Here’s talented Lauren Beyeler describing using the new e-version of my lessons. Thanks to Nikka Carrasco, my wonderful assistant, all of the Brush painting lessons listed on my website www.nanrae.com are now available in an e-version.

…..had a champagne reception for their tea designer, the incomparable Lissi Kaplan.  Her exquisite hand painted porcelain high tea settings are also at the luxurious Peninsula Hotel.  They are so incredibly beautiful and each piece is such a work of art that...

…..gave a bravura performance at the Chevy Chase Branch Library followed by a book signing.  This award winning author (Iron and Silk, The Soloist, Lying Awake), became a stay-at-home parent in 2001.  Eight years and three failed manuscripts later he...

of the Hycy and Howard Hill Neuroscience Institute at Providence Saint Joseph Hospital in Burbank, CA.  It was truly a red carpet affair. Speech, speech, speech….. I even had a delicious strawberry martini to celebrate Coffee anyone? Do you know why I’m so...

…..had the most moving article by John Glionna about Pastor Lee Jong-rak a pastor in Korea who sees perfection in disabled infants.  This journey began 25 years ago when his wife gave birth to a baby so disfigured by cerebral palsy that doctors gave him mere...

…this photo was taken at the “Journey of the Imagination” exhibit. Possibly something was lost in translation as Luben initially got my book the “Ch’i of the Brush” which started his classes with me and his journey in Brush painting. Of course we use more than one...

…was drawing me like bees to clover.  I had to see it!  So, yesterday (Sunday) being a perfectly delightful, sunny day, I headed off to Americana in Glendale.  The movie would start at 2:55 so that meant I had time for a leisurely lunch at Amici where I...

…..at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena when Carol Soucek King and I arrived…thinking we were EARLY for Lisa See’s book signing! We were so happy to be greeted by Elizabeth Gill Lui and Betty Wang.  Elizabeth is a true renaissance woman,fine art photographer, author...

………………honestly now, is anything better than a grilled cheese sandwich with bacon, tomato and a ton of butter?  If there is…let me know.

….you’ll love reading the San Marino Patch.  The ‘Patch’ covers all the goings on in San Marino and also features work of writer Grace Farag, who has a column every week featuring events and exhibits at The Huntington Botanical Gardens.  Grace phoned me a...