I always thought Rosanna Schmidgall was just about the sweetest person one could know until I met her mother.  What’s the saying…’The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’? Rosanna’s hubby Ken has a twin and being with them is to quote Casey Stengel, ‘deja vu’...

…gift shop and gallery in Toluca Lake. Thru August 30th you can see the amazing masks and paintings of Sergio Boldrin, an artist from Venice Italy. The opening reception was crammed with collectors buying the masks faster than the sales staff could wrap them up....

…and has the most amazing, talented friends. One in particular, Judith Keller is the Curator of Photography at the Getty. Carol sent forth the word that Judith would be giving a special tour and talk for Carol and whomever she would choose. It was wonderful, starting...

…is what you’ll remember looking at Molly Siple’s charming and evocative oil painting.  You can see it on exhibit at the California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill…1120 Old Mill Road in San Marino. Victor Watson, Molly’s brilliant world traveled hubby, gifted...

…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...