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1. Museum of Glass
Okay, if you have the extra money, go for it. Little in the way of Dale Chihuly but other glass-blower's work can be seen. You won't be overwhelmed. We enjoyed the current exhibits and the hot shop but the book would probably be a cheaper and much…More »
2. Chihuly Bridge of Glass
Now we're talkin'! No fee, no pressure, no docent required...it's free. As free as you are free to be you to enjoy the wild artful imagination of Dale Chihuly's glass menagerie of color and form. If I lived nearby, I'd make it imperative that I…More »
3. Chihuly At Union Station
Wouldn't it be nice to own a luxury yacht and have it decorated with Chihuly art like this tycoon (http://www.utsandiego....)? Ah yes, must be nice...
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I don't know how they keep the trains on time but this is one of the more beautiful train stations… Read more »
4. Seattle Art Museum
After familiarizing myself with any museum's permanent collection, I focus on the special exhibits. SAM has a notable and appropriate permanent showing of Pacific Northwest art, mostly local Indian, mostly coastal inhabitants and that's to be…More »
5. Jimi Hendrix Memorial
I know nothing of the dirty little details behind the accomplishments or foibles of the late Jimi Hendrix (http://www.google.com/...), nor do I care to know. He would either hate or love this gaudy, over-the-top memorial (he did have flamboyance…More »
6. Pacific Science Center
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 443-2001
Categories:
Cinema,
Museums,
Venues & Event Spaces
Neighbourhood: Queen Anne
Wish I'd've read the reviews.
Were I a kid in summer-time, I'd totally love this place. Whales and dinosaurs, bugs and games. Who could ask for more?
As an adult though, eh, not so much. Basically, if you've seen one science center, you've seen 'em…More »
7. Bill Speidel's Underground Tour
Please. If you want to know how the sewage system developed in Seattle, there are easier, drier, warmer and cheaper ways of learning about it, like the library. Let me add cleaner, too.
We took the tour so we can say "been there/done that" but it was…More »
8. Yelp's Retrospective At the Hammer Museum
Kicking off my Jessica Simpson's to play ping-pong barefoot in a top-notch LA art museum has got to be a first!
Four blisters later, hobbled, we finished the night with a delicious Lebanese style dinner at Sunnin (http://www.yelp.com/bi...) with a…More »
9. Laugh Factory
It was very cool of the manager to walk us in to the joint right in front of all the VIPs and low-life "general admissions", haha (just joking. Not really. Maybe.) Nyah, nyah!
We were entertained to a mixed bag of humorists plying their trade and…More »
10. Yelp In Leather And Lace Elite Event at Mom's
An "Easy Ride" to a five-star event.
I have one lone sticker in my Benz, above the rear view mirror, a small photo of Billy, Wyatt and George astride their Harley's cruizing down the road to eternity with "FREEDOM" written across the bottom of it. So…More »
11. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
I wasn't ready, should never have bought the weapon!
At least not before learning what constituted a legitimate target and what did not. I was 20, maybe 25' below the surface, about a hundred and fifty yards off the Palos Verdes peninsula, newly…More »
12. Griffith Observatory
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(213) 473-0800
Categories:
Museums,
Landmarks & Historical Buildings
Neighbourhood: Griffith Park/Los Feliz
LA was always alien to me. It still is.
Growing up in the beach cities south of LA, we believed downtown LA to be nothing more than Tijuana Norte and Hollywood LA as a place inhabited by junkies, runaways, pimps, whores, pasty-skinned tourists and…More »
13. Daddy-Os Martinis
Who doesn't love a good cocktail? Who doesn't love a good, FREE cocktail? Who doesn't love your master mixer daddy?
The solution to all these questions and more will be answered by the outgoing and personable John Apodaca who mixes up crisp, cool…More »
14. Hsi Lai Temple
"Go west, young Buddhist!"
