Left on Red: Tales from L.A.

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2009-07-13T14:35:00.001-07:00

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2009-07-13T14:34:00.001-07:00

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2009-07-13T14:29:00.001-07:00

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2009-07-13T14:24:00.001-07:00

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2009-07-13T14:19:00.001-07:00

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La Playa

2009-06-27T10:48:00.001-07:00

Henry and I are spending a day at the beach. Our neighbors are burying one another in sand. It's low tide with decent swell so there are dozens of surfers in the water. The tide is low and the long crashing waves and gentle ocean breeze are calming. Henry is digging and speaking gibberish.

Creepy Birds

2009-06-07T12:39:00.001-07:00

Day at the Museum

2009-06-07T12:38:00.001-07:00

A day with the bones.

Eulogy for a 40th Birthday

2009-06-06T21:46:00.001-07:00

At a roast Atwater Village, Los AngelesKathlene delivers a poem for Keri.

ACE How Long Has This Been Goin' On? Remix

2009-06-05T13:10:00.000-07:00

From Miguel at the office. A sweet remix for your upcoming weekend:

St. Nicolas

2009-05-30T14:14:00.000-07:00

We are up in Northridge today for a Greek wedding and a baptism. Beautiful church that feels like it was built in the age of astronauts. Very '60s vibe and broad sunny grounds. Congrats to Takki, Mabyn and their son, Stavos. We went to their first wedding in Little Rock, and of course here we ran into some Arkansas folks who went to school and were friends with Ashley and Caroline. It's been

Metro Bus Chronicles

2009-05-28T08:56:00.001-07:00

Happy Anniversary, Left on Red. I looked back to the first post in this blog, seven years ago. Before marriage (before Caroline!), DDB and before I had any real sense that I'd still be caught up in the wacky world of web marketing. I'm waiting for the bus under a blank grey sky. Another day of light dimmed by the June Gloom of L.A. A duet by Merchant and Stipe on the headphones, the live audience

Henry and Sally on the Wells Fargo ATM

2009-05-23T10:34:00.001-07:00

At the Wells Fargo ATM today, noticed the new instruction placard for the envelope-free deposit system had a funny coincidence: both of my kids' names on it. Funnier because Wells Fargo is a client of DDB. The check is from Sally and written to Henry. Random.

Black Balls in Silver Lake Resevoir

2009-04-19T20:56:00.001-07:00

About 3,000,000 black plastic balls were dropped into the Ivanhoe resevoir in Silver Lake last year. It'd been forever since I'd been on that side of town (where I used to live and my brother still does). We took a bike ride in the late afternoon (click here for a crappy mobile phone video on YouTube) and it was the first time I'd seen all the balls floating in the water. The geometric shapes

Three Piles and a Landscaping Story

2009-04-17T19:02:00.001-07:00

Pile of bricks, a pile of dirt and a pile of crap. All three piled up behind my house as our back yard is being landscaped. You can see our photos (and some pixelated video shot with my Blackberry) by clicking here to go to Flickr. The work has gone quite smoothly, given that I'm trying to act as the project manager, and the guys who do our weekly yard maintenance are doing all the work. In

Beldings Awards Show - Kind of a Bust?

2009-04-16T18:34:00.001-07:00

ThinkLA Belding awards. I'd have to say, a little bit of a bust this year. The cash bar didn't help (and I wasn't drinking; I just listened to every conversation open with a complaint about an ad show without a vodka sponsor - times are tough all over).We had a great site built with The Branding Farm, but the show's theme didn't tie in with the theme that was created for the invitations and

Honky Tonk Blues and More Love for L.A.

2009-03-28T15:58:00.001-07:00

Another beautiful day in Los Angeles with friends. This was at Jay and Bree's house in the valley for their son's first birthday, and like most of these get togethers, someone pulls out a guitar or a banjo and the next thing you know there is a jam going on. This was the weekend before Sally was born. There's a baby-explosion going on in our circle of friends. An amazing and supportive group of

Donuts at Zelda's in Venice Beach

2009-03-24T12:52:00.001-07:00

The donut machine at Zelda's in Venice Beach. This quiet little sandwich shop makes amazing baguette sandwiches. It also has a donut machine that I've only ever seen at one place before, at a vendor at Pikes Place in Seattle. I love hopping on one of the DDB bicycles and grabbing a ham and cheese sandwich on fluffy and crunch french bread.

Blog Problems

2009-03-19T09:24:00.000-07:00

I've been having some problems with the blog posting from my Blackberry. Sending in a single photo from the Blackberry seems to be causing multiple broken photo links to publish. Investigating.

Nixon Watch - A Great Brand Story

2009-03-03T11:07:00.001-08:00

Amazing, customer service and the tale of a surf watch. If you happen to like any combination of these things: sports; watches; design; good customer service; or web usability, then visit Nixon at www.nixonnow.com. My great experience (as opposed to the crap experience of trying to get a Bugaboo stroller repaired) with Nixon began a number of years ago when I was back home at the beach on

Sunday in the Garage

2009-02-22T14:10:00.001-08:00

25 Things I Like About My GarageIt's my space, and no one bothers me about itThe wedding poster that Yee Haw Industries made for our wedding in Athens, GARed toolboxesA Consular license plate I found in the streetThe iPod dock I got from Google one yearThe Helen Stellar band poster from The Knitting Factory - The ink glows in the darkFound art, like the HollywoodandVince.com paintingScrews and

Rainy Days & Mondays

2009-02-17T20:51:00.000-08:00

We have today off at DDB, so I'm going to the gym and running errands. For a diversion, I thought I'd pop into the Circuit City closeout. Yo Bathrobe dude.

Window

2009-02-05T18:02:00.001-08:00

Sunset

Carrot Song - National Carrot Day Anthem

2009-02-03T13:26:00.001-08:00

Awesome new song for National Carrot Day from Zachariah and the Lobos Riders. Zach can also be seen in the "Fetch" Budweiser Super Bowl spot that made it to #3 on the USAToday.com ad meter.You can visit the site for this video at www.yestocarrots.com

Obama Iguana

2009-02-02T12:01:00.001-08:00

I'm waiting for a Big Blue Bus on Pico (dropped my VW off at Barrington Motors - they're skilled and fair foreign car mechanics if you're in need) and found another great Obama artwork. This one is on the wall of a pet store, hence the President looking like he's landed in a reptilian terrarium. His expression: fearful that orange lizard is about to defecate in his palm. Special shout out to the