Now This Is A Museum!

Laika was the Russian dog who became the first living creature to fly into space. This is an oil painting of Laika in a gallery of the ten pooches who entered orbit for the Soviet Union. The gallery can be found at The Museum Of Jurassic Technology in Culver City. The less said the better. You need to go.

It's Gonna Stick Like That

The Getty Center has a marvelous setting and a delightful building, but a somewhat less-inspired collection of art. That is, unless you are interested in endless Italian oil paintings of crucifixions.
One of the more entertaining pieces is recreated here by B. The original is below. The security guard wouldn't let us put glasses on the gentleman.

Watts Towers Bed & Breakfast

We found a tiny, foreclosed house just across the street from Watts Towers, and we're considering going into the B&B business. Within walking distance of the world-famous Watts Towers! There's probably only room for one bed, so that probably leaves either us or the guests on the couch in the living room. Start your morning with a hot, toasted waffle and freshly poured orange juice! The towers are 'open' only a few days each week leaving us to search for other income streams on the off days. View bits of glass and stone stuck in concrete and stacked really high from the window of your cozy bedroom!

Tube Meat Royalty

We just finished a lunch of the wildly overrated Pinkberry (tastes remarkably like frozen cream cheese, but maybe this appeals to you), so we didn't partake in any German delicacies. However, we paused and paid tribute to the most regal pork product in Southern California, His Royal Highness, Sausage King.

Do not confuse him with 'King Sausage'.

Drink At Joe's

If anyone has any tips on how to rotate this video, we're listening. This was the loveliest sight we found in Memphis.

Art Majors Need Not Apply

The Bureau of Land Management is not looking for anyone with the ability to draw. Apparently this is exactly what they wanted when needing to illustrate a human being trapped in a pool of water.

Apostrophe. Wait, Make That An Accent. Or Can We Do Both?

We struggled with the pronunciation of this gallery for three days and decided that the key is to say 'original' in a breathy voice with your head tilted to the side. We think that's what that little mark means.

The Lonely Marmot Ponders His Existence

If this was bad western art, you'd see a winged topless Indian maiden riding a crying horse.

The Hunt For Indigenous Wildlife, Part 2

The Colorado Thing

I don't have much to say about this. But, I do think it neatly sums up the average Coloradoianian's view of the role of the United States in the geopolitical sphere vis-a-vis the detente v. engagement didactic.

K attempts to steer what we initially thought was the Chattanooga Choo-Choo. That was until we found out that this was the world's first all-brick locomotive, the East Tennessee Stationary.

-b