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June 27th, 2009 by alephnaught
Sawtelle, Glasses, and a Woody Allen movie, “Whatever Works”
Aviva went to a lecture on acrylic techniques at an art supply store in Culver City; while she was there I went to my favorite news stand at Robertson and Pico, then to Sawtelle, which is the second and smaller Japanese area. I bought a few toys. Card with picture of Buddha figure I purchased […]
June 20th, 2009 by alephnaught
Dinner at Genghis Cohen in Hollywood
We went shopping most of the day, including ordering a new frame for me to check out from Retrospecs, which is our favorite optician now. We walked over to the Pacific Design Center, which is closed on the weekend, and then to the MOCA gallery. We couldn’t decide where to go for dinner when we […]
June 19th, 2009 by alephnaught
Dinner at Villa Piacere
We had dinner at Villa Piacere, a restaurant on Ventura Blvd. in Woodland Hills. The service and food were quite good; we parked in their spare lot across the street which is daytime parking for a bank – the bank locked the gates on the lot but the restaurant sent people over to unlock them […]
June 13th, 2009 by alephnaught
Burbank, Ikea, duct tape wallets and cardboard creatures too
We decided to run errands today, especially a trip to the Ikea store in Burbank, CA. First off, I’ve switched wallets – the leather one I bought in Italy is starting to wear out, so when I ordered some stuff from ThinkGeek, I figured I’d try a duct tape wallet. it works! It snaps shut […]
June 7th, 2009 by alephnaught
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Aviva and I wanted to see the current show “Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture Around the Bay of Naples” so we dropped Basil at his sitter’s house and drove to the museum. A car with the license plate HEATHER – made me think of the movie “Heathers” On the way into the […]
May 28th, 2009 by alephnaught
The Culver City Art Walk
We decided to do the Culver City Art Walk today – a bunch of galleries open their doors to the public along La Cienega and Washington in Culver City. A pretty cool billboard – wonder what its selling? Painted exterior of a non-profit on La Cienega Mao in lights in front of Maloney Fine Art […]
May 24th, 2009 by alephnaught
Santa Monica
We love going to Santa Monica, so we put the dog in the car and drove out. We go down Topanga Canyon to the Pacific Coast Highway; you go right by the Getty Villa which is a copy of Hadrian’s Villa outside of Rome. We walked around the Prominade, which is a three block pedestrian […]
May 24th, 2009 by alephnaught
A bunch of pictures taken on my Blackberry phone
Just a bunch of pictures I took with my Blackberry over the last month or so; no one category deserved a separate post, so here’s a gallery instead.
May 2nd, 2009 by alephnaught
Visit to Palm Springs, Wayne Thiebaud retrospective
We visited the Palm Springs Art Museum to see the retrospective of Wayne Thiebaud titled “70 Years of Painting.” Thiebaud became famous in the ’60s with his thick, realistic paintings of deserts on display. The retrospective began with his early drawings, some from high school, and then continued through recent work (Thiebaud is still an […]
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July 2nd, 2009 by alephnaught