Palos Verdes Daily Photo

Sound Structure

2012-01-31T13:57:00.000-08:00

Sound Structure, Torrance, CA (January 2012)

A new wing of Torrance Memorial Hospital is under construction,

with a promise of a great view of the mountains on clear January days.

Miss South Bay to Others...

2012-01-30T14:31:00.000-08:00

... Miss World to us. My friend's daughter is as beautiful on the inside as on the outside.

Photo by Tash

"The House That Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945-1985" Pacific Standard Time

2012-01-29T14:13:00.000-08:00

The exhibit at the Huntington Library's Boone Gallery "showcases classic examples
of the work of Sam Maloof (1916-2009), a nationally recognized leader of the
American studio craft movement -- a movement that favored
the aesthetics of the handmade over the machine and mass-produced."

The exhibit is extremely well done and Maloof pieces are very appealing.
The style has been popularized and mass-produced but those
pieces do not come close to the beauty of the handcrafted originals.

For you locals, the exhibit runs through tomorrow, so you can still rush out to see it.

Watercolors by Maloof and others, memorabilia, and even a painting by Millard Sheets is also on display.

Approaching the Huntington Library, Art Collection and Gardens

2012-01-28T14:00:00.000-08:00

A Nice Day, San Marino, CA (28 January 2012)

Curb Appeal, San Marino, CA (28 Jan 2012)

"1-2-3, 1-2-3,...", San Marino, CA (28 Jan 2012)

Variety (is the spice of life)...

2012-01-27T15:38:00.000-08:00

BROAD CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM -- LACMA -- 15 January 2012
Canon EOS 50D, f/4, 1/30 sec., ISO-800, 18 mm focal length

...not much variety, only a variation on the night theme with this one. The photo came out pretty good for a hand-held shot.

Night Moves in RPV

2012-01-26T10:06:00.000-08:00

Hawthorne Blvd at Knollbrook Falls Apartments (24 January 2012)
Canon EOS 50D, f/11, 10 sec., ISO-400, 18 mm focal length

Remember the Night Photography class I was going to take...well, it started. As my blogger friend The Chieftess said "it's all about using a tripod and a remote shutter release". And then lots of playing with settings on MANUAL (oh, no!).

The class will be great, with the benfit of 2 photographers as instructors - Bernard Fallon and his very talented, visual journalist son, Patrick T. Fallon.

The photo is straight from the camera, taken near where I live.

Still Snazzy After All These Years ... (Wednesday Doorways)

2012-01-25T17:02:00.000-08:00

3200 La Rotonda Dr., Rancho Palos Verdes (22 January 2012)

Built in 1974, as the sole condominium complex on the south side of Palos Verdes, now with only a couple of golf fairways and cliffs separating it from the Pacific, the complex still looks in great shape.

To Infinity (in Art) and Beyond in "Pacific Standard Time"

2012-01-24T11:55:00.000-08:00

As promised, here are bits of the exhibit "Everyman's Infinte Art" at Chapman Collage by Harold Gregor, a repeat of the installation in 1966. In 1966, no one saw the art since the campus was closed for winter break. But the instructions and materials list (which appeals to the engineer in me) were available, so that EVERYMAN can recreate it at ANYTIME at ANYPLACE and the possibilities to arrange ensembles that "suggest an infinite continuum" are INFINITE.

I agree that this isn't EVERYMAN's cup of tea, but I really enjoyed the stacked stryrofoam cups, the line of overlapping black sheets of construction paper... and my absolute favorite: the shinny rings of joined vent pipe elbows.

Let's get PHYSICAL ...

2012-01-23T16:18:00.000-08:00

...at Chapmen University, Orange California....

Whaaat?? You know that I mean for you to get going on that New Year's resolution to get more exercise.

Happy Chinese New Year!

(I went at Chapmen U. to see an installation for Pacific Standard Time that will knock your sweaty socks off... or will just amuse you, as it did me. More to come tomorrow.)

Saturday Skies at Southern California Soaring Academy - Crystal Airport (SkyWatch Friday)

2012-01-20T17:24:00.000-08:00

Photo's from last Saturday.

One of the Academy's new 2-seater ASK-21 glider is being towed for a flight. My son flew two flights and got up to 14,000 feet during one of them -- a definite thrill.

Here is a view of both of the new ASK-21s.

PV Protesters

2012-01-19T17:56:00.000-08:00

PV joins in ... "BAIL OUT SCHOOLS NOT BANKS"... "JOBS NOT CUTS"...

Saturday on Hawthorne Blvd.

I like my small, local bank...

