Home Grown Lovin’ | Family & Holiday Reflections from Linda “Peaches” Tavani
My sister Jan always told me that she believed in me. Growing up with Jan was a wonderful experience as she adopted everyone who…
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Video Game Review | Venba: A Game Filled With Heart And Love
There is something so comforting and calming about cooking games. There is a genre of games that I tend to come back to occasionally…
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Ready 2 Retro | Power Rangers 30 Years Later
If you had a pulse and were under the age of eleven in 1993, the Power Rangers consumed your life. From light up sneakers, fruit snacks, school supplies, to even shaving kits for kids (yes, for whatever reason these were popular with 90’s kids)…
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Joseph Rastovich | The Value of Public Art
Many people think the purpose of art is to be beautiful, and while aesthetics are important, I also contend the purpose of art has a deeper value. Art is here to encourage discourse and exploration of our own understandings. Art can interact with abstract elements like gravity and space like nothing else.
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Film Review | In a Kitchen; «La Passion de Dodin Bouffant»
Inside a kitchen
Perfect light, scenography, humble appreciation and respect for the kitchen; poetically working in wonderful symmetry, grace, civility, devotion and love.
Bamyan Paris 2023 Autumn/Winter collection | ‘Origins’ …Honour your History, Shape your Destiny
I fully enjoyed my Bamyan visit. As I approached Bamyan Boutique, 72, and Showroom at number 51 rue Saint-Louis-en-l’Île, on a tranquil late-morning Tuesday, I floated on the feeling.
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The Under-Told Connection of Frederick Douglass & Ireland
Mr. Douglass’ time in Ireland is variously referenced as an “odyssey,” “compelling,” “a place where he found his voice.”
On his final day there, in a letter he wrote to William Lloyd Garrison, Mr. Douglass spoke of his time in Ireland with these words,
“I can truly say, I have spent some of the happiest moments of my life since landing in this country. I seem to have undergone a transformation. I live a new life.”
Essay | The Personal Impact of Reviewing the Film, “Till”
Loving connection is a boundless space that defies any distance. The mother of Emmett Till, Mamie’s anger and her devotion to her son propel her decisions, yet not in a vengeful tone. She is actively angry when it serves as she remains clear, grounded and grows. Mamie’s growth and courage are a win for humanity.
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Book Review | Waiting to be Arrested at Night by Tahir Hamut Izgil
Tahir closes his narrative with a reflections,”We are finally free, but those we love the most are suffering still, left behind in that tortured land. Each time we think of them, we burn with guilt. We will see those dear ones only in our dreams.”
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Based in Paris | Visiting the Exhibitions at Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine
The special exposition; the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris from builders to restorers; the interactivity of the architectural collections attracts curious youngsters; invites immersion into time travel and exposes ‘virtual reality’ in the expositions.
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Exploring Los Angeles | Rolling Greens – Garden & Nursery Mecca for the Modern Home
One balmy Southern California weekend in July, I had the opportunity to explore an eminent garden center in Los Angeles called Rolling Greens. I had learned about this comprehensive, family-owned garden center from their smaller shop in the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles. But it is the larger flagship center in Culver City is where our afternoon was spent…
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Ready 2 Retro | Toon Con 2023
Animation, unlike any form of art, can completely transport you into a world that is both tangible and out of reach from reality. From the first known animated short by French artist Émile Cohl, “Fantasmagorie” (1908), to the delightful spectacle of Del Toro’s stop-motion masterpiece, animation has been present for multiple generations and is only increasing in popularity. Enter the scene: Toon Con.
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