I came across this article in a Canadian magazine on Cuba. The colors and texture immediately grabbed me. I love the notion that a bed bookends our life cycle, and the intimacy of that whole concept. I hope to meet with these photographers on my next trip to Cuba in March. In the meantime,...
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First triathlon under our belt. And boy are we glad its over! The weather for The Santa Barbara Triathlon Sunday could not have been more beautiful. Gorgeous and sunny – perfect temperature to spend an hour (or so) at the beach. For our first triathlon, we figured we better take it easy and do...
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I HATE asking for money – hate hate hate it. But for me, there are few causes that hit as close to home as AIDS, and so I push through the discomfort of asking because of what I have lost through this disease, and because I know that through support, we can make a...
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I confess I have not been knocked out by the iPad. In fact, I have struggled with exactly why it is such a “must have” accoutrement. And I am an apple girl! But until now, my mind had not been opened up to all the artistic possibilities of the iPad as a digital, pixelated,...
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I have been fortunate enough to celebrate another year on this earth. What I have found that thrills me in my middle years – among other things – is elephants. I had not such familiariaty for the species until traveling in Cambodia, where I was coincidentally reading “Like Water for Elephants”. That’s when I...
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Yesterday at JFK, a Jet Blue flight attendant hit his breaking point. Upon landing at JFK, Steven Slater, the flight attendant with the attitude, told passengers to remain seated. When a passenger started collecting his belongings from the overhead bin, disregarding the instructions, Mr Slater tried to stop him but instead, was hit in...
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Recent reports indicate that the famous restaurant /eco-project, The Yellow Treehouse Restaurant is coming back as a venue for private/corporate functions and events. Great news for companies running incentives to New Zealand and looking to create a spectacular experience. The Yellow Treehouse Restaurant, which operated from December 2008 to February 2009 as part of...
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I have been Dancing in the Dark with Bruce Springsteen. I consider myself often in the dark – sometimes as a result of a teenage son who won’t share information, sometimes when it comes to convoluted political processes. And now, I want to dine in the dark. Dans le Noir, a successful Paris-based restaurant...
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Dear Lizzie, Today USA Today weighed in on the commercialism that has become Eat Pray Love. I have decided a more fitting name for the book is Eat Pray Love Buy, which I think, you have to admit Liz, is better than Eat Pray Love Die. ‘Eat Pray Love’ is already at a store...
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Dear Liz, Liz, Liz, Liz, Liz, Liz. HOW could you? How COULD you? How could YOU? Of ALL people? I am sending you this letter my dearest Lizzie, to tell you that at least one of your devotées – one of your most devoted of devotées, has fallen off the Eat Pray Love bandwagon...
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Just a really odd little tidbit in the news. May want to wipe St Petersburg off the “Places to travel with Teens” list. ST. PETERSBURG — The Associated Press A Russian court has convicted two men of murdering and eating a 16-year-old schoolgirl in January. The St. Petersburg City Court says it sentenced a...
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“French lawmakers believe the burqa is a growing phenomenon beneath which lies a not-so-subtle message of fundamentalism.” “French lawmakers Tuesday recommended a partial ban on any veils that cover the face — including the burqa, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women. Commission members began their work six months ago after French President...
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To all the die-hard Captain Jack Sparrow stalkers, oops, fans out there – you know who you are. How much do you really love him? Enough to swim up to his yacht in the middle of the night, sneak up the rigging and lie in the bed, the very bed, he sleeps in? Well,...
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An e-mail has been going around highlighting the massacre of whales and Calderon dolphins in the Faroe Islands. In this day and age, how is this even possible? And in Denmark? Seems antithetical given their soft-spoken, proud nature. Japan, take heed, as well. Seems to me they should cull out the jack-asses and leave...
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On a recent flight to Sydney on Air New Zealand, I experienced for the first time, the power of the pod – Air NZ’s answer to a good night’s sleep at 37,000 feet. Now 3-weeks later, I am dismally confident that this experience has set impossible expectations for all future air travel, and find...
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We have just celebrated Stuart’s and my 10th year wedding anniversary with a soulful, southbound trip to Memory Lane, in the form of Sydney. Still coming off the buzz. What a lovely, lovely affirming thing to do. And to come to Sydney and share this important milestone with friends who have supported each of...
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Shane Koyczan “We Are More” (Click on picture to see video) After watching tonight’s Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies, I have enthusiastically fallen in love with Canada. I am completely overwhelmed by the Canadian spirit – the honesty, the incredible creative talent, the majesty and the life, so beautifully complimented by David Atkins incomparable artistic...
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To all the Fernandos and Chiquititas out there… Opening just two weeks ago, ABBAWORLD is a museum-cum-theme park in London with enough music, mementoes and memory-lane appeal to satisfy even the most fervent ABBA fan (and you KNOW who you are). “It started with, ‘How do we give the visitor a big hug in...
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“A man is pulled alive from rubble in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, after being buried for 12 days, the US military says.” As massochistic as it has been to watch each tragic, hopeless night of Haiti earthquake coverage – of the gut-wrenching, primal howling of a child in pain which affects me so deeply...
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I am happily ensconced in a small booth working the LA Art Show for an important client, a well-know art publication. And I’m buzzed by all the art and creative people around me. Artists, hippies, bohemians, eccentrics, taggers-turned-fine artists, hip collectors, hot curators, kids living in an art collective, just doing their...
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Boy and his Bowls
Serving up my take on life one bowl at a time
Ramshackle Chic
An eclectic state of mind
An Indian Summer