Inspired by a neighbor, I decided to walk the four-ish miles to the office yesterday. Four miles isn’t as far as you’d think – it took me just over an hour – and it certainly wasn’t a difficult walk, even by San Francisco standards. What it was was relaxing. And pretty. And a chance to […]
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I wrote earlier about LA’s love affair with gates. I thought it would be fun to show what’s on both sides of the gates that bound my parents’ LA neighborhood. Within the gated community: And just outside the gates: I ventured outside the gates and bought a pack of freshly-made, blue corn tortillas. They were
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LA loves its gates. Gates to protect driveways and front yards and neighborhoods. Grills on windows and doors to keep strangers from coming in (or to keep your teenagers from sneaking out). Some, like the one above, are incredibly beautiful; most are bland and banal. I walked around my parents’ LA neighborhood taking photos of
Remember my doilies? I silkscreened the doily patterns onto linen and card stock. The linen will probably be made into sachets, but I didn’t know what to do with the card stock. And then I thought that they’d make cute gift tags (or tree ornaments). I didn’t print that many. What I do have will