Mia and I took a drive up the Pacific Coast Highway and wound up snapping a few shots around her beautiful campus. I took one shot specifically to play around with in Photoshop using the tilt-shift mimicking technique that I mentioned in a previous post. Basically, by manipulating the areas of focus within the image, it seems more like a miniature scale model rather than the real thing.

After getting a few requests to see the original, I included it below. Believe it or not, I didn’t touch the sky in this image. It was really that gorgeous up in Malibu that day.

Pepperdine University Campus

Tilt Shift Experiment

And of course, a recent restaurant that I need to recommend*:

Turner New Zealand (Costa Mesa, CA)- If you a can appreciate a good steak and are in Orange County, CA, you should definitely check this place out. They serve all-natural, hormone-free meats & seafood from New Zealand. An extensive wine list and friendly staff. I had the fillet and found it hard to believe that it was only seasoned with organic sea salt and pepper, as the flavor was amazing. (thanks for the recommendation, Scott!) At the time of this post, their website was experiencing uptime issues, so here is an alternate link to a review of the establishment.

* BTW: you can use the SEARCH function above to find past recommendations in your local area. Just type “restaurant” and your city.