On August 9th, 2012, THE CHEZ PANISSE FRUIT BOWL…
…we shared at the end of our meal last night (which also happened to fall on Julia Child’s 100th birthday, marked by the restaurant with a special menu)…
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On August 8th, 2012, A BERKELEY EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD TOUR…
…with Alice Waters this afternoon (wearing the crazy 10 foot long triangular multi-indigo-blue linens and cottons shawl/scarf I had just knit and presented to her at lunch –…
On August 7th, 2012, KNITTED NECK RAINBOW…
…is what I am tentatively calling this latest (pretty gay) knitted creation that seemed to emerge out of my busy needles without much planning – which started with…
On August 6th, 2012, WALKING STICK CACTUS…
…or Cylindropuntia spinosior, in the cactus gardens buried in the sloping pine woods of the Montalvo Arboretum and County Park – lights up with a halo of back-lit low sun…
On August 5th, 2012, YARROW…
…or Achillea millefolium is a favorite pollinator attractor, providing a broad horizontal landing pad for lots of good airborne visitors – today found in Montalvo culinary fellow Niki…
On August 4th, 2012, SAVING THE SEASON…
…is the name of Kevin West’s canning, jamming, culinary endeavor and if you’re lucky enough to have him over for a meal, he’ll even bring you some of…
On August 3rd, 2012, NEWTON AND HELEN MAYER HARRISON…
…the trail-blazing artist couple now based in Santa Cruz whose work I have been aware of since college days – their early work taking the form of radical …
On August 2nd, 2012, THE ELEPHANT SEALS…
…we visited yesterday – all males at the moment, sunning and molting on the beach – along the California central coast off Highway 1 was one of my…
On August 1st, 2012, MADONNA INN…
…the classic motel monument to California kitch at it’s most exuberant and flamboyant – conceptualized and constructed by the butch cowboy builder of freeways, Alex Madonna in 1958…
On July 31st, 2012, A MIDSUMMERS LUNCH ON TREE STUMPS…
…brought together various visiting Euro friends and new L.A. friends – the day before I depart for four months mostly away from home – finally making use of…
On July 30th, 2012, PEARL HSIUNG’S RAINBOW…
…at the Hammer Museum’s biennial show Made in L.A. is a dramatic L.A. spirited standout that responds nicely to the strange rainbow shaped window she found on the…
On July 29th, 2012, JOHN BALDESSARI AND HANS ULRICH OBRIST…
…packed the LACMA Art Catalogues space and lobby with crowds to hear an engaging interview event marking his new artist book.
On July 28th, 2012, KABOCHA SQUASH…
…(my favorite variety by far) seeds from last years squash were casually seeded all over the garden this winter, producing this summer’s crazy scrambling vines which are gratefully…
On July 27th, 2012, BASKETS, BASKETS, BASKETS…
…are suddenly on my mind – perhaps inspired by the 95 year old Abruzzian basket-maker we met as part of Domestic Integrities research in Italy – and seeming…
On July 24th, 2012, ‘WHERE THE HEART BEATS: JOHN CAGE, ZEN BUDDHISM, AND THE INNER LIFE OF ARTISTS’…
…is the new book about John Cage which I ordered while I was still reading about it in the New York Times a few days ago – and…
On July 23rd, 2012, KNITTING UP A BLUE STORM…
…is one reason I have been slow to post things here as they happen, having been taken over by knitting-mania which started with learning how to spin wool…
On July 22nd, 2012, BUDAPEST EDIBLE ESTATE UPDATE…
…came this morning with the latest weekly photos by local photographer Andras Kare – from Blood Mountain Foundation – taken just yesterday during a mega-weeding session, showing some…
On July 20th, 2012, STREET TOMATOES…
…sprouted up as wild volunteers in a bed of succulents I just established at my curb this winter, and as usual the tomatoes growing on my sanctioned plants (twelve)…
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…
On July 18th, 2012, ANOTHER ILLEGAL FRONT YARD VEG GARDEN…
…story is making it’s way through the media these days (Huffington, Boing Boing, CBC, Daily Mail UK, Montreal Gazette, and Treehugger to name a few) – this time…