………………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...

…..has set aside 20 silkscreen  pieces of his latest work ‘CRUISING WHITTIER BOULEVARD’ pre-publication (the release date is in December.)  The original oil painting of this delightful work (seen below) was commissioned by AltaMed Health Services for their...

…..of Woodbury University’s Department of Graphic Design for the most amazing exhibition of student work.  You will be astonished at the range and quality that is being produced by these talented & creative students. Enter a world of wonder… This thought...

  …..after three very long months that seemed like a year!  The Brush painting class is now in the TEACHING GREENHOUSE as the Ikebana House is being restored.  This is all in preparation for the Japanese Garden’s 100th anniversary.  There will also...

….and haven’t already seen it, there’s a few more days for the CIDA* Exhibit at Woodbury University of  ‘iNTERIOR ARCHITECTURE STUDENT WORK’.   *Council for Interior Design Accreditation (Grand Rapids, MI) You’ll be knocked out just as I was by the high...

…As promised, here’s the reason I was at Lisa See’s on that eventful, stormy night. You’re in for a real treat because Lisa has written that much anticipated sequel to ‘SHANGHAI GIRLS’ titled ‘DREAMS OF JOY’ which is also published by Random House.  Written in...

…BUT OH WHAT A TRANSFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF A MASTER SCULPTOR!   But let’s go back to that beginning. In 2009, Kathryn Sample, USC’s gracious First Lady, conceived of the most fitting tribute to honor her husband Steven Sample when he would retire in May of...

…..has the most delightful members and I was recently privileged to speak to over thirty women of this lovely and receptive group. Afterwards my assistant Nikka and I were treated to the most delicious Asian luncheon prepared by ‘The Kitchen for Exploring Foods’....

…..the most moving tribute to Sargent Shriver, one of my true heroes, on Thursday, January 20th in the OP-ED section of the New York Times. “His faith demanded action…for the Word to become flesh, we had to become the eyes, the ears, the hands of a just God. ...