From Santa Barbara to Santa Ynez

Lorie is my dear friend from Santa Barbara. Lorie and I arranged a day trip to Santa Ynez.  I coveted  her outfit. She paired her boots with a darling wrap dress/top she found on a trip with her husband to North Carolina. She added a lovely blue scarf and leggings to the dress and voila she is ready for a day trip to Santa Ynez. We hit some of our favorite jaunts Sage of Santa Ynez and Tumbleweeds and had a nice lunch in one of our favorite towns. After shopping and lunching, we usually sit on one of the benches and chat. That is always my favorite part of the day.  Good friends are precious jewels.

Portra 120 400 S Film for Interiors

I love going to Vintage Etc.one of  my favorite San Luis Obispo stores. You can always find gifts and special things. I like the owner Judy and find her staff sweet and accommodating. They change the decor and keep the store alive with new themes and finds. It is a dream to take the Hasselbald in and shoot interior shots and if I get in a shooting funk,  I can always pick up a Parisian interiors book to get ideas. Can you find me in the top photo?

We Lost a Great Artist Tim West

                            


              

We lost Arkansas Artist Tim West last week. Diana Michelle Hausam has taken some stunning portraits of Tim we viewed at M2 Gallery in Little Rock. At one time, his work had been accepted at the Louvre and the MOMA.  He was a reclusive artist who walked in bare feet and used his bicycle as his transportation. His parents were writers and homesteaders living in the Ozark Mountains. He had an interesting life and it is captured on a documentary film Westland. M2 Gallery has respected and carried Tim West's art. He will be remembered as an extraordinary artist. I feel lucky to have seen Tim's work. He was amazing.

Happy Easter

          

These are deviled eggs and yes the beaks are carrot pieces and the eyes black olives. I love Easter. Love the simple foods and watching the kids run to gather their colored eggs. My dear childhood friend Lisa makes homemade peanut butter eggs, and wraps them in wax paper, stuffs them in a mailing box full of color filler,  and sends them to loved ones. What a sweet and thoughtful gift that magically arrives every Easter Holiday on my doorstep. Thanks Lisa and Happy Easter to all.

Mildred Pierce

                          

Mildred Pierce was directed by famed Michael Curtiz. The film has a German Expressionistic style to make Mildred Pierce's world appear dark and gloomy. Joan Crawford plays an academy award winning Mildred Pierce unable to come to terms with the betrayal by those she loves.She wears amazing fur coats and padded shoulders but most unforgettable are those stylish hats.

Go Ahead and Blush

Sonia Kashak has a purse brush set that is great. Got this for a photo shoot and just love it. It can travel with you in your purse or your car. It comes with four brushes for eye shadows and eyebrow. Target is the place to locate this cherry find.

Emilio Pucci

SFMOMA bookstore has this Pucci book available featuring hundreds of photos and drawings from the late Italian designer Emilio Pucci. Each copy is bound with Pucci fabric.Thumbs up for this book. An art treasure.