...plus two art phones by Paul Basye.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Piano/organ
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Art hero
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Peace Corps at the Rubicon
We had a Peace Corps mixer at the Rubicon. It was much more lively than our usual monthly dinners. Most of the people were in their twenties, and most of them were trying to get into the Peace Corps, rather than former Volunteers.
I hadn't been to the Rubicon in something like twenty years. It was packed with noisy people and of course the beer was superb.
In this picture is Nicole Voorhees, the Northern California recruiter, and Mary Taylor, a fellow board member. Coincidentally, all three of us served in the Caribbean. (Car-ri-BE-an)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Kimball at the Columbian Exposition
Some Kimball pianos have this decal which celebrates their winning a medal at the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893. I have a great fondness for this Exposition, which is celebrated in the book The Devil and the White City.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Secret pouch
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Our daughter the Hitler-lover
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Stuff you should know about Shriners
I played with Buddy Harpham at a Shriners affair tonight. I learned these things:
- A Shriner's fez tells you what his job is.
- Some fezzes say WRECKING CREW.
- The Wrecking Crew is in charge of hazing initiates.
- Hazing includes immersion in a vat of tomato sauce with anchovies.
- Hazing used to include electric shocks, but not any more.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Bricka Bracka
This building used to be an antique store (still has the historic marquee). But now it's Bricka Bracka, which reminds me of Andy Warhol's Factory: they make their money doing high-end web and database work, but it also has art, live music, Flash classes, Nintendo, and couches where you can just hang and use the free Wi-Fi. Read more here.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
New York Bagel Boys is (are?) no more
The last place in Sacramento that made real bagels (i.e., boiled the dough) went out of business. It think it's partly the economy and partly because most people here prefer their bagels soft*. Read the Bee article here.
(*As Lenny Bruce said,“If you live in New York or any other big city, you are Jewish. It doesn’t matter even if you’re Catholic; if you live in New York, you’re Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you’re going to be goyish even if you’re Jewish.” )
Monday, February 02, 2009
Sunday, February 01, 2009
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