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I was in the Beverely Hills this afternoon so I took the opportunity to visit Ace Gallery. It has been quite a while since the last time I step into a contemporary art gallery or museum. I do visit galleries quite often, however, they have all been in mostly fine art galleries these days. Therefore, [...]

Posted on September 29th, 2009 under Art, music, and culture. Comments: 44

It has been a while since the last time I wrote about my paintings, but the fact is that despite all the wedding activities, I did not slow down on painting at all. I’ve finished several nice paintings, and been in two art shows so far this year. I am quite a harsh critic on [...]

Posted on July 9th, 2009 under Art, music, and culture, Painting talk. Comments: 8

Life is good when there’s good music.
Last Sunday, John and I went to Walt Disney Concert Hall for not one, but two concerts. The first one was a piano concerto concert featuring my teenage idol, Martha Argerich the legendary pianist. The second one was a organ recital by British organist, Gillian Weir. While two concerts in [...]

Posted on March 17th, 2009 under Art, music, and culture, John. Comments: 5

Tonight, I had a superb opera experience, IN A MOVIE THEATRE!
Half way through a busy workday, I found out that the Century Stadium 25 theatre in Orange is playing The Metropolitan Opera: Salome Encore on big screen for one day only. With the movie theatre being only miles away from my workplace, there was no excuse not [...]

Posted on October 22nd, 2008 under Art, music, and culture. Comments: 5

There we were, out on a summer day, enjoying ourselves with a glass of wine as sun descends beyond the glorious hills of Hollywood,

And our friends, Mr. Pooh and Ms. Ya Ya, smilling so contentedly in my workout bag, waiting for the concert to start…
Then there we were again - his hand holding mine as we whispered sporadic [...]

Posted on July 16th, 2008 under Art, music, and culture, John. Comments: 9