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. ...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. ☀️
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. 😂
We sit down at a 24-hour restaurant in West Hollywood called Kitchen 24 and Semisonic’s Closing Time starts to play.
The Conan set at Warner Bros in LA! 👨🏼🦰 It was fascinating to watch the show being put together.
We had a very close call in the Cretaceous Period today.
#Only time will tell if this Van Halen award will stand the test of time…#
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.
Apple Carnegie Library, Washington DC
Apple Carnegie Library is very cool. I’m generally sceptical of corporations moving into such historic public places, ho...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.
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.
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. 🙂
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.
Channelling the Susan Kare within, @NTKF designs desktop icons on a Macintosh Classic at the National Museum of American History.
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.
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 😜
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...I recently picked up this beauty at Strand in NYC. Have you seen it, @gruber? If not, it’s worth the purchase. 😁
On this Day in 2015: Interface Design Exhibition in Sydney
I really do love the Memories feature in Photos for iOS. It surfaced this gem! On this day, five years ago, @NTKF kindly...Apple West 14th Street
Visiting this store, I couldn’t help but feel that it had a bit of a London vibe to it.We met some cute hamster friends at a pet shop in Flatiron today!
I just had a pancake stack for breakfast at a New York diner. I‘d say that a large stack in Australia would include three pancakes; this stack included five, not to mention the coffee whose smallest option was a jumbo mug. If I don’t survive, it has been great knowing all of you.
My inner child was most pleased at the Natural History Museum today.
The World Trade Center’s overall public space, memorial fountains and underground museum are incredibly beautiful, respectful and tasteful. Everything exceeded my expectations.
The US continues to surprise… we quickly ducked into a Burger King for the first time in years—since it was replaced by Hungry Jack’s in Australia—and the restaurant has table service and serves alcohol. Whaaa…?