Scottish Festival at the Queen Mary

Highland games begin in Long Beach.

Stone's throw

Weight over bar - heave 42 lb weight up and over.

Hammer throw with swords on shoes needed

A ridiculously cute kilt wearing Lexi ringside

Watching the border collie await instructions.

Herding sheep to the corner.

Sheep in stationary pose.

Woop....there they go.

Big and small attend.

Regional head of Macneil clan.

Highland soldiers

anybody....got kilt?

From the Campbell clan

Ankle-laced shoes

Young scott with drooping kilt

Granada Hills bagpipers rehearse.

Drummond tartan...runs in the family.

Scotties get busy with sheep's pen.

Right out of a cartoon, these darling scotties run their master.

Strutting the scottish stuff.

Running through the tally board.

Highland dancing....May I have this dance?

Disney Concert Hall - Ryan Adam evening

Right out of a Nasa launch site, Disney Concert Hall at night

Street-level has a concourse feel to it.

Ryan has some hilarious remarks about his t shirt collection - cats!

Ryan Adams stage set-up sent him to all edges of the stage

A wildly entertaining evening.....wry moments and songs of longing

LA Times article on Ryan Adams 

Freeway Faceoff - police win

Westside of LA - Randy's donut sign

A standoff - all traffic stops while police take down a culpret.

POTUS has landed

 

On a cool and rainy Wednesday, Barack Obama comes for a visit. I went around the corner from where I live to catch a glimpse of the plane landing 

The local police do a look see, police choppers overhead  and the President's plane

 is in plain sight.

Playa del Rey - Hills to walk and ocean views

 I have discovered a lovely walk to the Pacific Ocean...

California poppy and purple lupines

Bright pink fushia

Choppy waters and high winds

Slope down to the beach - the easy part

And all within a stone's throw of airport

Getty atop the hill

Brilliant skyline with sunny skies and sea

See any angle to the city

View from the Photography buidling

Up and down on the tram to the magical Getty

Century City views

Benz stop

People movers at the Century City mall

A water view....see below

Grand sweep of hotels/office/mallscape

Gensler's CAA headquarters....sublimely modern

Now you seem them....

Now you don't