Pacific Pinball Expo 2010—click thumbnail image to view panorama

There’s nothing like being in a room full of pinball machines that are all set to “free play.” With a collection spanning the entire history of pinball, the Pacific Pinball Expo in San Rafael was an extraordinary experience. These 1960s/1970s machines in the foreground were amongst my favorites, but there were hundreds more to play with.

This past weekend was the 2nd Annual LA Printers Fair, held at the International Printing Museum in Carson, California. I alluded to it previously on the Three Steps Ahead blog.  There was a fabulous selection of printing equipment as well as print-related art and design. My wife and I were vendors at the fair as well, and we had a swell time. Looking forward to next year’s fair!

This weekend, I had the opportunity to sleep over at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and I couldn’t resist taking a few PictureBubbles° while I was there. Above is the “Birds of the World” exhibit, and below is the museum’s Fin Whale skeleton, under which we camped out for the night in tents.

Posting on Carel Struycken’s behalf here…
Carel recently completed a brilliant virtual tour of the Curaçao Maritime Museum. Stunning work, and a beautiful glimpse at Curaçao!