We rushed to the event that occurs just once a year when all the stars come out for a couple of hours on a road that streches from Hollywood Highlands to Sunset Boulevard. And we reached just in time to see the cleaners in action. Talk about bad planning and bad timing. This Sunday had it all. Plus some more.
Starbucks served me my first lukewarm cappachino ever to start the day. Followed it up with Gingerbread cake that didnt go down too well. And then tried for some last minute shopping that went strangely wrong. A friend blew his car battery and called for help. By the time I thought that the worst was behind us, the ordeal began again. Late trains, lost routes, everything that could possibly go wrong just did!
And to top it all, I rushed back home to a 2 hour offshore call :(((
Only to learn today morning that if only we would have dropped off in a metro station that was on the way of the parade, we would have caught almost an hour of it!!!
Monday, November 28, 2005
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Self Portraits - Santa Monica !
This could be taken as incredibly narcissistic, but whats the big deal ;) Tonight was a sudden visit to the kaleidoscopic town where life brings on a whole new meaning. The carousel, the rides, all memories as ancient as time - old town splendor. A sudden fleeting thought that i want to be a part of the event grabbed me by the collar and wanted it captured. The remains of the adventure were frozen for posterity. A snap of the lit Ferris Wheel with me in the foreground caught my eye and hopes to catch yours too!
A gentle chilling breeze at the Santa Monica Pier
A trip to the Getty Museum
Fossils in Stone
The organic architecture of the Getty Museum built from a budget of $1 billion has to be seen to be believed. No matter what you've read about it, the site in its physical view is awe-inspiring. You've got to see it!
To be frank, none of the photos you would see either in this blog or on the many sites on the internet or in books can ready you for the experience that greets your arrival here. Your artistic senses will revel in gay abandon - such is the mystique and the splendor that encompasses you!
Such is the beauty of Richard Meier's white expanses and geometric patterns, that you almost forget that even more precious exhibits can be viewed inside the glorious structures he creates.
A cafe on the edge of the World
Vista Magnifique!
Where grass learns what green means. A meadow lush with vivid saturated green, clean and trimmed.
Roman Cup
A sculpture of a Roman relic. The gardener has his likes too!
Garden of Permanance
The Garderner's Love
His wife and daughter. An embodiment of love.
Criss Crossed Paths
Thursday, November 24, 2005
LA Kings - The Team
Bruised bottoms and arms. After some time the white ice seemed friendly to me. Longing to hug me time and again it brought me down to it. Sometimes my rear, and sometimes my hands. It was a love story that never ended. A one hour ordeal! But we survived to tell the tale ;)
Team Ice Skaters
Try and Smile
Snap Shot
LA Kings - A tryst with Ice Skating
Thanksgiving was Ice Skating for me and my friends who didnt take much trouble convincing me! Here's the proof of the pudding...
LA Downtown at Night
Yogesh and his better half
Before the madness!
So this is what its all about!!!
Monday, November 14, 2005
Beatific Pacific!
You cant go wrong with the Pacific. Blue skies and even bluer seas. A misty sea breeze with memories of centuries past its choppy coast. The rustlings of weeds and the dominion of nature. The magnificence of the bounty nature really is!
I had been on an impromptu trip to see the ocean splendor yesterday. Its called Paulo Verdes. On the coast of Los Angeles.
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