On July 19th, 2012, L.A. DAWN…
…is something I rarely miss when at home – usually with eyes open just before the first glimmer of light rolls over the San Gabriel Mountains…this morning at…
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On July 16th, 2012, PAPEL PICADO…
…’strings of paper flags with kaleidoscope cut-outs used as festive decorations throughout Mexico…traced back to the Aztecs’ hand made by Taller Arte Papel Oaxaca with local stalks of flax was…
On July 15th, 2012, THE VENICE BEACH BIENNIAL…
…not to be confused with that other thing going on over there in Italy – casually and graciously infiltrates, while paying homage to, the existing landscape of art,…
On July 10th, 2012, SUNSET LA WELCOME…
…back after a few months away, happy to home in California which always put those Joni Mitchell words through my mind…Oh California I’m coming home, Oh make me feel…
On July 9th, 2012, FCO>LAX…
…from Rome to L.A. was only part of a much longer day, starting with getting in a car at the Pollinaria farm in Abruzzo at 1am to a…
On June 19th, 2012, FLYING OVER THE DOME…
…this evening after 24 hours checking in on the homefront, and now headed ‘back east’ as they refer to it here ‘out west’ to New York City where…
On May 23rd, 2012, ‘THE FOREST AND THE PEOPLE:…
…The Story of the Angeles National Forest‘ is the title of this charming 48-page booklet by W.W. Robinson and illustrated by Irene Robinson, published by the Title Insurance…
On May 20th, 2012, ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE…
…is the rare event that came to us here in LA late this afternoon from 5:24 until 7:42, peaking at 6:48, so up on the deck I arranged…
On May 16th, 2012, LEO CARRILLO STATE BEACH…
…was always one of my favorite city escapes when I first moved to LA from NYC in 1999, when everything was all California Dreaming newness to me, which…
On May 14th, 2012, RUNYON CANYON…
..the scenic Hollywood Hills / Santa Monica Mountains park popular with fit youngish Angelenos in the ‘industry’ is not a place I get to visit very often, but…
On May 12th, 2012, MATILIJA POPPIES…
…or Romneya coulteri, or fried-egg flower, are the towering white petaled and yellow native Californians whose drama is greeting visitors to the Theodore Payne Foundation right now (the…
On May 11th, 2012, CRESCENT CITY: A HYPEROPERA…
…opened tonight, featuring set installations by artist friends Alice Konitz and Katie Grinnan (presenting a bright shiny colorful dramatic ‘Junk Heap’). Crescent City is a hyperopera with music by…
On April 25th, 2012, FLYING OVER THE 110…
…with the San Gabriels in the distance was my welcome home yesterday.
On March 9th, 2012, SUNSET TRIANGLE PLAZA…
…was a jolt to the eyes on a hot bright midday lunch excursion to Forage today, coming upon the brand new street-to-plaza conversion at this very familiar intersection…
On March 4th, 2012, A CLEAR WARM WINTER NIGHT…
…after a hot sunny summer-like 80 degree day spent in shorts gardening is my prelude to a late night red-eye to NYC, and all of the early March…
On February 23rd, 2012, IN CONVERSATION AT CCA…
…for the Otis College of Art & Design’s Graduate Public Practice convention occupation program called Re/Locating Learning: Public Practices as Art at the College Art Association 100th Annual…
On February 22nd, 2012, WEEKLY FOOD CART VILLAGE OFF FIGUEROA…
…caught me off guard while doing some L.A. re-entry grocery shopping on the other side of the hill in Highland Park, exiting Figueroa Produce – my new favorite…
On February 21st, 2012, 110 NORTH L.A. RE-ENTRY ON AIRPORT BUS…
…is a typical return to town lately, delivering me to Union Station – the highlight of which is the vista of the city and mountains (if you’re lucky)…
On February 12th, MY BARBARIAN’S BROKE PEOPLE’S BAROQUE PEOPLES’ THEATER
…kicked off last night at LA’s Human Resources in Chinatown (where, despite the crowd, I managed to get real Doris Day parking – right at the front door)…
On February 11th, 2012, LUNCHEON ON THE NEW BLUE TABLE…
…(a triangular modular system that can take just about any form you can imagine) in my dome organized by Francois Perrin this afternoon was an intimate kick-off for…