Mmmmm Paella! Our connoisseur of dining-out has been at it again. He’s always on the hunt for great food and eating his way into new adventures. In this issue he tries brunch at “Bar Dough” and dinner at “El Five”… both in Denver, Colorado. AT BAR DOUGH Bar Dough is an Italian kitchen that […]
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By Cathy Addoms Fall is great when the weather cools down and the leaves change. But it’s also a time when things get busy as we head into the holiday season, kids may be going back to school and sometimes you just need some food ideas and options that will make your life easier. This […]
THE BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORIC DEL CORONADO HOTEL AND RESORT. Hotel del Coronado (a Curio Collection Hotel by Hilton) is an iconic destination on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, just minutes from downtown San Diego. It’s Coronado Island setting, with a wonderful white sand beach, captures the relaxed beauty and seaside charm of […]
SAN DIEGO HAS BEAUTIFUL DAYS AND SO MUCH TO DO! San Diego is a beautiful city on the Pacific coast of California, known for its beaches, parks and a great year-round climate. It is approximately 120 miles south of Los Angeles and is adjacent to the Mexico border. The immense Balboa Park is the site of San Diego’s renowned […]
Njideka Akunyili Crosby with her diptych painting “Garden, Thriving”, 2016. Photograph: Photo by Graeme Robertson taken for the Guardian. Njideka Akunyili Crosby is a Nigerian born artist living in Los Angeles. The painting below, “Garden, Thriving” is in the permanent collection of the LA MOCA Grand Avenue, in downtown Los Angeles, CA. The left […]
“Rene François Ghislain Margritte, The Fifth Season” At the Museum of Modern Art San Francisco René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for creating witty and thought-provoking images, often depicting ordinary objects shown in unusual contexts. His work is known for challenging observers’ preconditioned perceptions of reality. Surrealism was […]
The Omni La Costa Resort ARTS & FOOD presents a first-person look at what to consider while hosting a 3-day gathering when you want a break from the usual chain-motel-drudgery. A place to go that’s set up for fun and a memorable family reunion! Megan and Damon Black’s family group was made up of 23 […]
Museum Quality Art For Your Walls! The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art now has a Custom Print on Demand Wall Art Service! Have you ever wanted true museum quality art on your walls? The traditional museum posters have always been printed in fugitive offset printing inks that fade over time leaving your framed […]
The ancient Romans called the hottest, most humid days of summer the “DOG DAYS.” Their name came from astronomy. They associated the hottest days of the year with a constellation prominent in the summer sky known as “Canis Major,” and the brightest star in that constellation known as the “Dog-Star” or “Sirius.” You and I now enter these […]
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman Wilson House – Relocated and Reconstructed as an Architectural Exhibit on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, AR. Alice Walton, the founder and creative force behind Crystal Bridges Museum, has purchased and moved Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman Wilson House (c.1954), originally located in Somerset County, N.J., to a plot […]