Sculpting a Plan for Peace
The Rosecrans Project Art Exhibit, is the work of San Diego-based sculptor Brad Burkhart, whose inspiration for the project is the process of envisioning a post-war world. The opening reception is this Friday, June 29, at 6pm at Louden Nelson Center. It began when...
The Wine Boss, the Wine . . .
Well, the wine I fell in love with was a Windy Oaks Pinot Noir 2003 to die for! It had everything - supple, plummy, some olallieberry, a hint of leather (the kind on a jacket that has been worn by an Italian BMW driver) and only 14.2 alcohol. Enough to hold all those...
Art at the Beach
Porcelain artist Jenny Morten is at it again — plan to show up at Esplanade Park in Capitola, on June 24 to be amazed by Morten's delicate vases and bowls in colors of the sea. Sumptuous stuff. "Art at the Beach" - it was good enough for Monet. It's good enough for...
What are we reading?
Well, I'll tell you. Here's what's sitting on the coffee table as we head into summer. Gertrude, Hermann Hesse's third novel - a love triangle involving a composer and his colleagues. Vasari's Lives of the Artists, v.2 - in which the chatty renaissance art...
Feed a Cold
River Cafe & Cheese Shop has blown me away once again. And it's not simply that one entire counter-top of fresh, decadent desserts should be declared illegal. Especially those addictive Valrhona chocolate brownies. The other day Jack had a cold, so to pamper him I...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.