night wandering

Just a quick post with some night wanderings. I'm in Auckland now, but didn't make it out yesterday before the sun set, so I'm keeping this...

Jon BerryMarch 20, 2018art, street art, neon, auckland, new zealand, festival, cool stuff, design, inspiration, nightComment

bright spot

I have been slow about booking my travel along the way this trip, and this time it kinda bit me, but that turned out to be a silver lining that may have led to the best...

Jon BerryMarch 17, 2018art, design, inspiration, festival, cool stuff, favorites, melbourne, australia, travel, street artComment

wild life

My last night in Melbourne, I went to check out the St. Kilda Penguins. I hadn't known about them on my first jaunt out to St. Kilda, so I decided it was...

Jon BerryMarch 17, 2018melbourne, australia, zoo, beach, travel, inspirationComment

melbourne nights

The last couple days have been work days, so haven't gotten out during the day, but I still managed to get out in the evenings. Randomly on Tuesday I realized...

Jon BerryMarch 15, 2018melbourne, australia, soccer, food, festival, nightComment

down by the river

I spent a good part of my weekend at Melbourne's Moomba Festival. It's held on the banks of the river in the heart of...

Jon BerryMarch 13, 2018melbourne, australia, festival, carnival, rides, fun stuffComment

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

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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