Music Monday--Ray LaMontagne

Heard this one on a podcast by a couple that selected it as their first dance at their wedding. I immediately bought it and burned it as part of our 10th anniversary cd that I gave to Armilyn (last week's "Love That Girl" was right after this song)

"You Are The Best Thing" by Ray LaMontagne. When I told her it was a white guy singing, she couldn't believe it. Yes, Alex has started singing this song too.

Fullerton Flora

After our smashing good time at the pumpkin launch, we walked across the CSU Fullerton parking lot to the Fullerton Arboretum.

GQ Project Upgrade

Almost every month in GQ, they have a column called Project Upgrade, where they pull an average guy off the streets of New York and give him a makeover.

This one happened a few months back, but it was my favorite as I couldn't believe the Before picture of the guy in his wide load khakis. "Pear shaped" is not a term usually given to men, especially guys under 30.

I miss him

Never thought I'd say that



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Planting Seeds

After a 7 year hiatus, my Fashion Cards are back in production and will be sold at THE SEED @ The Camp in Costa Mesa. Wish me luck as I am trying to get other retailers to stock and sell my cards. A special thanks to Brenda, Miki and especially David who encourages me to do my art - this labor of love always pays off.

School's Cool

My creative class assignments for Visual Display and Specialty Merchandise class.


Window display group project. It's hard to see but the globe in the back is different shades of denim shaped into the earth - the continents are Trader Joe's brown paper bags.


Those wooden stumps are mine. I went dumpster diving when they cut down the trees in our neighborhood. I use them for the patio to display my plants (yes they are still alive).

Sorry there is a glare - this was the best photo I could take of the whole window.

The pictures below are shadow boxes - these are actually miniature scene scapes made by students in my class. Here are my favorites:

My New York flat with the view of the Hudson.

My Parisian boudoir on the Champs Elysees.

My zen studio in San Francisco's China Town.

My modern Miami penthouse.

My Texan ranch bedroom.

My ski chalet in Switzerland.

This is the one I created - it's my LA bar lounge.

Music Monday--Raphael Saadiq

New thing I'm starting and will hopefully continue on a regular basis.

First up is Raphael Saadiq and "Love That Girl". Raphael was part of Tony Toni Tone! who had a hit with "Feels Good" back in the day. He became an in-demand producer for a lot of R&B acts, but has released 2 solo albums, the most recent is done in the old 50s/60s style of singing, similar to Smokey Robinson or early Stevie Wonder.

Alex was singing this all day, even sitting next to me in the restaurant while we were waiting for our food.



I like his plaid shirt, though I don't think I could pull it off.

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