Return of the Peregrinati
Any hometown is a memory palace, and moving through it unlocks feelings from long ago.
READ MORE..Location Sketching
Sketching, painting and drawing real places.
STARTOONS
Before becoming coming a Saturday morning cartoon powerhouse, the STARTOONS studio was briefly located in downtown Chicago, where I worked for them one summer.
READ MORE..Fort Baker
Nestled between Sausalito & the northern base of the Golden Gate Bridge is an ex-military base converted into a boutique hotel: THE LODGE AT THE GOLDEN GATE.
READ MORE..Leaving the Cocoon
We crawled out of covid isolation to become travel butterflies, most recently for an enjoyable week on Hawaii’s Big Island.
READ MORE..Fun Weekend
Last week was a staycation in San Francisco; a chance to be lazy, & hang out with pals, and do some sketching in Golden Gate Park.
READ MORE..Keelung-Naha-Tokyo, 1986
My understanding of Japan was minimal, when I first set foot upon its soil in Okinawa, at the age of 22.
READ MORE..New Sketch Gear
For Christmas I received new drawing paraphernalia. A monogrammed sketchbook given by John Hoffman and a pocket-sized set of handmade watercolours, from Julia.
READ MORE..Mickey ♥ Chewie
I’d been to Tokyo Disneyland (in the 1980s) and Florida’s DisneyWorld (in the 2000s) but until recently I’d never been to the Californian original; DISNEYLAND.
READ MORE..A Day in The Presidio
Last Christmas, Julia gave me a gift voucher for a posh massage place, and I finally got to use it, giving us the excuse for spending a day in The Presidio.
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