by Nan Rae | Dec 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
began with Carol Soucek King driving awesome Curtis McElhinney, myself and Suwako, famous authority on the kimono, on a delightful excursion to El Segundo. Why you may ask? Curtis, an award winning documentarian (curtisvision.com), has been filming Carol and her Salon...
by Nan Rae | Dec 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Nan Rae | Dec 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Over a period of twenty years, 5,929 wooden stools from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing(1644-1911) dynasties were collected from villages across northern China. I was overwhelmed seeing them and realizing their humble beginnings and the lives they represent. This...
by Nan Rae | Dec 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Kita welcomes in the fall season. Neighbors just don’t get any better than these, hosts Wayne and Izabela (with Kert in-between), Maryam and Kert and Dave and Alexis. We have great fun rotating from house to house for amazing dinners and grand...
by Nan Rae | Nov 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
November is always the month for the Brush painting classes to work on Christmas cards and we all had so much fun at the Huntington Botanical Gardens doing just that! Sweet Lulu surprised me with an amazing cake with a design of the mailer for the class exhibit at the...