"When the protesters came, we served them water and doughnuts": In response to Rick Warren's remark, an Internet marketing consultant in Burbank, CA encourages supporters of gay marriage to send the Rev personalized Dunkin’ Donuts gift cards.
Cali, do I have to disown you?: A LA Superior Court judge ruled that California failed to comply with a 2002 state law requiring it to extend Medi-Cal coverage to HIV-positive Californians.
The Best of Cali: Mark Bradford, Catherine Opie, Chris Burden, and Suzanne Vielmetter made Tyler Green's 2008 list.
Martin Kippenberger at MOCA LA: The first major retrospective exhibition of work by the German artist to be mounted in the United States is on view through January 5, 2009. [via Contemporary Art Daily].
A Gingerbread House LA Style: I considered building a gingerbread house for MOCA LA, but since they've accepted Broad's bailout, maybe I'll build one for DIA.
transPOP: Korea Vietnam Remix, an exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in San Francisco includes work by Tiffany Chung. The artist is showing concurrently at Tyler Rollins Fine Art in New York.
The Gatherers: Greening Our Urban Spaces, another exhibition at YBCA, includes work by Fallen Fruit Collective. On view through January 11, 2009.
Governor Green: Schwarzenegger talks about the state deficit and his current greening initiatives on 60 Minutes; Utne discloses the hidden cost of solar paneling; and the Bay Area flunked an air test.
The Art of Change: The Influence of Rock Music and Art on Social Change: The SF Art Commission appears to be mounting their own version of Summer of Love (but it probably makes more sense here). Opens January 9, 2009.
Tough Cookie: The NYT profiles a mother, baker, knitting teacher, and de Young Museum volunteer. She says, “I can’t compromise the quality of my cookies by accommodating a photographer."
Chock-full: Golden Gate Park's de Young Museum is dressed to impress with their current roster of exhibitions: Yves Saint Laurent; Sightings: The Ecology of an Art Museum; and Asian American Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900-1970 to name just a few. Rumor has it that the latter will travel to the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City this coming spring.
The World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2008: Thomas Keller of Per Se in NYC comes in at number 6, but he honed his skills at the number 5 spot, The French Laundry in Napa Valley, CA. The Laundry's pastry menu includes Creme au Chocolat Parfumee a la Fleur D'Orange de Sicile (Araguani Chocolate Sorbet, Orange Pearls and Celery Leaves).
Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA comes in at number 37. This week's menu features a Chestnut Crêpe with Caramelized Apples and Wildflower Honey Ice Cream on Saturday; and Bittersweet Chocolate and Hazelnut Ice Cream Profiteroles (cream puffs) on Sunday.
Studying sadism: While there's nothing to see at Santa Clara University's de Saisset Museum, a torture experiment at the University is making headlines. And this year-end headline left me speechless.
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