We had an interesting couple of days in the city…saw a good show of eastern Oregon artist Betty Feves’ clay work at Contemporary Craft and the show “Betty Feves: Generations ” is open until July, so you have plenty of time to go take a look. My favorite was this piece called “Six Figures” and […]
Category: City
Playing with your food…
March is birthday month in our family…Bru, Emma, Gabrielle, Doug, ME (!) and Friday we went to Portland to celebrate Jennifer’s birthday. It was toooo much fun. Somebody gave her a Wonder Woman lunch box filled with plastic creatures, and she really got going on the hors d’oeuvres plate…food styling reaches a new mark… We […]
Creek Fun…
I talked to Karen on the phone this morning, and I said I was uninspired blog-wise today. She said …”Go to the west side of the Church Street bridge over Pringle Creek, and look down. You’ll like it…” I did go, and I DID like it…you?
Manuel Izquierdo…the hunt goes on…
First let me say that as a maker of things, I have long understood that “things” have lives of their own, separate from the life of the maker. Furniture, dishes, and most especially, art work. Thursday we spent the whole day listening to stories about art works and seeking some answers, and I can’t remember […]
Flood Report: Day 2
Last night the water kept rising…streaming out of the creek onto the streets…and it looked like this: but this morning the waters were down… so I had a coffee with a friend and headed to the gym. The gym sits on a rise above Wallace Marine park…a big park with ball fields and many paths…but […]
Tree Topper Extraordinaire…
While I was stopped at a red light downtown yesterday, a big gull flew down and landed right on top of this tree and I HAD to take this picture…though by the time I got my camera out the light was green and there was honking…I considered it festive Christmas honking…I mean who among you […]
City Days
We’ve gotten in the Christmas spirit by spending a few days in the city, a trip that began as R attending a meeting, and turned into a three day festival of varied activities that surprised us with how much you can really cram into three days. I could draw it out over several posts but […]
“Leland #1,” Lee Kelly/Bonnie Bronson
As “Capital Taps” pointed out in the comments of the last post, the Izquierdo sculpture sits in the middle of Lawrence Halprin’s fountain corridor in Portland. Beginning at the north is the Forecourt Fountain (or the Ira Keller Fountain) with Pettygrove Park next (location of the Izquierdo sculpture) and then the Lovejoy Fountain. Here is […]
The Rest of the Weekend
The Seattle weekend didn’t ONLY have quilts in it…it had art and fun too. We arrived in time Friday to go to the Design Center for the screening of the new video and reception for the COMMUNITY ARTISTS PROGRAM, brainchild of Anne Lancaster. In this terrific program she matches display venues with artists work and […]
Hanging Out in Portland…
BEFORE I tell you about “artweek,” I thought I’d point out the seriously best ice cream I’ve had in ages, which you must go taste immediately at Salt & Straw, 2035 NE Alberta… even though this picture isn’t very appetizingly good because I started eating BEFORE I took the picture… Cheryl (my future co-mother-in-law) and […]
On The Way 