Artist Diaries: No risk, no reward
This week, Lee Hartman, my oil painting teacher returned to my Saturday afternoon oil painting classes. In her absence, I realized what a difference she…
Loni Stark
Loni Stark is an artist at Atelier Stark, psychology researcher, and technologist whose work explores the intersection of identity, creativity, and technology. Through StarkMind, she investigates human-AI collaboration and the emerging dynamics of agentic systems, research that informs both her academic work and creative practice. A self-professed foodie and adventure travel enthusiast, she collaborates on visual storytelling projects with Clinton Stark for Stark Insider. Her insights are shaped by her role at Adobe, influencing her explorations into the human-tech relationship. It's been said her laugh can still be heard from San Jose up to the Golden Gate Bridge—unless sushi, her culinary Kryptonite, has momentarily silenced her.
Wine Enthusiast ‘Toast of the Town’ San Francisco
One evening out of every year, San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House lights up with ‘Toast of the Town’, a gala showcasing local and international…
Pebble Beach Food & Wine: Lexus Grand Tasting the ultimate epicurian’s fantasy
Chef Morimoto's pork and red miso dish which showed how less can truly be more. I loved the intensity of flavors and everything on the…
Urban Gardening: Planting tips and tricks
Now that spring is here, it’s time to get planting. For you urban gardeners with tight space, check out my wooden vegetable planter box plans.…
Artist Diaries: How to create leaves with visual interest
This week I made more progress on the foreground of my “Lucie Stern Through the Looking Glass” painting by adding in the leaves of a…
Moulin Rouge: Life in Paris is a cabaret
After arriving in Paris on a Friday morning and spending the day in meetings, I decided the only way to cap off the day would…
Planting tomatoes in a vegetable planter box
This weekend, after finally catching up with various errands including the yearly submission of income tax, I was able to visit our local garden center…
“Play with your food” artichoke and crab salad with strawberry basil vinaigrette
There are few items more fun to eat than the artichoke with its edible leaves that must be plucked with fingers to be eaten.…
Michael Chiarello speaks on ‘cooking as a sport’ at Pebble Beach Food & Wine
The foreplay as he likes to refer to it. Michael even goes so far to say it should be sometimes messy, "...you want to be…
Eiffel Tower, Paris: A visit to the icon of romance
Of all the beautiful sights, sounds and tastes of Paris, it is the Eiffel Tower that has stood out as its most prominent symbol. It…