I saw my friend Normandie Wilson at the Talking Stick one night in June 2010. Before Normandie was Monica & The Explosion, (except that it was just Monica, no Explosion) a Swedish punk act that rocked the house!
From live music to hippie babies playing with chickens, 2010's Topanga Days had it all. And truthfully, I don't remember much else about it. I'll let the pictures talk.
I emerged from the subway stop at Pershing Square just as the march was getting started. It had taken me longer to get there than I planned, and I exited from the depths to bright sunlight and bright white shirts and an overwhelming number of American flags.
The organizers had …
I took my Panasonic Lumix GF-1 out for its first outing -- to see a benefit concert for the Midnight Mission featuring Shirock, at the Roxy in Hollywood. I was pretty pleased with the results.
Alexis-Katherine Kalinoski in Topanga State Park, in Spring. (May 15, 2010)
When I was living a block off of Topanga I really enjoyed heading down to the streed for the annual Topanga Days Parade. It is a real small-town parade, with floats made up of people's painted and tore-up old cars. And mopeds. And horses. And skateboards. All probably hemp-powered, since …
My Mom and I flew to Denmark in 2005 to visit relatives. We flew into Copenhagen, stayed with my aunt for a while, and then rented a car and drove around the country visiting relatives and seeing the sights. It was the last big trip my Mom was able to …
Around New Year (2000 -> 2001) I didn't have much going on, so I hit the road in my trusty Toyota 4Runner -- took a week or so off of work and drove from Los Angeles to Colorado and back. It was a wonderful trip, and I saw some amazing things -- most …
I was called a lot of things in Elementary School -- none of which I liked. I first got a nickname I liked at Parkman Jr. High School, when my friends started calling me "Schof." (Incidentally, the "Sch" in "Schofield" is pronounced like the "sch" in "school." Same with "Schof" -- phonetically …
I can't access my old tweets on Twitter -- Twitter supposedly has them, but it won't let me see them.
Facebook has privacy failed far too many times to mention here. Is there anyone who pays attention who actually likes Facebook instead of just using it because they feel social pressure …