Kavi is a DJ living somewhere in the Valley. We met up in North Hollywood for a quick photo session.
Savvy Paige
Squirrel Scouts!
Ride n’ Hile II
Jeff C. has been putting on some really fun motorcycle rides on Fridays. First, we made our way to the PCH and into the Santa Monica Mountains for a 31 mile ride:
http://goo.gl/maps/1WMr5
Our first stop was Paramount Ranch where we explored old sets of TV and movie Westerns:
http://www.nps.gov/samo/
Next, we rode for 21 miles to Point Dume with a quick stop at Pavillions:
http://goo.gl/maps/PVaS0
Here is the data from my GPS.
RESTRICTED AREA
Ride n’ Hike
This ride started at Norm’s Restaurant in Santa Monica; cheap food, big portions. We left for a little cruise up the PCH then pause in front of Pepperdine to take in the ocean view. Next, it’s canyon carving in the famed Santa Monica Mountains. We took Latigo Canyon Road and Kanan Dune Road to Rustic Canyon General Store & Grill, 2598 Sierra Creek Rd, Agoura CA 91301. Then, a bit more of the twisties on Mulholland Hwy to Yerba Buena Rd which took us back to the ocean toward our final destination: hiking in Leo Carrillo State Park to a SEA CAVE.
Photos stolen from Facebook, from Marcel M., Richie T., Jeff C. and Walt C. Mine are still not developed yet.
Fresh Rolls for 2013
I’ve been shooting a bunch of film lately since I’m Mr.Unemployed guy, and with an interest to keep this blog rolling with fresh content, I present you with a couple photos from my first two rolls of 2013. When I get around to developing the pile of exposed film on my desk, I’ll post some more. Check out more of my photography work on my now extremely outdated site; photo.benmook.com
Vasquez Rocks
PIZZA!
I have a problem. A pizza problem; I absolutely love everything about pizza. So, what better way to enjoy pizza than to build one DIY style? With his particular concoction, you don’t need to let the dough rise so you can eat pizza faster. Let’s start with the basic dough recipe. In a medium to large mixing bowl add the following and mix very well. The dough should be slightly sticky and dry. This should result in 3 12″ thin crust pies.
3 cups flour
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 1/4 cup warm water (110 degrees F)
Let’s get into the sauce. While this is still extremely experimental for me at the moment, so I will show you what I’ve been using recently. If I was in your kitchen I would probably add quite a bit more into the sauce depending on what is in your spice rack. All of this can be mixed right into the can of tomato sauce; stir well.
1 can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon oregeno
1 teaspoon sugar
1 heavy squirt of Sriracha hot sauce
1 teaspoon garlic salt
Roll out the dough using a generous amount of flower to keeps things from staying sticky. Top the pizza with a generous amount of sauce and fresh graded mozzarella cheese. Vegetables that have a lot of water should be cut thin, salted to extract water then dried to keep the crust crispy. Use a bit of olive oil around the crust to enhance flavor. Bake on a pizza stone or baking sheet for 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees F.
Enjoy!
Motorcycle trip; complete map.
Here we go, all the .gpx files I collected along my motorcycle trip, on one big map. Unfortunatly, this file is much to large (7.7 MB) for Google Maps to parse, so it’s represented as a static image. I used the command line tool gpsbabel to merge 35+ tracks together. Check out my blog post about this tool here. –> https://blog.benmook.com/185/
Download the final .gpx file here