Archive for January, 2012

Sweet Things (Enhanced)

Shortly after Sweet Things was published in the iBookstore I decided to make an enhanced version and add video.   I was inspired by my camera,  the Canon 5D Mark II, since it makes beautiful videos. Of course I had to make the plain old Kindle version first.   Once that was tackled I started working on […]


NAMM

I have no real business at the NAMM Show but I go almost every year.   Our print publisher Hal Leonard gets passes for us.   NAMM stands for the National Association of Music Merchants and it puts on a merchandise convention every year in Anaheim.  It’s wild.   The Anaheim Convention Center is huge and every square […]


Eliana

Elaine has been one of my muses for a while.   She’s beautiful and poised and fun.   I took photos of her and Chris as an engagement session down in Santa Monica in 2010.  Actually the day my father died.     Not when we were shooting but late that night.   So I will always remember that.      They […]


800 Degrees

I’ve been watching the old Daphne’s Greek Food space for a while.  It was transforming but into what?   800 Degrees Pizza?   Sounds cool but will it be good?   Finally there were clues.   I saw this post of LA Eater and this one at LA Times and got excited.   I’ve never been to Umami burger but […]


Lemon Bars

Janet grows Meyer lemons in her backyard. I developed this recipe after she gave me 30 lemons from her tree. At first glance, these lemon bars seem complicated but they are really easy to make. I use homegrown Meyer lemons but this recipe will work with other lemons too.  Here’s the ecipe for easy to […]


2012!

Yep it’s 01/01/2012.   The day after 12/31/2011.   I hope 2012 is better than 2011 which was certainly better than 2010.   Every year should be getting better and better.  I can only hope.