2012-01-18T13:18:00.000-08:00

The back courtyard at Malaga Bank at Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes Estates

Photographer's De-light at LACMA

2012-01-17T11:17:00.000-08:00

Chris Burden, URBAN LIGHT, 2008

Last Sunday evening, I visited LA County Museum of Art for the last day of three Standard Pacific Time exhibits.

These were shocking and disturbing (Edward Kienholz: FIVE CAR STUD, 1969-1972, Revisited),

well excecuted and interesting (Sandra de la Loza: MURAL REMIX),

and unusual but a bit banal (Maria Nordman: FILMROOM: SMOKE 1967-PRESENT).

All are worth a click on the links.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

2012-01-16T13:42:00.000-08:00

A day to honor and reflect upon the word of the great MLK.

Post office window at Vayermo, CA

We have some bananas today... (SkyWatch Friday)

2012-01-13T11:46:00.000-08:00

On the south side of Palos Verdes, on a small hill, sandwiched between Gaffey St. and the busy 110 freeway, is a quiet sanctuary of San Pedro Gardens where small parcels are leased to those interested in cultivating a bit of land. I met a man, who had mostly fruit trees including a big avocado and a few vegetables, who said he just liked coming there to be out in the open air.

My mother-in-law kept a small vegetable garden like that when they moved into a retirement community with no yard.

Do you have a vegetable garden or fruit trees? What do you grow?

Hello kitty

2012-01-12T12:12:00.000-08:00

A resident at San Pedro Gardens.

Our Amy at Home

2012-01-10T14:06:00.000-08:00

1-0 for The Zero

2012-01-09T11:39:00.000-08:00

As I drove to work last Friday, I spotted the two men changing the huge sign on a billboard at Western and PV Drive North. It was impressive how quickly they replaced the sign... except that they had to do it twice!

I rather liked it this way though.

Colorful Morning Sky (Redux)

2012-01-07T05:00:00.000-08:00

Seems that every year, in early January, we can count on a colorful sunrise as viewed from Longhill Road.

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'47 Ford "SUV"

2012-01-06T08:00:00.000-08:00

A super-sweet ride with a super nice owner.

Surf's up!

Bishop, CA ...

2012-01-05T14:19:00.000-08:00

... West at its best, just a stone's throw away from Hwy 395.

Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains in the background. No snow anywhere in sight this year.

Wednesday Doorways ...

2012-01-04T16:19:00.000-08:00

... on a typical Southern California winter's day.

"Leaving" ...

2012-01-03T13:03:00.000-08:00

... on a winter's day in Southern California. The leaves are on a hood of an old Jeep in the charming Bixby Knolls neighborhood in Long Beach.

Front Gardens of the Shriver Home

2012-01-02T12:12:00.000-08:00

An architectural treasure in Rancho Palos Verdes, behind the gates of Portuguese Bend community.

Wishing You a Good Year

2012-01-01T11:12:00.000-08:00

Hope that a great 2012 has landed your way.

Il PV-o

2011-12-22T22:00:00.000-08:00

... these four guys, walking toward the Arty Party, made me think of a Southern Cal answer to a boy's band.

Remember when Il Divo was a big hit a few years ago?

The Art at the Shriver Home Arty Party

2011-12-21T10:18:00.000-08:00

Plein Air by Bernard V. Fallon (& Portrait of photographer & artist as shadows)

BernardFallon.com

Bernard is teaching Night Photography starting in January at the PV Art Center.

I'm going to take the course so you should see my new & improved night photos next year.

Arty Party at Shriver Courtyard (Portuguese Bend)

2011-12-20T09:45:00.000-08:00

The Shriver family hosted the party which displayed the artwork by family and friends. The Shriver Courtyard is a wonderful space for this.

Everyone looked arty and sophisticated.

En Plein Air - Portuguese Bend, RPV

2011-12-19T10:58:00.000-08:00

This beautiful setting is within the exclusive gated Portuguese Bend community and opens to public once a year for the Arty Party (an art sale in the courtyard of the fabulous old mansion).

For the photo, I've upped the saturation for the "Plein Air" feel. More photos to follow.

Bellissima (SkyWatch Friday)

2011-12-16T15:43:00.000-08:00

Can you spot "her"? It's the last leaf sitting pretty in the tree.

A Hopping, Arty Place

2011-12-15T12:07:00.000-08:00

A Starbucks afternoon at PV mall

Starbucks is a place majority of us love to hate - and end up there because it's THERE and it's warm and cozy. This one is livened up with "Mexican Tinwork Tiles" creations by 5th grade students at Point Vicente Grade School, as part of the Art at Your Fingertips projects bringing wonderful and diverse exposure to creating art at the local schools. An artist creates a project, teaches volunteer parents who in turn, teach the projects in the classroom. I've done that when my son was little and, in addition to being very rewarding, it reaffirmed my admiration for teachers' skills and perseverence.

