Upon arrival to Bali in March 2016, I fell in love with it all! With the sacred sites, the people, the vibrant “namaste consciousness,” the art, the colors, the food, and the land. On our last day, Don and I took an amazing cooking class on Balinese cuisine at Di carik (Juwuk Manic Rice Field, […]
Gali , who was a “Ghost Writer,” is an old neighbor, who we connected with when we first moved from Berkeley to Santa Monica. I asked him his Carpe Diem List and here is what he said.Downtown Santa Monica farmer’s market Downtown flower mart (amazing deals) Hammer Museum lecture series/art nights. FYI Free always (General […]
Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. Walt Whitman
Be aware as you drive down, Santa Monica Boulevard into Beverley Hills you cannot help but be captured by this large piece of silver dung. What is it? Is it ART? Is it a metaphor for our materialistic culture of LA? or is it all they above or just silver poo?
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller Image from The Getty Museum, awesome place to visit in LA and it is FREE! Go on Saturday night and parking is Free as well. Perfect date place.
Last Sunday was a stunning day. Don and I decided to take a drive and to catch the sunset in Laguna Beach. We had never been before and we were due for an adventure. Our day began with our weekly jaunt to one of the local Farmers Markets in the area to stock up on organic Vegies. One […]
“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled.” – Mohammed Image of the Santa Monica Mountains-Leo Carrilo State Park
Nuestro Pueblo (Our Town), The Watts Towers by Sam Rodia. Construction Worker by day and Artist by night! Ever since I saw the Watts Towers on a lecture slide in my undergraduate Art Survey class, they haunted me. They seemed so mysterious. Was it a sacred site in an urban jungle, I wondered what was […]
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” -Helen Keller Snow Monkeys (JAPANESE MACAQUE),Yudanaka, Japan 2009 Check out where the snow monkeys spa! Live Cam
What is the best thing on your menu? This is a Donism. Since, I met Don eleven years ago, every time we go to a restaurant he always asks this question to our waiter/waitress:“What is the best thing on the menu?” or “What is your signature dish?” or “What is your favorite thing on the […]