After many many years: Downtown L.A. again.
Much has changed there in the nine years since I last was in L.A. but some thing, like this shop window are still much the same.
One morning in the hill on the way to Santa Barbara.
Castroville, just south of Santa Cruz is the world capital of artichokes apparently. The artichoke festival with floats and an Artichoke Queen is in May. I'd love to come back for that some time.
The Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco mist.