Wednesday Doorways (Promenade on the Peninsula)

2011-12-14T15:54:00.000-08:00

Red door - framed.

Off with their heads -- and tops too.

I always liked the pretty red doors of Talbots (a conservative women's clothing store) at PV mall.

Makes it all the more funny to see the mannequin in a state of undress.

What's cuter than 3 plush pandas?

2011-12-13T17:20:00.000-08:00

Aren't the children adorable? A happy family at the PV mall.

"...it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." around here.

Purdy Birdy ...

2011-12-12T16:36:00.000-08:00

... was strolling (with owner) on Cherry Ave. in Long Beach and had me screech to a halt, park and run after them.

In my haste, I didn't get the name of either one of them, but the bird proved to be a sensational showman.The young man said that hundreds of people have photographed his buddy.

All American Dining at PV Golf Course

2011-12-10T21:43:00.000-08:00

Food truck at PVGC - Dec. 2011

The food truck does not match the elegance of the golf course but it's only temporary while the snack shack is being redone.

At Palos Verdes Golf Club - Now & Then

2011-12-09T12:29:00.000-08:00

PVGC - 2011 (Looking West)

PVGC - 2011 (Looking East)

PVGC - 1929

South façade of the Palos Verdes Golf Club. - Image shows view looking northeast at the south façade and driveway of the Palos Verdes Golf Club. The Ladies' Sun Parlor (finished by March 1925) is visible at far left, with an automobile in the driveway. The two-story, eleven-room Spanish-style clubhouse is located at 3301 Via Campesina in Val Monte. The golf course, which was designed by George C. Thomas Jr. and built by William P. Bell, opened on November 15, 1924, with landscaping designed by the Olmsted brothers. (Photo & caption from the Palos Verdes History - Local History collection on Flicr).

Gliding into Seventeen

2011-12-07T12:12:00.000-08:00

Our son, who turned 17 this week, coming in for landing at Hollister Airport.

(25 Nov 2011)

Happy birthday, Ian! We are so proud of you.

Alcove with a View

2011-12-06T08:00:00.000-08:00

Nice print (artist unknown) found at the Palos Verdes Golf Club.

Landslide Viewing (Night Shots Monday)

2011-12-05T17:30:00.000-08:00

Portion of Palos Verdes Peninsula slid into the ocean on November 21. A large section of Paseo del Mar in San Pedro is gone. ( LA Times blogs - Landslide San Pedro.)

I make a lousy news reporter. The area around the landslide has been fenced off for weeks once a sink-hole developed in the road. So, on the evening after the big slide, I could not get very close and then I only had a fixed 50mm lens on my camera. Here are some of the folks who came for the viewing along with me.

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Missoni Miss

2011-12-03T06:00:00.000-08:00

Missoni never looked as good as on my friend's darling grand-daughter. Photo credit goes to my friend too.

(I don't know if you've heard of the Missoni for Target which came out in September and sold out almost immediately. I was able to find this jumper which found the perfect owner.)

Monterey Morning (SkyWatch Friday)

2011-12-02T00:02:00.000-08:00

Sunrise over Monterey Bay - Thanksgiving Day, 2011

Photographed from bayside terrace of the Monterey Plaza Hotel on Cannery Row.
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Theme Day: (Slow) Action

2011-12-01T07:11:00.000-08:00

Sunday afternoon ride in Rolling Hills Estates.

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Sunlit Sunflower

2011-11-30T10:48:00.000-08:00

...in our dining room.

Off of Hwy 101

2011-11-28T17:25:00.000-08:00

I'm back from a splendid family Thanksgiving mid-way up the state. As you may have guessed, I took a few pictures on the way up.

Wanna guess where we stopped on the way up?

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-23T07:39:00.000-08:00

Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.

Night Moves

2011-11-21T05:00:00.000-08:00

On the 405 South.

Watercolors

2011-11-20T22:55:00.000-08:00

And today, it rained most of the day.

Fall color on Grandvia Altamira in Palos Verdes Estates.

A View Worth Revisiting

2011-11-19T08:54:00.000-08:00

This morning, from Via Rincon looking at Redondo Beach.

Gone (in Rolling Hills Estates)

2011-11-17T06:00:00.000-08:00

A '60s ranch house, at the corner of PV Drive North and PV Drive East, is no more. It's been empty for a while. I think it was last used as a realty office. Recording these kind of changes always makes me sad.

