this weekend we have the Oakland Art Murmur and I am participating in a gallery show on Friday night. The show is called One Night Stand and there will be wine, snacks and 20 different artists with their wares for one night only at the Uptown Body and Fender Gallery. the gallery is at 410 26th Street in Oakland and the show is from 6-9. This ( Read more... )

Here in Oakland, we have an amazing Art Walk that happens every first Friday of the month and Rhiannon Jewelry will be there too ( Read more... )

and the only things I regret about that are the lack of a "none of the above, start over"  option and the fact that I don't get a nifty little sticker that says "I voted" on it because I vote by mail. Alas ( Read more... )

I have achieved New Model Army Bootleg ( Read more... )

So I went to NYC for a week. Then I went to Sacramento for a few hours and then I went out on a boat, so this is really the first time I have been coherent since I got back from the Big Apple last week. It was a great trip. We went on so many walks that my ankle is still sore after a week of being home. We saw the best New Model Army shows I've ( Read more... )

 trying to wrap my brain around the fact that I am about to get on a plane and head to NY. I have a hard time believing that I am about to see Cory and Indigo, although I know that I am. I have a hard time believing that I am going to see New Model Army's 30th anniversary shows after all, but I am. I have a hard time with the idea of meeting one of ( Read more... )

So it has finally become clear to me that the only time I truly miss Burning Man is when all the phone calls start...those last "hey, I'm on my way to Burning Man and thinking of you" moments that are the equivalent of the best guilt trip ever...and those little calls combined with the Temple might have been enough if I wasn't leaving for New York ( Read more... )

“If you choose this lifestyle, you will find heartbreak and destruction at every turn” - so said my mother as she tried to steer me away from the darkness that I was always drawn to, even when I was a dumb and rebellious14 year old. Nothing has frustrated me more in my life than the times when I have had to give her the satisfaction of being right.
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I'm not sure that I can describe House of Usher ( Read more... )