>> 2 good reasons to go to santa paula saturday 11/17: reason 2
Lettre Sauvage publishes the cryer, broadsides, cards, chapbooks, t-shirts and lots of cool stuff and their gathering Saturday would be the second reason to go to Santa Paula Nov. 17 because as they announce:
We’re having our first party! All Lettre Sauvage print work will be on display. There will be demonstrations of our equipment and the opportunity to print greeting cards.
Entertainment includes Opal Gann’s electronic tonalities, Sophia Kidd’s performance art and possibly some film screenings. Jean Benoit, wine maker at Casa Baranca, will host the vin. All are welcome. Please stop by and power our machines with your regards.
check out Lettre Sauvage on my blogroll
>> 2 good reasons to go to santa paula sat 11/17: reason 1
edited from an email from John Nichols…
The John Nichols Gallery invites you to an opening reception for a collaborative show of work by photographer John Nichols & painter Gail Pidduck on Saturday, November 17 from 4-6 pm. Refreshments will be served.
This artistic collaboration will allow the visitors to the gallery to see people of Ventura County at work in a variety of settings through the eyes of both a painter and a photographer. On exhibit will be images of cooks, airplane mechanics, sheet metal workers, strawberry pickers, and still lifes of many other occupations that surround us all as we go about our own work.
The gallery is located at 916 E. Main St. in historic downtown Santa Paula. Hours are noon to 5 Wed. to Sat. Portions of the exhibit will be available soon on the web at www.sespe.com/jng.
>> whew! plus the best chocolate frosting recipe
how many kids? 25?
how many adults? 25?
how many balloons, sandwiches, gift bags? 25, 50, 25?
how tiered am i?? very…
but it was a really fun party! and everyone said it was the best chocolate frosting so here it is, the recipe for the best chocolate frosting:
DARK chocolate frosting for dark chocolate lovers:
INGREDIENTS
1 cube butter, room temp
4 cubes/squares (about a half box) unsweetened chocolate
1 box powdered sugar
small SMALL!! amount liquid–choc milk or espresso preferred
Soften the chocolate in a bowl in the microwave (check every 30 seconds or so–better to have it a little lumpy than burnt)
Cut the butter into chunks in a small bowl.
On low, beat the butter adding SMALL amounts of powdered sugar at a time. (Bonus if you sift it in.)
When it gets firm, add melted chocolate. When that’s too firm, add a Tablespoon of espresso or chocolate milk and continue mixing.
Keep adding powdered sugar to your taste. Add small amounts of liquid as necessary. Any extra frosting is especially great on graham crackers.
let me know how it comes out!
>> screwed
this week’s remodeling project hasn’t been tile, no not painting, and no, not really about faucets–it’s been about varnish. yep varnish–that nasty toxic substance that you sand off, then apply, then sand off, ad nauseum, filling your house, your nasal pasages, and your lungs with varnish gunk.
but we’ve done it over the last week and some 50 hours of labor–3 coats of new varnish, sanding from 80/100 then 120, then 180 grit with each pass. and it sure looks better–not new of course, but like it’s got 60 years of life, its in its golden age.
now, before we can put the cupboard doors and drawers back, we’re cleaning the hardware instead of buying new (what a concept!)
so far i’ve spent 4 hours over the sink scrubbing old finish and smegma off. it’s about all done except the screws. 10 screws per cupboard door and there’s 14 doors, plus 2 screws on each drawer handles! that’s enough screws to take the skin off your fingertips, the song off your tongue, and your let’s get on off to bed.
so that’s what i’m going to do now–(no not get it on or go to bed!) i’m gonna make some homemade chai with whiskey and get screwed. want to join me? there’s room at the sink!
seeking that which engages the whole soul esp while screwing== the art predator
>> the coolest link here: Burning Man Monkeys
every day the little red headed kid who lets me hang out with him asks to see the monkeys–can we watch the monkeys now mom? can we do the monkeys now? every time i’m on the computer, it’s monkey time…
so what are the monkeys? it’s a video about homourobouros –how Peter Hudson and friends made the art work at the top of the page. the process is mind-boggling. out on the playa, we had no idea how it was created, but someone sent us this link and we’ve watched it many times. the music is super cool too!
so really, if you don’t do anything else on this site, check that link. watch the slide show about how this amazing work was made. and if so moved, donate to it! maybe you will see it in a neighborhood near you! maybe even in ventucky! you never know
in seach of that which engages the whole soul, on and off the playa, in and out of the blogosphere,
the art predator
>> hardware hurrah
the faucets go marching one by one hurrah hurrah
the handles go marching two by two hurrah hurrah
the valves & diverters, trim & the hardware, the pewter the stainless and the chrome
they all go marching back to the store…hurrah hurrah
>> today’s obsession
my bathroom looks like
it’s a midwife for bath faucets & fixtures
my tub the maternity ward
my obsession has birthed
2 chrome tub spouts & 1 chrome shower head from pegasus from the last shower remodel (home despot, bought 2 years ago)
1 chrome old fashioned styled shower set circa 1922 (spout, valve, trim, head) from american standard, trim & valves (reg over $200, on clearance for $85 at the despot)
1 chrome traditional”teapot” style from delta, shower trim & valves (reg about $200, clearance $125 at the despot) & 1 4″ faucet set (reg about $120, clearance $72, at the despot)
1 stainless steel classic style from delta, shower trim & valves (reg $205, clearance $100 at lowes)
1 delta universal valve & shower head (no trim) (convinced the guy to sell it for $20)
various aged pewter & chrome accessories
2 old american standard circa 1945 handles still in production still installed ($100 plus to replace)
yep. don’t do the math.
some of them got to go back.
should i use the valve & go aged pewter? (steve’s hardware & plumbing says another $400) stainless steel? chrome teapots or american standard?
ay yi yi
maybe i should keep looking…
vote here for your favorite!
seeking that which engages my whole soul even in bath fixtures…
the art predator
>> I WON!!!
so who wants to go to MIA with me????
>> MIA at the Wiltern
ok KCRW is giving away more MIA tix for Friday night–wish me luck!! i have my cell phone & home phone ready!! the big monkey doesn’t get MIA but the little one does. too bad the wiltern is 21 and over–first person to respond to this post gets to go with me if i win tix!
wait–the wiltern? the wiltern? MIA is all about dancing and WILD–politics and everything all wrapped up tight so tight you gotta dance, you gotta move cuz it hurts too much. the wiltern is not a dance type venue. we saw bob dylan there, that was good (who dances to bob dylan?? i mean, like really MOVE!) , and someone else i remember being frustrated there was NO ROOM to MOVE and i gotta move. if i’m gonna drive all the way from ventucky, i gotta dance.
no word on the tix yet. let you know. gotta be ready to dance on table tops and across the universe. yep, that’s the way of the art predator.
>> Halloween: Ms Frizzle & calavera
yep here we are, the little monkey, the cutest kid ever, as a calavera and the art predator as the Magic School Bus’s Ms Frizzle…btw, i think the reese’s peanut buttercups are best as a meal replacement followed by the butterfingers. i mean, think i’m crazy enough to give my kid all that candy???
