Art in the Truck

Next time my husband Dan and I are in SF we are going to The Lost Horizon Night Market, a nocturnal carnival making its fifth appearance in NY where trucks transform into small theatres for entertainment.. I would be thrilled to take portraits of this art scene. I read a great story in the NY Times Sunday newspaper regarding this entertainment. There are people that go to these shows and call this pure events raw out of the back of trucks. My kind of thing. The time and place is set for an event and there is no admission fee and happens every three or four months. The Lost Horizon Night Market has already spread to San Francisco and on Dec 11, trucks appeared along the city's southern waterfront. These are pure art events, no advertising, no money. Pure fun.

Escape to Hitchcock

                      


Dan and I both loved this film. The film, directed by Sacha Gervasi, is a creative insight into the making of the film Psycho. It shows how Hitchcock and his wife Alma (played by Helen Mirren), managed to get this film made in Hollywood. Anthony Hopkins does a compelling job of playing  Hitchcock, capturing his eccentric ways. See this one. It is the true escape movie experience.

Divine Dark Chocolate Chews

                   

           
My dear friend Lisa and her family sent us a box of Danville Chocolates chews. I usually ignore the chews and I know this harms their self esteem. I dive for the dark chocolates and tend to forget about those lonely chews. Try the tasty little salty dark chocolate chews for some pow wow flavor. You will not be sorry.

A Royal Affair

We saw this film at the palm theatre in San Luis Obispo. It is a story set in the 18th century a the court of King Christian VII of Denmark. It focuses on the romance between the queen and the royal physician Struensee. It is a historical drama film directed by Nikolaj Arcel. See it on the big screen and count your blessings you live in 2012. The costumes, acting and jewelry are worth seeing on the big screen.

Snow Snow Snow....

                     




My sister and her hubby live in the Ozarks. They got snow on Christmas and had some fun marking Herbie their bug. The simple pleasures of a snow Holiday in the Ozarks.

Merry Creative Christmas

Meet Marissa and Nadia. They work at Bank of America in San Luis Obispo, Ca. They spent Sunday evening watching the 49ers play and designing their own Christmas sweaters. I love people that know how to make things, enjoy the things they make, and have fun. These young ladies are surely the spirit of the Holidays. Merry Christmas.

The Art of Nativity

             

          My friend Regina has an amazing Nativity collection. I have a set that I picked up at a flea market in Texas that dates back to the early 1920s. The  Metropolitan Museum of Art's Christmas Tree is beautiful. It is located at Fifth Ave and 82nd St in NYC. There is a vivid 18th century Neapolitan Nativity Scene embellished with lifelike silk-robed angels hovering above the candlelit spruce. It is dedicated to the late Loretta Hines Howard who began collecting creche figures in 1925 who conceived the idea of putting together the Roman Catholic custom of elaborate Nativity scenes with the tradition of decorated Christmas trees that developed among the Protestant people of Northern Europe.