of “spin the wheel for a free bottle opener or pen” booths.
But the family did get a chance to eat in the Grand Central Market. Really great place. Totally recommend trying to make it out there. Had some great mexican food!
taking pictures
I enjoy taking pictures!
Well, recently my pictures have been getting a bit of outside interest. Flickr views are up and I have recently been getting a couple requests to use my pictures. All my photos are under the creative common license so it is pretty easy (and more importantly free) to use my photos for any purpose.
A couple months back I sold my first photos for use in a marketing pamphlet. I didn’t get paid much but I thought it was pretty cool that someone would use my photos for a print piece. Now this last week someone used my picture for a blog post.
Check out http://www.landor.com/index.cfm?do=thinking.blog&post_id=18854#top
Not my favorite picture but just glad someone would use it.
UPDATE: More to add to the list:
http://www.takepart.com/blog/2009/08/06/homeless-families-seek-shelter-in-motels/
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/03/27/cafe-standard-for-2011-model-year-will-be-27-3-mpg/
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/04/dan_graham_exhi.html
http://newsletter.blizzardinternet.com/shrinking-booking-window/2009/04/06/
http://www.straightupsearch.com/archives/2009/03/twitter_finds_a_1.html
http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2009/06/01/vidaurbana/1243832655_182296.html
http://www.happytellus.com/hotels/palm-springs/united-states-of-america
Chopping wood
Been a real cold winter this year and a perfect opportunity to turn on the fireplace. We had some wood (from a tree we recently removed from our backyard) that I have been wanting to chop up and use in the fireplace. Bought an axe the other day and have just now realized that I really enjoy chopping wood. Yeah, imagine that! You get a great exercise and it is a very good way of relieving stress.
