lunacy

Saturday was a scorcher here (though it oddly didn't feel that hot), so I trekked out to St. Kilda Beach around sunset. My main destination was Luna Park, mainly because...

Jon BerryMarch 10, 2018melbourne, australia, beach, theme park, rollercoasters, history, design, inspiration, travelComment

funkytown

My move to Melbourne seems to have coincided with the "in a funk" stage of this trip hitting. It's pretty common - and it may be because...

Jon BerryMarch 9, 2018melbourne, australia, art, street art, design, inspiration, travelComment

coast isn't clear

I've moved on to Melbourne now for the next chapter of my down under tour, but the day before I left Sydney, I trekked out to...

Jon BerryMarch 7, 2018beach, sydney, australia, friends, travel, inspirationComment

mardi to the party

I hardly know where to begin to describe my Mardi Gras in Sydney. First off, I should explain that over 40 years, Mardi Gras here has grown and changed from...

Jon BerryMarch 4, 2018sydney, mardi gras, australia, parade, festival, friends, travel, inspirationComment

walkabout

Just some quick views of my walkabout yesterday from my place in Potts Point and through the Harbor (with a stop for...

Jon BerryMarch 2, 2018sydney, australia, architecture, gallery, design, inspiration, travelComment

a warm up

After a month of seriously cold winter in PyeongChang, I hopped on a plane for some Summer days in Australia. I'm in Sydney and the three days I've been here already are...

Jon BerryMarch 1, 2018australia, sydney, travel, friends, beer, fun, architecture, design, inspirationComment

last night

We ended up with some extra free time on our last night in South Korea. I hadn't had a chance to make it into the "coastal cluster" in Gangneung where...

Jon BerryFebruary 28, 2018pyeongchang, gangneung, south korea, olympics, friends, travel, design, art, street art, festival, beerComment

workin' it

As we enter the last week of Olympics, I figure I better get around to posting some of the work I've been up to here. The question I get most often from friends and family...

Jon BerryFebruary 20, 2018design, television, olympics, pyeongchang, nbc, patternComment

nothing ventured, nothing gained

Today was a fun day. I've gone more than 3 weeks without a haircut, which for me is a really really long time. It's been driving me crazy, but finding a...

Jon BerryFebruary 18, 2018pyeongchang, olympics, south korea, winter, festival, travelComment

time and again

It's hard to go far in South Korea without seeing uses of geometric patterns in everything from objects to architecture. The prevalence of these patterns is one of the influences we've injected into...

Jon BerryFebruary 17, 2018design, inspiration, pattern, south korea, seoul, pyeongchang, olympics, televisionComment

it's all downhill

"You guys want to go skiing?" is not the kind of text message I'm used to being woken up with. More surprising to me was seeing texts from two co-workers immediately say "sure." I had...

Jon BerryFebruary 13, 2018pyeongchang, south korea, skiing, travel, fun, friends, olympicsComment

alternate route

It's been a bit busy here, as you can probably imagine. I haven't lacked for things to snap pics of or write about, but just for finding the time to post them. We're usually making the most of our hours outside of our work shifts, even if...

Jon BerryFebruary 11, 2018pyeongchang, south korea, olympics, gallery, design, inspirationComment

setting the scene

Before I flood the blog with posts of Seoul (we took a second trip), I figured I should give a little bit of background on the lay of the land here in Pyeongchang. We work long shifts so its easy to get into...

Jon BerryFebruary 3, 2018olympics, design, pyeongchang, south korea, television, nbcComment

soul 2 seoul

Here are some scenes from our Monday impromptu trip into Seoul. The four of us who had arrived on Sunday made the trip in together. We had no...

Jon BerryJanuary 31, 2018travel, olympics, seoul, south korea, architecture, food, friendsComment

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

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

Oct 30, 2024

a hallowed evening

When you live in LA, its not uncommon for people to make pretty elaborate productions of things, especially Halloween. This past weekend…

Oct 13, 2024

another revolution

I celebrated another revolution around the sun by taking a day to ride the Revolution and lots of other coasters at Magic Mountain this year. After a road trip to three parks...

Oct 9, 2024

completing the circle

About a year ago, I started working on what may be one of my favorite projects I’ve ever done. It finally went public last week, so I can finally share it with you here: the new brand identity for KRON-TV...

Oct 7, 2024

not today

The last few months (and year!) have been pretty busy, so when my friends Elsa and Jeremy asked if I wanted them for a free Disneyland day last week for Jeremy’s birthday, I had to say yes.

May 15, 2018

lisbits

Just a quick update, cause I've got less than 24 hours left in Portugal. I'm in Porto now, but pretty much allowed myself the time to stay in and rest in order to…

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