Not to be missed in a visit to San Diego’s spectacular Balboa Park is the Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden, just across from the Natural History Museum. Open year-round and free to the public, the garden boasts nearly 200 varieties of roses and blooms from March until December.
On my visit today, much of the [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Yep, seriously. Not having a tv for the last six months has put a serious damper on my game-playing, but fortunately Santa brought a slew of Best Buy gift cards this year and now we’ve got a shiny new tv to stare at. The Xbox 360 games look fantastic on it, of course, but I [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Over the weekend, I had the chance to take a bike ride down to Balboa Park for the Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota exhibit at the San Diego Museum of Art. A must-see for any fiber or fashion enthusiast, these amazing works of art will be on display only through January 4th, [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Werner Herzog’s latest film, Encounters at the End of the World is, as he puts it, “not another movie about penguins”. It’s more a collection of amazing curiosities, in both the people and landscapes he captures. Antarctica is a seemingly alien landscape of severe conditions and fantastic formations that most will never experience, save for [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Bad sci-fi and horror movies have always had special place in my heart. From the stellar acting, to the convoluted plots, to the low-tech special effects, they’re just pure entertainment. I watched Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) for the first time the other night, and it is an absolute classic, ripe for heckling. [...]
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