Texas – Ice Hockey, Cowboys and the Grassy Knoll
Back in March, I went to Texas for a week for a work trip to visit colleagues in Plano, just north of Dallas. I was quite excited about my first…
Los Angeles – The Road to LAX, On Foot
The apartment we were staying at in LA had cable, so we would watch some ice hockey or some news (a cougar was spotted in Griffith Park!). On our last…
Los Angeles – Here Be Mammoths
Rob writing here. The next stop on our trip was the La Brea Tar Pits. The last time I was visited the tar pits was around 15 years ago, and…
Los Angeles – JPL, Where Mars Rovers are Made
Some of you may not know this, but I’m quite into my space stuff. And particularly Mars stuff. JPL, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is one of the most important parts of…
Los Angeles – Fast Food, Tattoos and Hollywood Stars
[Catching up on blog posts! Sorry these are quite late!!] After our great trip back to NZ in October, it was time to head back to the UK, but not…