Or so Horace Greeley might have said had he been a Chinese Buddhist newspaperman. But "go west" is exactly what Buddhists did in constructing this magnificent temple in the hills of Hacienda Heights in the late eighties.
Hsi…More »
15. Greek Theatre
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 665-5857
Categories:
Performing Arts,
Music Venues
Neighbourhood: Griffith Park/Los Feliz
Tucked away amid the quiet of the Hollywood foothills, nestled in the scrub oak, pine and eucalyptus, lies a squat white structure known throughout the land as the Greek Theater. It is here that all manner of entertainers come to ply their talents…More »
16. Anderson Art Gallery
Must be nice. Yep, with hours like these, it must be nice (unless you need the labor hours).
I love great art and will often travel vast distances simply to see the best of it (i.e., the Louvre in Paris, the Tate in London). But I get slippery wet…More »
17. The Heard Museum
Have you Heard?
Numerous clean, airy galleries highlight and display ancient to modern American Indian artifacts and art in tastefully designed, well-lit spaces. This private, nonprofit museum has earned an international reputation for its thorough…More »
18. Surf City Harley-Davidson
What's in a name?
Harley means a lot to a great many people. But it means zilch to me except after spotting the new "Pink Line" advert, I did a walk-through of this Main St. emporium for all things Harley-Davison (except the bikes). And inside was…More »
19. The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 443-3600
Category:
Colleges & Universities
Neighbourhood: The Loop
It's difficult to imagine Chicago shedding it's lamentable Al Capone gangster image* for that of a Mecca of art appreciation ala Louvre but it's getting easier and easier these days.
With the construction of a mighty new Modern Wing, the Art Institute…More »
20. BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
The scent of burning incense provided an ethereal, almost hypnotic impression as we patiently removed our shoes and placed them in neat little cubbyholes before walking the underground hall to the temple's inner chamber. Passing poster-sized images…More »
21. Marquette Building
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 422-5500
Category:
Real Estate Services
Neighbourhood: The Loop
It's a bit of a stretch in my mind connecting "art" with a building, particularly a building within the ubiquitous skyscraper-filled downtown of Chicago. I picture mammoth glass, brick and metal towers of dull, uninviting interest when I think of…More »
22. Korean Friendship Bell
Let freedom ring!
Or,
No use sayin' sorry, I've been a bad, bad girl.
This awesome structure, capturing the high ground of a magnificent promontory overlooking the Pacific Ocean, has been a historic landmark for San Pedroids since 1976. Two hundred…More »
23. Madame Tussauds Hollywood
The hair bristled on the back of my neck as I stared into Hannibal Lecter's piercing blue eyes convinced that at any second he'd take a bite out of my face. Jack Nicholson, being his incorrigible, naughty self, told me a racy joke and I begged him…More »
24. Venice Beach Freakshow
"Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies,
Life is funny,
Skies are sunny
Tell me where is sanity?"*
Certainly not at the Freak Show, Venice Beach's unique contribution to the shady, fading and sometimes-infamous reputation California garners…More »
25. Venice Beach Boardwalk
Incense wafted everywhere like a light, perfumed fog it coiled about and hung over the Strand to mask or enhance the transitory and brief wisps of burning sage, scented candles, marijuana and body odor. Furry freaks danced with bespeckled nerds while…More »
26. Wende Museum
Culver City, CA 90230
(310) 216-1600
Category:
Museums
Neighbourhood: West Adams
One of the medals I was awarded during my service was called the "Cold War Medal". It simply thanks those who served during a certain period for their efforts to end that "hidden" war. When I learned that the Berlin Wall was coming down, it was one…More »
27. Charlie Cox
"I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
In worn out shoes
With silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants
The old soft shoe
He jumped so high, jumped so high
Then he lightly touched down"*
Charlie Cox: "Singer, Musician, Entertainer,…More »
28. The Queen Mary
Maxim magazine: "So, Ms Z, what's your favorite room aboard the QM?"
