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Apr 27

Photo-a-Day 2013: Week 15

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The week of April 8-14 was a little more sedate after the heavy work build-up to and then the week working at Response Expo. Outside of a Sunday trip down to OC for a 1-year-old’s birthday party, followed by a couple of hours at Disneyland, I pretty much kept it low-key and around L.A. Let’s take a look at the images.

8-APR-2013: An early morning look across the apartment from the dining room table.

8-APR-2013: An early morning look across the apartment from the dining room table.

9-APR-2013: A late evening look across the apartment from the dining room table.

9-APR-2013: A late evening look across the apartment from the dining room table.

10-APR-2013: #Humblebrag. Seriously, it was great to spend time with Bob Knight before and after his Response Expo keynote.

10-APR-2013: #Humblebrag. Seriously, it was great to spend time with Bob Knight before and after his Response Expo keynote.

11-APR-2013: The first steps of the Kings' Jeff Carter and the anticipation of the Colorado Avalanche bench show the essence of a game-deciding NHL shootout.

11-APR-2013: The first steps of the Kings’ Jeff Carter and the anticipation of the Colorado Avalanche bench show the essence of a game-deciding NHL shootout.

12-APR-2013: I like them apples.

12-APR-2013: I like them apples.

13-APR-2013: The Peristyle captured from the L.A. Coliseum turf following USC's annual spring football game.

13-APR-2013: The Peristyle captured from the L.A. Coliseum turf following USC’s annual spring football game.

14-APR-2013: Main Street U.S.A., Disneyland. Enough said.

14-APR-2013: Main Street U.S.A., Disneyland.

Apr 25

Photo-a-Day 2013: Week 14

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The first week of April brought a rather early Response Expo. I am the content director of this marketing industry trade event, which I co-founded seven years ago. Our annual event was bumped back a month from its normal May timeframe thanks to some hotel scheduling issues. Still, it’s never a bad time to be in San Diego. Here’s the week that was April 1-7.

1-APR-2013: Response Expo speaker badges awaiting speakers in San Diego.

1-APR-2013: Response Expo speaker badges awaiting speakers in San Diego.

2-APR-2013: Coach Bob Knight nears the end of his stirring 75 minute keynote presentation at Response Expo.

2-APR-2013: Coach Bob Knight nears the end of his stirring 75-minute keynote presentation at Response Expo.

3-APR-2013: Performance has become as much of a staple of the Response Expo Bayfront Celebration event as the San Diego sunset.

3-APR-2013: Performance art has become as much of a staple of the Response Expo Bayfront Celebration event as the San Diego sunset.

4-APR-2013: Halfpipe surfers wowed the crowd at the Wave House during the Response Expo closing party.

4-APR-2013: Halfpipe surfers wowed the crowd at the Wave House during the Response Expo closing party.

5-APR-2013: It'd been more than 30 years since I'd stepped aboard one of San Diego's best-known tourist attractions.

5-APR-2013: It’d been more than 30 years since I’d stepped aboard one of San Diego’s best-known tourist attractions.

6-APR-2013: A perfect sunset above Dodger Stadium during my first visit of the season.

6-APR-2013: Back home in L.A., just in time for a perfect sunset above Dodger Stadium during my first visit of the season.

7-APR-2013: I traveled with the Cup champs to Anaheim for a playoff-paced battle against the Ducks.

7-APR-2013: I traveled to Anaheim to watch the Cup champs in a playoff-paced battle against the Ducks.

Apr 23

Photo-a-Day 2013: Week 13

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It’s been a busy few weeks since the last post, but I am about ready to get caught up on the Photo-a-Day project on the blog!

For this week’s images, I’m cutting the images to six days in order to coincide with the final day (and Sunday) of March. Until now, the weekly updates have run on a Tuesday-thru-Monday schedule, since New Year’s Day was a Tuesday. But this natural break at the end of the first quarter allows a simple change to a normalized Monday-thru-Sunday schedule from here on out.

These photos revolve heavily around downtown Los Angeles. Let’s take a look (and remember, to see a larger version of any image, just click on the image you want to expand).

26-MAR-2013: Wishing on a full moon over Hope Street, DTLA.

26-MAR-2013: Wishing on a full moon over Hope Street, DTLA.

27-MAR-2013: Nighttime lights in DTLA highrises through my living room blinds.

27-MAR-2013: Highrise lights in DTLA through my living room blinds.

28-MAR-2013: Some things never change, like rows of beach cruisers lining the walkways of the USC campus.

28-MAR-2013: Some things never change, like rows of beach cruisers lining the walkways of the USC campus.

29-MAR-2013: One reason why DTLA's Golden Gopher is one of my favorite bars.

29-MAR-2013: One of many reasons why DTLA’s Golden Gopher is one of my favorite bars.

30-MAR-2013: Plenty of samples across the bar at Angel City Brewery's tasting room in DTLA.

30-MAR-2013: Plenty of samples across the bar at Angel City Brewery’s tasting room in DTLA.

31-MAR-2013: Gloomy weather was no match for mimosas during brunch at Gladstone's in Malibu.

31-MAR-2013: Gloomy weather was no match for bottomless mimosas during Easter brunch at Gladstone’s in Malibu.