Out Of The Archives: Images From Arles 26 Aug 2013 | 10:41 pm

Out Of The Archives: Ten Tips for Traveling the Big Sur Coast 26 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm

Traveling down (or up as the case may be) the Big Sur Coast should be easy and fun and beautiful. Here are some tips that will make your drive and stay a little smoother: 1. Take it slow! If you thoug...

PhotoClub Challenge: Self-Portrait 26 Aug 2013 | 07:28 pm

Are you out of ideas? Check in here on Mondays for a weekly 7-day photography challenge to get your vision roaming! Each week the challenge requires that you take 36 images during the following 7 days...

Sketching Shadows 26 Aug 2013 | 05:56 am

I was sitting in The Escape Pod this afternoon with my sketchbook open. I was going to write something. Shadow played across the page and I thought briefly about tracing them rather than writing. But ...

Out Of The Archives: Potage Parmentier 26 Aug 2013 | 02:13 am

Why Parmentier? A few potato dishes in France are named after Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737 – 1813) who is known as the promoter of using potatoes for something more than feeding the barnyard anim...

Out Of The Archives: Mafé Poulet 25 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm

Paris is a maze of many cultures and many of those cultures come from West Africa. Walking through the lively streets of Bellevue, you may begin to wonder if you took a left turn and ended up Brazzavi...

Out Of The Archives: Sam Wo 25 Aug 2013 | 01:35 am

Every year in late November, my friend Mark throws himself a birthday party and part of the celebration is to get his birthday cake from the New Hollywood bakery on Pacific Street in Chinatown. This w...

Out Of The Archives: Whatchou lookin’at, bitch? 24 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm

Whatchou lookin’at, bitch? The curve of your nose. The smoothness of your dark skin. The funny print button down shirt that you have on. The red back pack sitting on your lap as your ass leans on the ...

Out Of The Archives: Zucchini Provencal 24 Aug 2013 | 01:50 am

Zucchini Provencal in my kitchen One way to use the end of abundant summer growing season vegetables – tomatoes and zucchini – is to make this simple side dish, Zucchini Provencal. French home cooks t...

Art History: The Palette of Cézanne 23 Aug 2013 | 07:47 pm

Still Life Bowl of Apples, 1893-94 The Impressionist palette, no matter how wild the paintings may have seemed to be at the time, was restricted to only about a half-a-dozen colors – and the palette e...