Monthly Archives: January 2012

Accidents in Abstract Painting

The controlled crash of Richard Jackson’s paint-filled radio-controlled airplane went off absolutely swimmingly Sunday in the Arroyo Seco after a half-hour or so of technical delay that only served to whip the huge crowd — who knew that a thousand … Continue reading

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Party at the mausoleum

The late artist Jae Carmichael was a descendant of the Giddings family, which founded Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum off Marengo in Altadena in 1882. She made these stained glass windows and installed them there as a kind of complement … Continue reading

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Ducky

I always go to the Rose Bowl Game with my friend Elaine. As both of us are University of California at Berkeley alums, we never get to root for our favorite team. But she got her master’s at USC, and … Continue reading

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