Long before Moni and I took to the road to spend this last July in New Mexico, I spent a couple months with her and her family down in San Dimas, California.

I’m usually a little lost in big cities. Vegas would be an exception, because it was once home, but usually cities make me a little uncomfortable. You see more people in 5 minutes down there in L.A. than you will up here in months on the North Slope (and that’s just on a quick trip to Target). I find it all just a little bit disconcerting.

Still, the big cities do have their strong points…

Oh yes, they do!

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Cuteness fenced in

Stop staring at me!!!

Adadarem Madmanart and Kwuemolly, Outer.Source

Just gorgeous!

Colorful

Gotta have skulls!

Wolves of Los Angeles

Not just a door, this is a porthole

Wild, and yet somehow peaceful (it’s an odd combination)

Lovely in blue

Mystical Garage Door

Creepy green Victorians (they hang out near the nice grandma, not sure why)

Sexy & Violency

Looking Up

Oh yes!

The interior design of a dragon

You can see right though her!

Almost missed this

Close-p of a large and very busy mural. (The whole thing was cool. I just figured I’d better pick.)

Possibly my favorite

You are being watched

Okay, this is just plain cool