Friday, September 29, 2006

A Quick Update

Hey kids,

So I've been swamped with things lately. As most of you know, Jenny and I finally found a place and there has been tons of organizing and scheduling of workers and whatnot. In addition, I've had a freelance job that's been consuming my "free time". All of that combined with my day job being busier then ever and the usual suspects something had to give. So I let the freelance go. I need the money, but I think I need the sanity even more. So hopefully I'll have an hour or two to devote to the blog again.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Los Apartmentes!

I was unaware that there was a Los Angeles edition of Apartment Therapy. The site is occasionally a good source for interior design ideas.

Surrealism in September

Southern California is hosting two art shows including 3 of my favorite painters.

Opening this friday at the Santa Monica Museum of Art is Enigma Variations: Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico. I had never realized how similar these two artists were but evidently De Chirico was a great influence to Philip Guston. Both have been a big influence on me. I'll be trying to make the opening being held this friday between 7 and 9.

Santa Monica Museum of Art
Bergamot Station G1
2525 Michigan Ave
Santa Monica, CA 90404


If you'd like to take a trip out of town down to San Diego and visit the SD Museum of Art and check out the show, Transmission: The Art of Matta and Gordon Matta-Clark. Matta is a rather under-rated surrealist who I only know a limited amount about. 10 years of living in LA and having still not made it down to San Diego, I think this show might be enough incentive.

San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado
Balboa Park
San Diego, California

Monday, September 04, 2006

Snow In Silver Lake Pt.2

A reply to my previous post yeilded these great images of Snow in Silver Lake in 1949. Pretty amazing. Check out a few more historic photos of the lake here. Thanks Angie.

Luscious Dough's Film Reviews

Little Miss Sunshine: Believe the hype. A joyous clusterfuck. Good times.

Factotum: Wacktotume. There are some shining moments in this movie, but why don't you just read the books. They're usually a quick read anyway. Marisa Tomei steals the show in my opinion. I give her props for sleazing down for this role.