baby katie, not a baby for much longer.

baby katie is almost 18 months old now, you know! i'm finally going to see her (um, and the rest of my family) again in september. YAY!

los angeles RULES.

seriously, get thyself to los angeles as soon as physiologically possible. i didn't expect to love it, but i really really did. on my third day in LA, i felt more at ease walking around by myself than i do in phoenix after 4 months.

highlights:
Tokyo 7-7. picture a midwestern diner circa 1983. faux wood paneling, big brown ceramic coffee mugs. got a picture? now imagine that it's run by a japanese family, with quasi-traditional japanese food. and coffee. brilliant.

The Museum of Jurassic Technology. this is easily the most wonderfully insane place i've ever seen. it's a museum that's devoted to mad scientists, basically, with a russian tea room upstairs that never seems to actually serve tea. there were exhibits about the history of camper trailers, and the dogs of the soviet space program. sigh.

THE PACIFIC OCEAN. oh my god.

The Getty: ruth works here. the museum is pretty good, but the grounds are breathtaking. i took many, many pictures of the getty. go look!