…were sitting four rows in front of us Monday evening at the Ahmanson Theatre.  So why do I mention this to you? It was the funniest scene ever…like being in a football stadium when everyone does ‘The Wave’.  Everyone in front of us turned to get a peek and...

…when Peggy Berry, Charles amazingly talented and lovely daughter is able to come to town on business.  Peggy is the Development Director of the East Texas Food Bank and in that capacity has increased the donor base of support from less than a thousand to close...

…Charles Lee DeMille is at work! There’s nothing like a new video camera to inspire Mr. Parker.  At the moment we’re putting very short video’s on the website’s supply page.  Please do let us know if this is a help to you and what else you’d like to...

The back boundary of our property is a 35 foot cliff, straight down, topped by Oleanders. This ever-blooming, evergreen now has a virus and is dying leaving us with a row of dead brush for fire season.   Fortunately, young men come from Mexico to tirelessly...

Try to wrap your mind around the single word ‘Reality’ … that’s what Beverly Hynds did in creating this amazing work.  She had decided to be very Japanese and change the scrolls hanging in her home seasonally. Here you see this summer’s presentation done with a...

…is the theme each year for the Departments of Water and Power state wide.  I’ve been privileged and honored each year to judge the Burbank high schools student poster submissions since the inception of the contest.  After all the participating cities submit...

…at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens on Tuesday for the much anticipated event with New York Times best selling author* Lisa See. Over 500 people gathered together happily paying $50 for a private tour of the new Chinese Garden, ...

…is that you have a friend as loving, thoughtful and generous as Valerie Foster Hoffman, a combination of Auntie Mame, Pearl Mesta and Mother Teressa with a big dollop of St. Francis of Assisi! Starting with the beautiful invitations Valerie sent out for the memorable...

Everyone is getting more and more creative in Shantien ‘Tom’ Chow’s calligraphy classes here in the studio. Melanie Campbell painted a calligraphic Zen ‘circle’ which is a Zen meditation and brilliantly combined it with the saying…’Drink Your Tea’! I just love it and...

When the amazingly talented and simply wonderful Molly Siple phoned with two tickets to the opera (thanks to Peter Adams) she said that she knew I’d be the most fun to go with.  And what opera is that pray tell?  Why five hours of fun and frivolity otherwise...