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HOTEL: The Historic Del Coronado in San Diego, CA

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 […]

Every Season is the Right Season for a Vacation in San Diego

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 […]

LA MOCA: Njideka Akunyili Crosby – Nigerian Born

Njideka (a girl)

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 […]

René Margritte at MoMASF

“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 […]

TRAVEL DEPT: Megan and Damon’s Three Day Event at La Costa Resort – Carlsbad, California

A golf court view

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 […]

DESIGN: SF MoMA’s Beautiful Custom Prints

Custom Print of a table full of sweet dishes

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 […]

Crystal Bridges Rebuilds a Frank Lloyd Wright House Next to the Museum

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 […]

The “Hard Days Night” Beatles Hotel in Liverpool, England

Beatles photo

By Robert Atkinson THE ONLY HOTEL IN THE WORLD WITH A BEATLES INSPIRED THEME! Your luxury hotel in Liverpool’s Cavern Quarter Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool, offers guests a truly unique experience right in the heart of this vibrant city. Standing as the world’s only Beatles inspired hotel, this magnificent building offers luxurious accommodation and […]

PIXELATED Sculptures Contrast with the Botanic Gardens in Denver.

GARDEN DESIGN is the perfect location for showing off large metal SCULPTURES.  Pixelated: Sculpture by Mike Whiting opened April 28, at the Denver Botanic Gardens featuring the sculpture of Mike Whiting. Whiting’s works explore the relationship between digitized images and the natural worlds contrasted over the grounds of Denver’s Botanic Gardens. The exhibition is up through September […]

Homemade Ice Cream Machines – So Cool when it’s So Hot!

Home Made Ice Cream

Most people have some memories of homemade ice cream. If you don’t have those memories, now is the time to start churning them out. In this article we offer a selection of homemade ice cream machines – from the old school hank crank version, to the latest highest tech version you see on the TV […]