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The Phoenix Convention Center features some pretty cool modern architecture, with big sweeping glass and metal structures. I snapped this photo as I stepped out for lunch, leaving the chill of air conditioning for the scorching 38°C sunlight.

Some kind of historic area in Phoenix. I guess it's original, but it's still very out of place, since Phoenix didn't exactly spring up in Victorian period the way San Francisco did. Take my word, this makes no sense out here.

This little section of LA (Silver Lake) features lots of shops with handpainted storefronts and signs. This one is quite elaborate and I appreciate it.

There's lots of type in this this style, but it's nice to see the genuine article.

Not the clearest day, but this was the first time I had seen the California coast (San Francisco doesn't count). I'm still a little shocked by how the mountains in this area pop up out of nowhere.

Sometimes I feel like every store needs this. I have found myself often unable to ask for directions in large cities (New York, London, et al.) because I don't speak, y'know, every language on Earth.

Obviously, this is a remark on the massive Spanish-speaking population in SoCal. But it's odd because this is an otherwise stodgy eyewear shop. Where do they get off with cheeky social commentary?

I'm in LA now, and figuring out how to get places. I've already underestimated the massive scale of the city and how spread out it is. I've looked up how to travel to certain faraway neighbourhoods and it seems downright absurd that I would take two buses and a train to get from A to B. Maybe it's true, i do need a car.

I ate the whole thing. In retrospect, it wasn't the best move, and I did not sleep well. I guess I have a weak east coast stomach.

The final day in Chicago, I find myself, as I often do, roaming the streets of a foreign city with little goal or intention, save to photograph the geometric randomness observed in the unity of sun and stone and glass. Chicago is suitable for such a charge.

At the FUSE Conference. Here are the photos I snapped in my awkward, paparazzi-esque moment.

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