Great Minds

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Yesterday I made a post about strawberry prints and via email I received this image: Merlot on the Bounty from my friend the multi-talented painter Cindy Packard Richmond.  She wrote “Great min... Read More

Strawberry Prints

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While cutting strawberries for breakfast the other morning I noticed that they dyed the paper towel in a nice looking pattern. cut strawberries Somebody with some artistic ability could make and sell ... Read More

Illustrators as an Investment

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In the June National Geographic Magazine which came last week they had a beautiful illustration of a dead zone that occurs along the gulf coast: Good illustrators are extremely underrated in our photo... Read More

Islands of LA National Park

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This is one of the great ideas that I wish I’d had. An artist named Ari Kletzky has been putting up signs around LA naming the traffic islands a National Park. There is one of the signs down my ... Read More

Bagged Lettuce Improved

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Bagged lettuce was one of the great inventions of the late 20th century. It made it easier to have salad and less wasteful. At most markets bagged lettuce has taken over a big section of the produce d... Read More

Restaurant Idea

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What Pasadena needs is more restaurant diversity: How about a Hungarian Restaurant.  Goulash Stuffed cabbage Bean Soup Paprika Chicken We get so tired of Thai, Mexican, BBQ, Italian, Japanese and Chi... Read More

Royal Jelly in America

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Royal jelly is a honey bee secretion that is used in the nutrition of the larvae. It is secreted by young worker bees and used (among other substances) to feed all of the larvae in the colony, includi... Read More