Feld Notes

Jan 2020

Driving down from Twin Peaks in San Francisco

Jan 2020

Church of 8 Wheels!

Jan 2020

A Brief Conversation with a Shopkeeper in San Francisco

Martin: Hello, how are you? Shopkeeper: Hi there, I’m good! Tell you what, I’m visiting where you’re from very soon! My ...
Jan 2020

The Long-awaited Pilgrimage to Cupertino

Along with @NTKF, it was great finally to visit Apple Park, 1 Infinite Loop and the famous Apple Garage, feat. the lovel...
Jan 2020

A Brief Conversation with the Attendant at Monterey Express Wash Laundromat

Attendant: Have you heard of Brokenwood Mysteries? Martin: No, I haven’t. What’s that? Attendant: You haven’t?! Brokenwo...
Jan 2020

For fancy dogs: public bowls in America now accept Apple Pay.

Jan 2020

Today we stopped at Ragged Point to check out an elephant seal birthing site. Incredible 😮🌊🌥

Jan 2020

Due to a ‘recall’ on the rental car that we were supposed to receive this morning, we were given a free upgrade by Hertz. I’m not complaining.

Jan 2020

LA’s Crown Jewel: Griffith Observatory

Today, @NTKF and I wrapped up our tour of Los Angeles, starting and ending the day with visits to Griffith Observatory. ...
Jan 2020

I will always remember Los Angeles as the city where, no matter what time of day it was and no matter which way you were facing, the Sun was always in your eyes. ☀️

Jan 2020

Since arriving in the US, the most amusing thing that I’ve experienced is seeing the looks on people’s faces (in service situations) when I have to provide my first name. I’ve had to resort to pronouncing it in an American accent in order to be understood. 😂

Jan 2020

We sit down at a 24-hour restaurant in West Hollywood called Kitchen 24 and Semisonic’s Closing Time starts to play.

Jan 2020

The Conan set at Warner Bros in LA! 👨🏼‍🦰 It was fascinating to watch the show being put together.

Jan 2020

We had a very close call in the Cretaceous Period today.

Jan 2020

#Only time will tell if this Van Halen award will stand the test of time…#

Jan 2020

It’s very smart and strategic of Starbucks to hide the short option from its menu to encourage everyone to order a larger size. All that @NTKF and I ever want is a flat white (in what is a normal Australian size) but we get puzzled looks from staff when requesting the short cup.

Jan 2020

Apple Carnegie Library, Washington DC

Apple Carnegie Library is very cool. I’m generally sceptical of corporations moving into such historic public places, ho...
Jan 2020

Although I’m not a religious person, seeing this first printed example of Gutenberg’s movable type at the Library of Congress is a serious highlight of my travels.

Jan 2020

My favourite food stop so far in the US has been Let’s Mix! BiBiJa!. They make absolutely delicious Korean bibimbap and Vietnamese pho and they’re super-polite.

Jan 2020

The American insistence on referring to them as ‘restrooms’ rather than ‘public toilets’ is hilarious to me; when their toilets end up flushing automatically by surprise when you’re still using them, that’s anything but a restful experience. 🙂

Jan 2020

The National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC is wonderful: beautiful in its design and both fascinating and exhausting in its comprehensive historical explanation. It took us quite some time to get through the whole thing.

Jan 2020

Channelling the Susan Kare within, @NTKF designs desktop icons on a Macintosh Classic at the National Museum of American History.

Jan 2020

We were very impressed by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. To be honest, I don’t think that I’ve ever seen so much red carpet.

Jan 2020

This room is in a quirky bookshop in Washington DC… we can assume what the shopkeeper’s opinion is of languages other than English! Ha 😜

Jan 2020

Hotel Edison, NYC

It was good fun staying at this cool hotel, which @NTKF discovered is the site in Seinfeld where George Costanza was con...