GRIZZLY PEAR

written snapshots

happy holidays

Instead of the usual everyday magic, here is the holiday card that I posted onto Facebook for my friends.
 

For the past two years, I’ve been hassling the family to take a hike in the hills above our house. Once you get up the slope, it’s an easy jaunt down the old mining road.

About a half a mile in, you come across the foundation of an old building. I have no idea about its original purpose, but it’s now a canvas for graffiti artists and a delight for the occasional wanderer.

The kids jumped around this colorful place as the sun set behind our heads, bathing the Las Vegas strip with a golden orange aura.

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While cleaning up our PC desktop, I found a photo from our visit to Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego at La Jolla last March.

This was quite the treat because Vegas regrettably is short on art museums.

It wasn’t easy to wrangle two young kids around high priced pieces of art; the guards were not amused. But after years of not seeing high art, it was so totally worth it.

With a location a block away from the Pacific ocean, this museum was magic for sure, though hardly “everyday”.

Here’s to finding magic throughout the new year!
 

A five year old dangerously close to a Peter Alexander sculpture