Niki de Saint Phalle in Escondido - Who Knew?

As part of my "stay-cation" this summer, I picked up the parents and drove south to Escondido to find the only garden in the United States by internationally-known artist Niki de Saint Phalle.  Titled "Queen Califia's Magical Garden," it takes it's inspiration from California's mythic and cultural roots. It consists of an exterior snake wall, a maze entry, nine large totemic sculptures with integrated seating all made of intricate ceramic mosaic and is very much about girl power!  Go Niki!

For more information and directions to this garden click here: http://www.queencalifia.org/index.html

Hopper Lives

I was in Venice today when I saw this billboard.  Venice resident, artist, actor, eternal hipster (and evidently a wearer of Vans sneakers), Dennis Hopper was cool, will always be cool, forever cool.  We will miss him.



















Click here to see the original trailer for "Easy Rider."  Still so scary to be free.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIfUD70yvz8