September 25, 2002 Huntington Beach

Welcome!

A couple of recommendations this week (if you live in Southern California.)

First, at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History (right next to the Coliseum in Exposition Park) is a terrific exhibit, "Baseball as America." It’s a traveling baseball history exhibit on loan from the Baseball Hall of Fame and it’s phenomenal—everything from the Abner Doubleday baseball to Jackie Robinson’s jersey to a ball Babe Ruth made as a kid in the St. Mary’s orphanage. It’s great for kids, plus the museum also has a good insect zoo (in addition to the dinosaurs and everything else.) We visit here a lot and it never seems to get old. (Maybe because everything’s so old already.)

On the way home we stopped at the recently re-opened Watts Towers. Do you know about them? They are one of L.A.’s great landmarks; true monuments to freedom, creativity and ingenuity. I took some photos and you’ll find them here… to learn more history about these incredible pieces of art, click here.

Working away on a new book, details to be unveiled soon…

Oh, The MYSTERY PHOTO CONTEST for a free signed book continues here for another couple of weeks, at which time I’ll add a new photo and we’ll start another contest.

And I am waiting patiently for the Anaheim Angels to clinch a playoff berth. Hopefully, by the time you read this, it will be done. (Click here to see a new panoramic photo I recently shot at Edison International Field, plus some shots from the 9/11/02 game can be found here.)

New CD recommendation of the week: Aimee Mann’s "Lost in Space." Old CD recommendation of the week: Neil Young’s "After The Gold Rush."

Much more coming soon…thanks for all the nice feedback on the Coliseum book (you know who you are).

Feel free to wander.