by Christina Waters | Apr 19, 2009 | Art, Home |
Armed with a hefty Zagat rating – 24 no less – and a streamlined lunch concept, Tues-Sat Zuni-style non-gooey pizzas and salads – Gabriella continues to showcase the skills of chef Brad Briske in an effort to conquer the culinary world.
Former UCSC Chancellor Bob Sinsheimer has recently been seen grinning broadly after polishing off one of Gabriella’s new pizzas. And if you need more nudging, the delicious plein air paintings of Charles Prentiss go on display inside the dining rooms starting July 1. (This one’s titled Highway 129.)
by Christina Waters | Apr 5, 2009 | Art, Home |
A pilgrimage for my grandmother, that’s what last week’s visit was to the sundrenched Liberace Museum. Located conveniently next door to Las Vegas’ McCarran Airport, the museum is a meticulously preserved shrine to all things Liberace, the ultimate dress-up queen and role model for every Vegas ham from Elton John to Sigfried & Roy.
This would be the perfect setting for PhD research on the little-known friendship between Liberace and Elvis. If you think for even one minute about those rhinestone mini-capes The King wore during his late, great Vegas days, you’ll immediately get the connection.
Astonishing in its scope, the Museum holds treasures from the golden age of schlock performance that are worthy of the Smithsonian. Oh I expected clouds of maribou and tons of rhinestones — and I got them! — but I was (more…)
by Christina Waters | Apr 4, 2009 | Art |
by Christina Waters | Apr 4, 2009 | Art |
by Christina Waters | Apr 4, 2009 | Art |
by Christina Waters | Apr 4, 2009 | Art |
