I spent most of yesterday in downtown LA.
I saw Frank Gehry’s incredible Walt Disney concert hall, the LA MOCA, and a whole bunch of other landmarks, but frankly nothing impressed me as much as the downtown gallery walk and the Digital Art international expo organized by Mr. Rex Bruce of LACDA.

After the gallery walk I went over to the after-party hosted by Edgar Varela at his gallery on Alameda st. Being the outsider is never easy but Edgar was really friendly and made me feel right at home : )

As is always the case when traveling alone, I bumped into a bunch of interesting people whom I knew nothing about…
Of special note was George Stiehl, publisher of Citizen LA magazine, who was really sweet, modest and friendly.

I only wish I was more of a social animal - I’d probably meet more people that way… Anyway, I had a blast of a time and spent most of this morning preparing the pictures in this slide show as a tribute to Edgar’s hospitality and as a means to remind myself of last night in years to come.

If you want to read the captions I added or download a photo you can click on any photo and that will lead you to the Picasa album where they are all stored.

Enjoy…

I’ll be posting the pictures from my walk in Downtown LA and from the Downtown Gallery Walk just as soon as I get back home (boy oh boy things sure are piling up…).

Well time for breakfast…
All the best,
: )

Mike