la redux

pics from my looooong weekend last week in la la land.

home state goodness

almost 2 weeks in the home state. met the new niece. caught up with friends and family. got in some good art shows. road tripped with my best friend to la. attended hanna and james' wedding. all in all good close out of california for 2014. see ya in the new year. 

the many faces of mikayla

paul wacker at eleanor harwood

homemade pad thai by j (aka hask sf)

jay howell at ffdg

gonna miss this

got upgraded at palihouse santa monica

finally saw urban lights by chris burden

downtown la architecture tour

was a tourist in downtown la and did tour of the walt disney concert hall. luckily the auditorium was open today to peak in. it isn't always available to view. i ended up taking the guided symphonians tour, which also included the mark taper forum, ahmanson theatre and dorothy chandler pavilion. a truly rare treat to see all three venues amongst a small group and sit in some of the best seats in each site. popped by the central library to check out the fab rotunda too. can you tell i'm an architect's daughter?

french fries!

 

ahmanson theatre

dorothy chandler pavilion

rotunda of la central library

la la land

i haven't been back in 10 years so there was a lot of folks to catch up with and places to explore.

w/ bossman ben

liz with her clayuda at monte alban

cynthia and jake were the only ones
who saw me on my 2007 layover at LAX

kitson

biking (per usual) with angela from santa monica to marina del rey

california gurls reunite

swoon

destination yonder

hanna + james

moca

best first visit: moca. i've never been.  i know crazy strange.  there was more desire for me the visit since jeffrey deitch shut his doors to deitch projects in ny for the west coast. smaller than i though the space would be.  i only went to the grand ave location. here's some of the good stuff i saw.