We had earned a cheeky skiing day after being well-behaved all Christmas, so we got up early and headed up to Big Bear for the day on Sunday. Driving into the sunrise:

Mount Baldy majestic in the distance with the first rays of sunlight on it:

Snow! There’s been plenty of snowfall in the mountains lately, with [...]

Christmas Day started promisingly, with a bottle of bubbly at 9am, accidentally entirely shared between Jamie and me. We had to start early in time to join the events of the day back in England, as it was already 5pm there and Christmas was in full swing! They were lucky enough to have a White [...]

Last Saturday we had a Super Christmas Party in our flat, with more people crammed into it than we’ve ever had, by a long way! I suppose it was a belated housewarming party too, then… We had about 25 people in total, not counting the little stunted people. (These are children, apparently.)
Lots of food at [...]

This was the last day of the LA Auto Show, at the Convention Centre in downtown LA. It’s a more muted affair this year, what with the ‘current economic climate’, but worth a look round. Clouds shrouded the tops of the skyscrapers:

The new Marriott hotel bows out towards the top – a novel design technique, [...]

It rained on Monday, a lot. My car roof provided about as much protection as a colander – I’m still drying out the tonneau compartment, and I got very wet while driving!
A sheet of Perspex as a temporary solution, kindly sourced by Marek, at work:

Tuesday morning it was COLD; this funny number (I’m told) translates [...]