Long weekend in L.A.

We spent the long weekend here in L.A. Both of us liked it a lot more than we expected. We were staying in Beverly Hills and spent a lot of time in West Hollywood.

Mandatory Hollywood sign photo.

From 2009-09 Los Angeles

We stayed in a cool 50s hotel:

From 2009-09 Los Angeles

Walked the stars...

From 2009-09 Los Angeles

We visited the Warner Bros studio for a behind the scenes look at how films are made.

From 2009-09 Los Angeles

Walked Venice Beach.

From 2009-09 Los Angeles

A weekend in Dublin for Darina and James' wedding + Carroll family welcome Alex!

Loved being back home, even if it just for a weekend!
James and Darina both looked stunning:

From 2009-08 Darina and James wedding

Not to mention Conrad!

From 2009-08 Darina and James wedding

Obviously there was air guitar.

From 2009-08 Darina and James wedding

And Jenny went to Cork to see new baby Alex!

From 2009-08 Darina and James wedding

Kite flying on Ocean Beach

10 months after Jenny bought it for me, I finally got around to flying my kite. Power kite is the only way to describe it.

From 2009-08 San Francisco Kite Flying

Camping in Hell Gate

We went camping in Hell Gate - a 5 hour drive north of SF.

The campsite had a beautiful swimming hole nearby:

From 2009-08 Hell Gate Camping

We learned that Toby can actually swim!

From 2009-08 Hell Gate Camping

I shot a gun (well, kinda):

From 2009-08 Hell Gate Camping

Toby in a bag

Timbuk2 (Jenny's company) are experiemnting with doggy bags. Here's a very unhappy Toby in a prototype!

From 2009-08 Toby in a bag

The Adams clan visit California

Mam, Dad and Irene came to visit. We did a lot in the two weeks they were here.

Mandatory holiday snap:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

Dad was allowed drive my car:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

We took a trip to Napa:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

Went to a gig with Irene in the Greek theater in Berkeley:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

Mam loved walking up hills...

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

We went to Lake Tahoe...

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

...and stayed in a log cabin:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

We went swimming:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

Irene drove a speedboat...with Mam in the back:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

We visited the Missions in Carmel and drove down to a very foggy Big Sur:

From 2009-07 Mam + Dad + Irene in SF

The tallest trees on Earth

Jenny and I went camping in the giant Redwoods - the tallest trees on Earth!

From 2009-07 Redwoods

It's hard to describe how big these trees are. Check out these fallen trees for scale!

From 2009-07 Redwoods

From 2009-07 Redwoods

And we drove through a few trees!

From 2009-07 Redwoods

From 2009-07 Redwoods