Ms Z: "That's easy, the Observation Bar. It's so stylishly art deco, so intimate, so richly appointed and offers a magnificent view. And if they have a band, it just makes the whole…More »
29. Petersen Automotive Museum
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 964-6356
Categories:
Museums,
Venues & Event Spaces
Neighbourhood: Mid-City West
Guys can be so dumb at times. While they concern themselves with things like horsepower, cylinders, cams and headers, us gals define cars simply by their color, plushness of the leather seats and how sexy they look. Rich guys know this and use it to…More »
30. Autry National Center
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 667-2000
Categories:
Museums,
Venues & Event Spaces
Neighbourhood: Griffith Park/Los Feliz
"I wanna be a cowgirl
and you can be my cowboy
I wanna be a cowgirl...
I've got my saddle
On my horse.
He's called "Trigger",
Of course"
(Sung to "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" ... http://www.youtube.com... w/apologies to Boys Don't Cry)
A merger of the Women of the…More »
31. Monterey Museum of Art
Like the Tao of Monterey, the MMA (Pacific Street) represents the Yin while Colton Hall across the grass is the Yang. They balance the park.
Situated on a bluff overlooking the beautiful Monterey Bay, the Monterey Museum of Art lies at the foot of the…More »
32. Pantages Theatre
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 468-1770
Categories:
Performing Arts,
Venues & Event Spaces
Neighbourhood: Hollywood
If you're a fan ofart deco style, you'd be sad indeed to miss this classic Hollywood edifice of extreme deco design. It won't matter what show is offered, you'll be spending much of your time staring wide-eyed at the incredible plaster and paintwork…More »
33. Monterey Bay Aquarium
Much as I'd love to brag about my own town's aquarium, pitting Long Beach's so-called "Aquarium of the Pacific" against any medium to large city, to do so against Monterey would be analogous to comparing a bathtub to an ocean.
It had been years since…More »
34. Wilshire Theater
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(323) 655-4900
Category:
Performing Arts
Neighbourhood: Beverly Hills
Hey! Who let Genghis Khan into the house?
Half expecting a squadron of the Golden Horde to come crashing pell-mell across the stage, swords in full swing, the Saban Theater seemed an inappropriate location for the production we'd scored free tickets…More »
35. Art Images
"Make an offer" for a piece I've had my eye on for years? Oh hell yeah! If it's the economy, a slim-down or a divorce that results in my getting "Palos Verdes Cove" for a song, I don't care. I made an offer I thought the owner would laugh at but…More »
36. Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Not a Louvre or even a Met, not even a LACMA...but Santa Barbara is blessed to have a beautiful gallery all its own containing almost 27,000 works of art spanning more than 5,000 years of human creativity. With a gallery space of 20,500 sq. feet,…More »
37. Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Located right on the waterfront ("I coulda been somebody!") lies one of the newest and cutest of all the world's maritime museums. From tracing Santa Barbara's historic past with its Chumash Tomol wood canoe to the hi-tech gear of deep sea diving,…More »
38. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
If I were to identify anything on this recent trip to Santa Barbara that disappointed me, it would be the Museum of Natural History. My immediate impressions were that it was dark, dank, dirty, decrepit and in need of some generous TLC, if not, a…More »
39. Santa Barbara Zoo
Someone told me it was all happening at the zoo. But we found that to be so untrue. No lions, tigers, rhinos or even capabaras, too. Just a couple of gibbons throwing poo.
We got there at opening hoping to catch feeding times but maybe the animals…More »
40. Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 625-0414
Categories:
Museums,
Venues & Event Spaces
Neighbourhood: Downtown
One of my favorite LA museums, the Japanese American National Museum is a beautiful new structure housing wonderfully created objects reflective of the nature of the unique Japanese American. The permanent collection documents their struggle to break…More »
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Yelping SinceAugust 2007
Things I LoveRocking the boat, surfing, Wounded Warrior Project, Special Olympics of SoCal, Sea Shepherd Conservation, martial arts, Zen gardens, travel, mi bebe amor.
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