I regret not making an effort to see Endeavour as she made her way slowly through the streets of Los Angeles earlier this year, but we finally went to see her in person at the California Science Center. Numerous times since we visited, Grace has asked Aimee, “Did you know she saw the REAL Space […]

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Our family trip to Venice was a great success. We celebrated Steve’s 80th birthday in grand style, and Lucy, less than six months old, flew on a plane for the first time. Grace loved the combination of gondolas, pasta, and gelato, and it was a real treat to have my parents there as well as […]

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We visited Descanso Gardens this weekend, and Grace and I had a great time riding around on the garden train.

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Back in the fall of 2007, I attended my first Lebowski Fest in Los Angeles. This year, its fifteenth anniversary, I thought I’d go again, and see the film in 35mm for the first time since it came out. I’d never been to the Saban Theater before, so I was happy to be able to […]

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We went on our first family trip as a foursome last weekend in anticipation of my birthday, a road trip to Palm Springs. While Lucy didn’t seem to love the car ride out there, Grace impressed us with her ability to sleep with a three month-old screaming at the top of her lungs next to […]

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The news of Huell Howser’s passing this week came as a sad shock, an unexpected and abrupt end to a life that had given us so much over the last few years. From the moment we moved here, I began recording every one of his many PBS travel and history shows and watching them religiously, […]

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