Here is the "WAS" snapshot from March 2008 (a month before I started PVDP),

taken while we were stopped at the traffic light.

KM

2011-11-16T18:39:00.000-08:00

Taken last summer at Convict Lake in the Eastern Sierras.

Museum Wear & Wares

2011-11-14T18:32:00.000-08:00

Black/navy & white stripes, with pink accents.

November at molaa (Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach).

Bike Girl

2011-11-13T11:13:00.000-08:00

Venice Blvd., L.A. - 21 October 2011

A Lunch Spot

2011-11-12T10:12:00.000-08:00

... just bring your own food.

Palos Verdes coastline on a blustery day.

A Good Hair Day...

2011-11-10T11:10:00.000-08:00

... or "seeds of a pod".
Is it a Royal palm?

Entrance in Faux...

2011-11-08T21:36:00.000-08:00

... cobblestones, at the upscale Wallace Ranch off of Highridge Rd. in Rancho Palos Verdes.

Afternoon Coffee with a Friend

2011-11-07T11:00:00.000-08:00

... at Starbucks at the end of Hawthorne Blvd.

PACIFIC STANDARD TIME - Fall Back

2011-11-06T20:32:00.000-08:00

Today we set our clocks back to Pacific Standard Time.

But this Pacific Standard Time refers to the initiative of the Getty, with participation of arts institutions across Southern California, to celebrate the LA art scene from 1945 to 1980.

By April, I plan to see all the exhibits in the museums and catch at least a few at the participating galleries...even though photographing the art is not allowed.

www.pacificstandardtime.org

PST: Crosscurrents Exhibition

Saturday at LA's Original Farmer's Market

2011-11-05T12:29:00.000-07:00

... on Fairfax and 3rd, where you can eat, shop, and ride the old trolley.

...with what to wear during LA's fall season.

Morning Sun...

2011-11-04T11:37:00.000-07:00

...side window view from a week ago. Today we have rain, which is also welcome.

Falling Leaves

2011-11-03T03:00:00.000-07:00

Looking up...

... looking down.

Getty Gets Gorgeous

2011-11-02T00:30:00.000-07:00

From the visit a couple of weeks ago to the Getty Center with Virginia, Judy and Karin.

Theme Day: Fences

2011-11-01T12:21:00.000-07:00

... with a bit of Zen.

In front of the Miraleste Library.

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Bikers found...

2011-10-31T23:26:00.000-07:00

On Highridge Road.

BIKE ROUTE BEGIN...

2011-10-30T18:42:00.000-07:00

...all it needs is a few bikers.

Highridge Road, close to home.

Whiskers at home

2011-10-29T13:42:00.000-07:00

Hello pretty kitty.

Barrel of Fun (@ the Getty Center, L.A.)

2011-10-28T11:19:00.000-07:00

Views of barrel cacti and others... with hazy LA in the background.

Virginia seemed glad to see me...Hiker, not so much. (Hee-hee!)

Mystery Photographer at the Getty Center, LA

2011-10-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

... or guess who came for a visit to LA?

For the answer, click on Birmingham (Alabama) Daily Photo.
A group of California bloggers had such a wonderful time exploring LA with Virginia and her host Judy.

A Bright Spot

2011-10-25T16:29:00.000-07:00

We've had two gloomy days in a row, and I needed a bit of color.

Goalie

2011-10-20T06:00:00.000-07:00

Girls soccer on Sundays for South Bay teams.

Girl's Soccer

2011-10-19T11:00:00.000-07:00

San Pedro vs. Torrance in Rancho Palos Verdes, with my friend's daughter in action.

Playing fields, with Catalina Island in the backdrop, on a perfect SoCal fall day

Who moved my (Grilled) Cheese (Truck)?

2011-10-18T23:00:00.000-07:00

In San Pedro, during October "First Thursday Artwalk", where art galleries and other businesses stay open late into the evening. Of the various food trucks, this one had the longest line but I didn't wait in it to taste the food.

VOTE

2011-10-16T09:34:00.000-07:00

... I liked the diversity of name origins. I have a theory that a candidate's name does play a role in elections, especially with those that don't read up on the issues.

What do you think?

Sunday Morning at the Griffith Observatory

2011-10-09T21:28:00.000-07:00

On this lovely, clear and sunny morning, we headed for the hills to look over LA Basin toward Palos Verdes from the Griffith Park Observatory and Planetarium (built in 1935, PWA Classical Moderne in exposed reinforced concrete, according to Gebhard & Winter in An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles).

And the view of the LA with Palos Verdes Peninsula way in the distance (hump in the center) and Catalina Island (hump to the right).

