alpine vacation, day 10: chiavenno, lake como, lugano

We left St. Moritz by way of an extremely steep and twisty mountain road. Driving down Alpine switchback roads in a giant tour bus gets the heart pumping at 8am.

We made a comfort stop in Chiavenno, Italy and had time to see the old city and bridges over the river. We …

selections from h.p. lovecraft's brief tenure as a whitman's sampler copywriter

i can't decide which is my favorite - on mcsweeney's, naturally.

kaboom

came home after long day of shopping (bought awesome dress for arden's end-of-year party), eating (korean place in the mall, yogurt from boba loca), laying out by the pool and driving (los feliz exit backed up, find a parking spot). after unpacking the day's spoils i …

kaboom

came home after long day of shopping (bought awesome dress for arden's end-of-year party), eating (korean place in the mall, yogurt from boba loca), laying out by the pool and driving (los feliz exit backed up, find a parking spot). after unpacking the day's spoils i …

yum

I declare the great cinnamon roasted potato experiment a success!

alpine vacation, day 9: pontresina, st. moritz

This was by far my most memorable experience from the trip. In Pontresina we took an hour-long open-air horse carriage ride through the Roseg Valley up to a restaurant with views of the Roseg Glacier. I cannot emphasize how crisp and fresh was the air; a welcome change …

alpine vacation, day 9: pontresina, st. moritz

This was by far my most memorable experience from the trip. In Pontresina we took an hour-long open-air horse carriage ride through the Roseg Valley up to a restaurant with views of the Roseg Glacier. I cannot emphasize how crisp and fresh was the air; a welcome change …

i should've rented where pets are allowed

did i really just suggest ellen could pay me by giving me "some one-on-one time" with her cat? did i actually say that out loud? yeah. yeah i did. help.

alpine vacation, day 8: italian dolomites, innsbruck

Happy Birthday, Aunt Pat!

We drove through the Iselsberg pass at approximately 6000' to the Italian border. We made a 'comfort stop' at the Iselsberg Cafe where we had a gorgeous view of the Dolomites. We lunched in Cortina, the Olympic skiing resort in the Dolomites, …

i should've rented where pets are allowed

did i really just suggest ellen could pay me by giving me "some one-on-one time" with her cat? did i actually say that out loud? yeah. yeah i did. help.

alpine vacation, day 7: kindberg, kraubath, st. veit

alpine vacation, day 7: kindberg, kraubath, st. veit

los feliz, kara and arden get cultured

yesterday in brief:

• morning: go for a run around the neighborhood. discover the pretty houses north of franklin and accidentally stumble upon the barnsdall art park when i'm jogging down new hampshire and see a big staircase ahead and wonder where it goes


• noon: walk to …

OMG I HAVE TO SEE THIS

live dinosaurs (brought to you by the magic of robotics) at the LA natural history museum!!!!!!! is this still available to see? does anyone know?

best part of video: when a dad urges the t rex to eat a kid, "just one".

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santino rice

arden and i were at LACMA checking out the philip lorca-dicorcia photography exhibition when i heard a familiar voice behind me. hmm sounds like santino, i thought to myself. but surely it can't be him. i turned around. holy crap it IS santin—good lord he's tall!

periodic table of awesoments

thank god bacon is in the number one spot or i would've had to discount the whole thing.

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