Photo in the bathroom at Mehran

...the Pakistani restaurant where we ate this evening.

Portrait head

A sculptor who taught in prison did this head of one of his students.

Watched a great game at the Fox & Goose

Arsenal stuns Barcelona, 2-1, in Champions League play - latimes.com

Piano wrapped in cardboard

I got the music for 9 to 5

Culvert graffiti

Another architectural model

Piano all over the floor

Couches in the alley

Superb model

...by a USC architecture student.

Recording session at the Track Shack

with the Ron Davis Big Band...

Note Mr. Bill on top of the monitor.

Another great BATTLESTAR GALACTICA-inspired poster....

In the middle of the Super Bowl party...

I got a call from STC that they had broken a string during the matinee and needed it repaired. So I left the party, still wearing my Lebowski shirt, and fixed the piano while the cast watched (above). I got back to the party in time to watch most of the exciting second half.

We went to see MUSICAL OF MUSICALS THE MUSICAL

Incredible show — catnip for Broadway lovers. One of the cleverest parodies we've seen.

Battlestar Galactica-inspired poster

Rachel's name on TV!

Largest Christmas town ever

...even includes a nautical section.

The old store

I happened to be in the area and dropped by the old location of Larrick Piano, which closed three years ago. It's still empty.

EAGLEHEART is finally going on the air

Read the full article here. (Rachel did costumes on this show.)

Buddha's hand

Coffin used in high-school production...

... of House of Blue Leaves

Piano on the edge

There wasn't enough room for the piano on the altar, so this church placed it hanging over the edge, with one leg on a pedestal outside the altar.

Portland train

My customer works for the German firm Siemens who made the Sacramento light rail. This model is of the Portland light rail, which he also worked on.

Street sofa

Where are all the events? you ask

I think he goes to Riverside

Rincones de mi Tierra

This is the Mexican folk dance group that performed at our Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Midwinter Dinner.

Dancing toy

Taylor's cow

At Trader Joe's in Davis

...made out of bicycle parts.

Street art

Peanut-free zone

Cow at Taylor's

Behind the banquet room at the Hilton

Music room at Courtyard School

...formerly the copier room.

Great street name!

Paul playing his dulcimer

Turtle loaf, Berkeley

First-class topiary

The Composer is Dead

We went to see The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snicket at Berkeley Rep. You can see the album here.

Revenge message

On the piece of plywood on the right is handwritten: "I HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU AND I WILL FIND YOU."

Metal cone Christmas tree

Tracking Betty vs. Veronica on Google's Ngram

See the live chart here. Change the search words and see what happens!

The best I ever had

This is the control panel for a Toto toilet that I used today. It can wash your nether parts from the front or the back and then dry you with warm air. The Roman Emperors could only dream of such things.

I love matchbook art

I'm trying to get a little bit of that look in my Foodstuffs illustrations.

Someone brought a rug for her dog

This kitchen counter would make a fine puppet theatre

At the annual New Year's Day party

...where I always get to play "The Weight" and many other great songs. We also played the Powdermilk Biscuit song several time.

Footsteps in the frozen grass