Portuguese Bend Gate House (4/4)

2011-10-08T08:00:00.000-07:00

Inside the courtyard.

Portuguese Bend Artists Colony

Portuguese Bend Gate House (3/4)

2011-10-07T08:00:00.000-07:00

And beyond the courtyard door was an unexpected find. It seems that the building serves as a chapel now.

Portuguese Bend Gate House (2/4)

2011-10-06T08:00:00.000-07:00

And now for the side view.

Oh look, an open door. Hmmm... what should I do?

Portuguese Bend Gate House (1/4)

2011-10-05T08:00:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, the banner caught my eye and I stopped for a closer look.
It is on the original gatehouse to the Vanderlip's Villa Narcissa property, which is now at the entrance of a gated community of Portuguese Bend at Narcissa Drive just off of Palos Verdes Drive South.
(More at Maureen Megowan's Secrets about PV Peninsula)
I think that the Portuguese Bend Artist Colony painter Richard M. Humphrey created the campaign banner in support of Mr. Knight for RPV City Council.

Cape Cod Modern?

2011-10-04T08:00:00.000-07:00

This pretty white house (with an ocean view) caught my eye especially because it is not at all like the many McMansions on the South-West side of Palos Verdes.

Crossing 2 ...

2011-10-03T10:00:00.000-07:00

... at the inlet at Abalone - the hard way. She made it just fine.

Crossing ...

2011-10-02T21:42:00.000-07:00

... inlet in the cliffs at Abalone Cove.

Theme Day: Mystery Object

2011-10-01T19:00:00.000-07:00

First of the month is City Daily Photo Theme Day. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

Black & White with Red

2011-09-28T21:00:00.000-07:00

A snapshot from Forever 21 store at Del Amo Mall in Torrance (taken before a guard could tell me that no photography is allowed.)

Walking in Long Beach - 8/8

2011-09-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

Unusual (Passion Flower?) Fruit

Walking in Long Beach - 7/8

2011-09-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

OVERSIZE

Walking in Long Beach - 6/8

2011-09-25T08:00:00.000-07:00

An unexpected encounter - like a fish out of water

Walking in Long Beach - 5/8

2011-09-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

Pumps of old and high-power ponies of new

Walking in Long Beach - 4/8

2011-09-23T08:00:00.000-07:00

Fox & Hat

I could have used the hat on the walk that day.

Walking in Long Beach - 3/8

2011-09-22T22:34:00.000-07:00

CERTIFIED SUNNY SIDE - North Long Beach

Walking in Long Beach - 2/8

2011-09-21T20:00:00.000-07:00

Great Dane in North Long Beach

Walking in Long Beach - 1/8

2011-09-20T20:00:00.000-07:00

Walnut Street Bridge over the 405

I left my car at the dealer's auto repair and walked a few blocks in North Long Beach. The photos from the walk were taken with a Blackberry.

Water Magic

2011-09-19T09:49:00.000-07:00

I still dream of these colors.
(A few weeks ago in Icehouse Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains.)

Color-me-beautiful Sky ... (SkyWatch Friday)

2011-09-15T23:08:00.000-07:00

On Hawthorne Blvd. in Rancho Palos Verdes
Contributor to Sky Watch Friday

Pausing to Plié

2011-09-13T23:08:00.000-07:00

Tiny ballerina at the entrance to the main library in PV.

Local Mountain Majesty

2011-09-12T23:18:00.000-07:00

Altadena Hiker and Barb of Pasadena leading the way up Icehouse Canyon trail. Pasadena Adjacent and I were (somewhat) close behind.

Pretty as a Picture

2011-09-09T10:00:00.000-07:00

Isn't it lovely? ... Spotted somewhere in Long Beach on a cloudy day.

Aircraft Carrier's Visit

2011-09-08T17:18:00.000-07:00

One more photo from Cabrillo Beach/Bay, in San Pedro, of the mighty big USS Abraham Lincoln which was in Port of Los Angeles for Navy Days the last weekend in July.

Will pose for food

2011-09-07T09:07:00.000-07:00

Luckily, the fish was provided by the boat captains who were in line to hoist their boats out of the water at Cabrillo Beach boat launching spot in San Pedro.

Looking North

2011-09-06T00:52:00.000-07:00

Sunday's rainbow - the other half of an almost full rainbow.

Chasing Rainbows...

2011-09-06T00:50:00.000-07:00

...literally. Sunday evening, on top of the peninsula.

September Theme Day: Perspective

2011-09-01T13:29:00.000-07:00

Groundhog's perspective - by Convict Lake Market, Eastern Sierra (August 2011)

Looking up at our balcony, Rancho Palos Verdes

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