seoul train

We went a little hard-core with our "acclimation day" by jumping on the bullet train into Seoul for a few hours. As much as it sounds like the wrong way to adapt to...

Jon BerryJanuary 30, 2018trains, south korea, seoul, olympics, travelComment

time flies

As much as anything, this is a post to let Mom know I made it safe and sound. (Hi Mom!) Yesterday (or maybe the day before? My day and time sensors are a bit confused right now) I jumped on a place for...

Jon BerryJanuary 28, 2018travel, traveltip, south korea, pyeongchang, olympics, design, televisionComment

shadowlands

I took a day off to play hooky on Monday and join my friend Andrew and friends Orville and Edward for a Six Flags day. A Monday in January is...

Jon BerryJanuary 24, 2018six flags, california, socal, rollercoasters, theme park, rides, fun, design, inspiration, photography, friends Comments

one in a (half) million

Saturday I joined 5 or 600,000 other like minded souls for this years Women's March in LA. Joining in late and on my own, I mainly ventured...

Jon BerryJanuary 23, 2018LA, protest, usa, downtown, historyComment

takin' it to the streets

The anniversary of the first Women's March seemed like a good time to post some pics from last year. As I mentioned before, it was...

Jon BerryJanuary 20, 2018history, protest, politics, LA, downtownComment

Last year I made a last minute decision to join the Womens March in Downtown LA. To some degree I was a bit of just an observer since I went with...

Jon BerryJanuary 17, 2018politics, protest, design, typography, signs, how toComment

valley views

A while back I mentioned a photography project I was doing for a couple bank offices in different parts of the city. An interior design firm had found a photo of mine and wanted...

Jon BerryJanuary 15, 2018LA, photography, the valley, california, socal, design, inspirationComment

flight path

Stepping back into my Christmas & New Years travel (I'm back in LA now, but never posted during the trip for some reason); it's not unusual to get great views when leaving LAX, but I lucked into...

Jon BerryJanuary 8, 2018travel, airlines, LA, gallery, photography, inspiration, design, manhattan beach, hermosa, redondo beach, californiaComment

great balls o' fire

Happy New Year! I traveled to Baltimore, Virginia, and Dallas over Christmas and New Years - and somehow I managed to take plenty of pics of what I was up to - and post absolutely none of them. For whatever reason...

Jon BerryJanuary 5, 2018new years, dallas, texas, fireworks, friends, fun, traditions, travel, design, photography, inspirationComment

dinner and a show

I fell off the blogging habit again. Oddly enough, I've been better about snapping pics more often, just not posting. It seems that back when I posted almost daily, it meant I filled posts often with mundane daily life or...

Jon BerryNovember 25, 2017friends, holidays, thanksgiving, dogs, california, socalComment

pupporazzi

I spent the day Saturday driving around Orange Country to shoot photos for another bank branch location, but since I knew the fall installment of SoCal Corgi Beach Day was...

Jon BerryOctober 31, 2017dogs, dog beach, corgis, corgi beach day, huntington beach, orange county, fun stuff, california, beachComment

another view

I mentioned in the last post that I would post some more pics from my Birthday Beach Beerz Bevz Brunch & Bikez day. (Of course i said...

Jon BerryOctober 21, 2017birthday, beach, beer, drinks, redondo beach, hermosa, bikes, friends, funComment

what a weekend, part 2

Part 2 of my whirlwind weekend was my annual Birthday Beach Beerz Bevz Brunch & Bikez pub cruise. Knowing that it isn't everybody's kinda thing, I generally just...

Jon BerryOctober 19, 2017friends, favorites, redondo beach, hermosa, beach, drinks, fun, bikes, birthdayComment

what a weekend, part 1

This weekend was a whirlwind of fun. My friend Myron from Dallas was here back in June and we went to a Dodger game during that weekend. Because he had bought those tickets...

Jon BerryOctober 17, 2017LA, dodgers, baseball, mlb, birthday, friends, downtownComment

rail pass

I took a hooky day last week with my friends Jon and Al and spent a few hours among the roller coasters at Six Flags. I originally had told them I couldn't join them, but two projects ended up...

Jon BerryOctober 9, 2017rollercoasters, friends, six flags, california, socal, theme park, rides, funComment

happy place

My buddy Mike was visiting from New Jersey the last couple days, and we really had no plan or agenda for what to do on Saturday (except that he wanted...

Jon BerryOctober 8, 2017dogs, dog beach, california, huntington beach, orange county, favorites, friends, socal, inspiration, photographyComment

bright nights, big city

Last Friday I was a part of Downtown Dark Nights, an outdoor arts, entertainment, music and shopping event held a few times a year at LA Live. This was the first...

Jon BerryOctober 4, 2017LA, downtown, art, fun stuff, osoportoComment

everything's rosy

When a friend gets tickets to the Wolfgang Puck suite at the UCLA game and texts to see if you want to go, you don't say no...

Jon BerryOctober 1, 2017football, california, socal, friends, fun, food, beerComment

leftovers

Back in LA now, but here a few slivers of random scenes left in the camera from my days in DC a week or two ago...

Jon BerrySeptember 19, 2017random, photography, DC, street art, travel, dogsComment

Jul 5, 2025

Fogged Fourth

For fairly obvious reasons, I wasn’t really in the mood to celebrate the 4th of July this year. The beach was quiet, which made it a good day to…

Jun 13, 2025

For the love of LA

I love this town. The pop of color from a streetside frutero, the touch of grit where graffiti meets art deco. A tangle of freeways and bougainvillea and taco stands and…

Jun 8, 2025

From mole patrol to maple bar

Friday I had my first biopsy. I think I like the drama of saying that, but it really wasn’t dramatic - just one of those “let’s be sure” things. Afterward…

Jun 3, 2025

Red, white & gold

Well I only recently got the project page added to the website a couple weeks ago, but I’m excited to share that the Circa graphics package for KRON-TV has been…

Jun 1, 2025

Filling in the gaps

Back when I was posting almost daily, I used to do these quick gallery-style posts - just little collections of images from the day. Nothing too curated. Mostly filler, really. But…

May 21, 2025

Old Boots, New Dust

Back in the day—something old posts here can definitely confirm—I was hitting the rodeo circuit once a month, sometimes even more. Some of those rodeos don’t exist anymore…

May 18, 2025

X Factor

A couple of weeks ago, I took a long weekend in Palm Springs. One of the perks of the trip was that it coincided with the biennial Desert X art exhibition, which features…

Nov 28, 2024

Thanksgiving at the Beach, at nineteen

Nineteen years ago, (!!) I began this blog with a post about Thanksgiving at the beach. I never would have guessed that nearly 20 years later, I’d still be…

Nov 9, 2024

a long time ago

Tuesday, I went to vote at SoFi Stadium. Living at the beach, I’ve been spoiled in that my normal voting location has often been someplace with an ocean view. Then in 2020…

Oct 31, 2024

happy howloween

Last Sunday I stopped by the annual Haute Dog Halloween Parade in Long Beach. It’s been a few years since I’ve been but you may recognize it from

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