Building the Perfect Beast 6 - reinvented

Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize!!

what a great way to end the week....Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize!

Prince in Paris this weekend - gorgeous artwork

check out this beautiful artwork for Prince's gigs in Paris this weekend....compliments of drfunkenberry.com

Check out his site - he's in touch with all things Prince.

Building the Perfect Beast 5 - man down

Building the Perfect Beast 4

Building the Perfect Beast 3 - man down

Building the Perfect Beast 2

Building the Perfect Beast 1

where i'm at today...

feel summer passing...listening to Stevie Wonder...one of my earliest heros, teachers, gurus....loves...

you must listen to..."Summer Soft" and "As" from Stevie...

J'adore Rodin Museum in Paris

I sized this picture all wrong for my blog so that you could click through and glimpse the beauty of this work.  This is the garden at the Rodin Museum in Paris - - just to be near this work, in this setting, with such incredible light....there is nothing like it.

click on the photo....

the ultimate.

Happy Earth Day 2009

Silverlake/Echo Park - Earth Day eve 2009 - another lucky day on planet earth....

Thank you Prince for Conga and Nokia 3 28 09

There's been so much written about the 3 Prince shows downtown at L.A. Live on March 28th that even tho it's late in the game....I just can't help but put in my 2 cents.  I was at 2 of the 3 shows (Conga and the late Nokia gig) and from this girl's perspective - they were a smashing success. Conga rocked so hard the earth moved - seriously, Hendrix, Led Zep or Nirvana had nothing on them...and then part of what I liked about Nokia (which some complained about) was that it went in a totally opposite direction.  It was moody, romantic....very ethereal and I was personally struck by how Prince took us on a completely different journey than where we'd just been at Conga.  I took a breath and went willingly into his jazzier mood - others resisted and I think missed the point.  The arrangements were sparse and he let the other band members take the spotlight quite a bit....I actually stood all the way at the back of the room and sort of let the show come to me - and come to me it did.

Prince is such the consummate instrumentalist/producer/ songwriter - it's easy to forget how extraordinary a singer he is - but in this more sparse setting - with him frequently alone at the mic, sans guitar - I was reminded that if he'd only been a singer - he'd still have been a superstar.  With a stunning appearance of Chaka Kahn for an oh-so-brief and tender rendition of "Sweet Thing" (with him momentarily back on some tasty guitar) he then went on to "The Beautiful Ones" and "Nothing Compares 2 U" in the final set...there isn't much else to say for any Prince fans reading this....you know how good it was...pure joy...and love...so glad I was there.

The Story of Grey and My New Purse - 2009 Diary #1

my newest purchase....

I sneak it into the house...

but he tries to grab it from me saying "we all have to cut back...."

I plead with him....."look at the flower detail"

a blank stare - reconsidering...

he knows it's futile....

we both do.

It's bigger than the both of us...

The new vintage purse stays.

Vintage purse: ghetto gloss flea market

Sundays - - at the corner of Glendale & Silverlake Blvd., Los Angeles.