Summer Vacation - part 1

Our vacation this summer was a unique concoction of long-found joys and new adventures. We spent the first part of our 6-day vacation in (of all places) Los Angeles! A great opportunity for Shea, teaching a class session at the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola, which landed in the middle of our original camping reservation dates. So, we decided to stay local for 3 days and enjoy the beauties and classiness of LA. We had three great day trips: The first was to the Getty Art Museum in Los Angeles. The second was a trip to the Griffith Observatory in LA, and the third was to the LA Zoo.

The last 3 days of our vacation were centered around a road trip to San Francisco (thank you for helping pay for this, Rosemead!) to the 115th Annual American Psychological Association Convention. - See post #4 for more information. :)

Part 1

The Getty is so beautiful architecturally on its own. Shea and I both are amateur art appreciators and love spending what time we have reflecting on beauty and what an artist is communicating through his/her work. Some of the highlights for us this time around at the Getty were Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, in which we discussed for probably an hour! (it's a deep painting), the collection of Oudry's animal paintings, and the beautiful LA skyline.

We then went down to Belmont Shores beach and had a great picnic dinner, overlooking massive ships in the port.