Day at the Museum

Mr C and I went to MOCA yesterday for the exhibit Transmission LA: AV CLUB.

We double dated with these fabulous folks and took lots and lots of photos of this eye candy art show.

I highly recommend a trip to the museum to see this. The show is free Thursday - Saturday and there's outdoor entertainment, cocktails and food trucks for a full on get-ready-for-summer art party.

summer in February

This winter weather is unreal. Mr. C and I couldn't resist a stroll on the beach at Montecito.

It's not hard to see why it's called the American Riviera. Beautiful.

And the crystal clear sunset... dang. It was a totally perfect day, sandy feet and all. How did you spend your Saturday?


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Mr. C and I quite like being out and about around town. So much in fact, that we're going to start sharing our wanderings & ramblings on a new blog, Bungalow. It's not all the way ready yet, but we'll keep you... posted.

Daikokuya Ramen

I mentioned that we visited my favorite noodle kitchen when we went to LA a couple weeks back.

This is it. Daikokuya Original Noodle & Rice Bowl.

The ramen is fantastic and so is the katsudon. Yum.

Mia and Ian go to the MOCA

Sunday, we visited the MOCA in LA to see the recent acquisitions, including Robert Frank's "The Americans." Ian pretended to be impressed.

This is the bathroom of the MOCA—excellent for taking self portraits.

We walked from the museum to Little Tokyo, passing some lovely buildings along the way.

After hot tea and huge ramen bowls, we made our way back up the hill, sight seeing in the dark and standing for a while in the doorway to the LA Times to watch the giant globe spin.

Saturday at the Getty Villa

The Saturday that followed my birthday found me and Ian at the

Getty Villa. 

It was such a lovely day and such a day for lovers.

While we explored some of the ancient arts, most of our time was spent in the gardens.

We  observed the wildlife and gazed at the water lilies.

Scenes, scientific plant names and fallen pink rose petals were collected in our sketchbooks.

There were tall stalks of unusual Hollyhocks...

... and this glowing red specimen called "Lovage." I loved it.

We took turns being the photographer and being the model...

... and both posed for a stranger who offered her photography services.

Then we lunched where pink cows graze in a field of yellow. Perfection.