Suffering The Benz

The Getty

Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz.

Here’s a photo of The Getty, which I visited during a recent trip to L.A. That’s the 405 snaking up the canyon to the right, heading toward Ventura. I still find it interesting the way Californians insert a definite article in front of highways. It’s The 405, not 405. It really struck me when a Californian was talking about a recent trip to Knoxville, when he was on “The I-40.”

I was barely back from Europe when I had to turn around and make a business journey to the West Coast. Turns out, one of my European buds was here waiting for me.

After several hours of editing, I’ve uploaded all of our Europe photos to the site. So far, I’ve broken them into five galleries: