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Cultural adventurer and social butterfly who enjoys the art and wisdom of good conversation. With a passion for art, film, fashion, and food this ECONISTA loves to travel, take pictures and explore new places. www.reggieworld.com www.thefete.com
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One of the most beautiful lush drives in the world is the road to HANA in Maui. I felt like I was in Avatar in a tropical paradise. I have never seen so many species of plants, trees and flowers. Found a bamboo forest and these amazing Rainbow Eucalyptus trees. The roots are poisonous, but even lethal, they are stunning. If you look closely, you can see the trunks are the most gorgeous pinks and yellows.
Went to a kids party this weekend and fell in love. We all did actually. Who would have thought that a little chimp could be so irresistible. He is 19 months old. His name is Bentley. 
Kelly Lamb
Kelly lamb is a multi-media Artist/Designer, who after 15 years of living in New
York City has moved to sunny Los Angeles. Kelly's product designs are being
represented by Areaware in NYC. Kelly has designed interiors for Malo
restaurant in Los Angles, the Echo nightclub LA, and has done interiors in NYC
as well as upstate NY. She has had two solo exhibitions in NYC and has been
included in numerous international shows and museum installations, including
the Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY, The Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NY , The New
Museum, NY, Agnes B., Paris, Beaux Arts, Paris, Art Basel, Switzerland/ Miami,
and the Armory Show, NY. Her work has received reviews in Art News, Flash
Art, The New Yorker, Time Out, and Art Net. Kelly has designed and produced
artist's campaigns with corporations such as, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Coke
Cola. Lamb's photographs have also been featured in numerous publications
including the New York Times, Artforum, W, and Surface Magazine. Lamb has
received a Bessie award and a Tiffany Grant as part of a collaborative Art group
called the B-Team. Kelly Lamb grew up in Marblehead Massachusetts and
graduated from Bennington College.graduated from Bennington College.
I love to fish, unfortunately, don't get to do it that often out here. Nova has started enjoying it as well. I went to the Mt. Baldy Trout pools the other day. So fun, Nova had a blast. We got to take the trout home and make dinner. If you can stand to see bloody fish in a bucket I highly recommend.
Today is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. This is work I am putting together for a show about the Human Footprint. Inspired in equal parts by Hieronymus Bosch (The Garden of Earthly Delights), and our non sustainable consumerist culture. A little heaven meets hell, depending on how you look at it. After all the fires and destruction within our urban spaces, I imagine things will go back to a more primitive state through the resilience of nature.I am outputting all these pieces on light boxes. There are 7 total. 30 x 40" Edition of 3 Love thy planet!!
Artist Karen Kimmel created these beautiful environmental sculptures and installations for theFETE. To learn more about Karen, visit her website-link above.
Directed by
In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan lies a shocking secret that a few desperate men will stop at nothing to keep hidden from the world. In Taiji, Japan, former dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. In the 1960s, it was O'Barry who captured and trained the 5 dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation "Flipper." One fateful day, a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent and self-aware creatures must never be subjected to human captivity again. This mission has brought him to Taiji, a town that appears to be devoted to the wonders and mysteries of the sleek, playful dolphins and whales that swim off their coast. But in a remote, glistening cove, surrounded by barbed wire and "Keep Out" signs, lies a dark reality. It is here, under cover of night, that the fishermen of Taiji, driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat, engage in an unseen hunt. The nature of what they do is so chilling and the consequences are so dangerous to human health that they will go to great lengths to halt anyone from seeing it. [D-Man2010]
http://www.thecovemovie.com/
I was inspired by Giselle's pictures in Vogue this month. Patrick Demarchelier shot the beautiful lifestyle shots at Giselle's Costa Rica house. Totally Earth Mother. I think I was just so blown away by her athleticism, beauty and grace in every shot. Even her hands are in perfect form when she is diving. It is so nice to see her so happy. She is amazing.
Following the death of SeaWorld whale trainer Dawn Brancheau, the Twitter account of killer whale Shamu has been silenced.
Yes, Shamu has a Twitter account, and boasts more than 10,000 followers.
But on Thursday, Shamu's tweets came to a halt with the following update: "At this difficult time, @Shamu will not be active. For Twitter updates follow @SeaWorld_Parks."
Shamu maintained a lively presence on Twitter, rife with cheeky, animal-related tweets. The whale's Twitter bio reads: "I live at SeaWorld. I'm a large, athletic, black and white marine mammal. I'm not THE star of SeaWorld, I'm A star of SeaWorld."
Some examples of the killer whale's microblogging humor? Shamu offered such gems as: "By show of hands: How many of you have been in a Simpsons episode? http://twitpic.com/112rh5;" "Groundhogs are also known as 'Whistlepigs.' Clearly named by the same people who came up with 'Punxsutawney'" and "Hamu. Sigh. That what happens when you type without fingers."
After the death of Ms. Brancheau, SeaWorld regularly updated its blog to keep the public in the loop about its plans for Tillikum, the 12,000-pound killer whale that pulled her into his tank by her ponytail. It streamed a live press conference online on Friday, and linked to a newspaper profile about Ms. Brancheau, who had wanted to work with killer whales ever since she was a small child.
Chuck Tompkins, a chief animal trainer at Sea World, said in a video posted alongside the profile that Ms. Brancheau "was one of our best killer whale trainers. It's been just a tremendous loss for us," and that "I don't know what the animal was thinking."
Notice a lot of men with beards lately? Does "rustic" come to mind? C-urbans are
Country-urban. Maybe a backlash to the metro sexual look from a few
years back? Flannel shirts (think an updated version of Kurt Cobain's
style) and red wing boots with fitted jeans. A bit more fashionable,
note the accessories, always a great pair of sunnies. (pic above is of
photographer Kris Payne and pic below of photographer/artist Peter
Sutherland) They hike, collect tools, can build a desk from scratch,
and usually make some form of art. Back to basics baby in that quest to be reductive. 
The urban woodsman or C-urban is just as hip and prevalent as the skurban (skate-urban) dude. They are the utilitarian kids that live in
Portland, Tokyo, Seattle, Silverlake and Williamsburg that are just as
comfortable discussing skate culture, the hottest DJs, getting tickets
to Coachella or wielding an axe. Some of them even care about bath
products although the grooming sometimes throws you off. Go to brands
are Neighborhood, Boneyards, Stussy, Nike, Supreme, Dickies, JCrew,
Timberland, Cabelas, Dunderdon and Epaulet. These urban lumberjacks
are fashion forward but classic in dress. Is there a female version?
Not yet, although they are usually accompanied by a cute, skinny jean
and VISVIM wearing fashionista who cooks, makes art, reads books and
believes in green living.
The 2nd Thursday of every month, admission is always free, 12 to 9pm
http://www.downtownartwalk.org/
Attended the Art Fair at Pacific Design Center this weekend. The fair presented 50 top international blue chip and emerging galleries from around the world. I met some great artists, curators and gallerists from Mexico, Greece and Germany respectively. (in addition to the lovelies we have here at home) food was generously sponsored by Lemonade and Belvedere, and Bear Flag Wines.
One of my favorite rooms was the installation of John Miller's gold pieces at Patrick Painter.
The opening night featured a great crowd and lots of awesome contemporary art. LACMA's new chief curator of contem. art Franklin Sirmans attended with wife, Jessica. Anthony Kiedes, Devon and Steve Aoki, Jorge Pardo, Sam Trammell, and Shannyn Sossamon were all in the house. Martin Klosterfelde and Shaun Regen, Jessica Trent, Heather Harmon
Shame on H&M. We all know the Swedish retailer that basically copies high end designers and offers the replicas to the masses. Yes, I'm guilty of shopping there and so is most of America. Unfortunately, I won't be supporting them anymore after reading Jim Dwyer's article in the NY Times. In a time when 20% of New Yorkers are unemployed and freezing I might add, H&M would rather slash their clothes nightly and throw them in the trash than donate them to charity or those in need.
Many huge retailers including Walmart donate to charity, give to missionaries, or send the clothing abroad to those that will distribute it to the poor. Whatever happened to a companies GoodWill? And they say they care about sustainability? This is just wasteful and shocking. Please, Shame on H&M.
New York TImes article by Jim Dwyer. Jan 5
nytimes
In the bitter cold on Monday night, a man and woman picked apart a pyramid of clear trash bags, the discards of the HM clothing store that reigns in blazing plate-glass glory on 34th Street, just east of Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.
At the back entrance on 35th Street, awaiting trash haulers, were bags of garments that appear to have never been worn. And to make sure that they never would be worn or sold, someone had slashed most of them with box cutters or razors, a familiar sight outside H & M's back door. The man and woman were there to salvage what had not been destroyed.
He worked quickly, never uttering a word. A bag was opened and eyed, and if it held something of promise, was tossed at the feet of the woman. She said her name was Pepa.
Were the clothes usually cut up before they were thrown out?
"A veces," she said in Spanish. Sometimes.
She packed up a few items that had escaped the blade -- a bright green T-shirt that said "Summer of Surf," and a dark-blue hoodie in size 12, with a Divided label. The rest was returned to the pyramid.
It is winter. A third of the city is poor. And unworn clothing is being destroyed nightly.
The brilliant Daron Acemoglu is an MIT economist and winner of hte 2005 Clark Medal. He claims the Rule of Law, government and security offers the opportunities that foster innovation. Things we all take for granted in the United States.
Contrary to popular belief, technology, geography, weather and health have nothing to do with it. Nations are not like children, they aren't born rich or poor.
"Some nations succeed while others flounder comes down to the soundness and transparency of their governments. The ability of a nation's citizens to own property, freely elect representatives and live without fear of crime or graft." In terms of per capita GDP the US, Singapore (the richest country in ASIA) and England are among the world's leading economies. Countries like Bolivia, Egypt, and Ethiopia are among the poorest. Sad but true.
Here is a link to his published work.
Daron Acemoglu
Nova was thrilled.
What do you do when u are in a recon mission with a bunch of soldiers heading out of Fallujah and nature calls? Go Girl Well, can't say I've done that, but I have been on photo shoots in remote parts of the jungle or driving in a car for hours without a rest stop. That's where GoGirl comes into play. This device lets you pee standing up. For anyone who has to brave a filthy porty potty GoGirl is something that should have been invented a long time ago. A friend turned me onto it and at first I was shocked and thought it was a joke. Then I thought, this is brilliant. 
The female urination device comes in cute packaging and is well designed. It even comes in beige camou. Originally invented for female soldiers; its great for travelers, all day shopping, hiking and long trips. When nature calls....Gogirl.
When I want to get away from the city life I go to Franklin Canyon to walk my dogs. It is right in the heart of Beverly Hills. I can't believe when I look around that it is so vast and yet so close to the city. 10 minutes from Hollywood right behind the Beverly Hills Hotel. It is always clean and so relaxing and peaceful. Shot this yesterday with my iphone. Love it. 
There comes that time when companies decide whether or not to cash out and go public. Like it or not, Facebook has touched the lives of pretty much everyone I know. FB is the fourth most popular destination on the web and the world's most popular social networking site. People either love it or hate it. Fact is, it has permeated pop culture, and our vernacular. Facebook mobilized the 2008 presidential elections, put millions of "friends" in touch, even spawned the "bookface" costume on the Office Halloween episode. Not to mention a few stalkers and blasts from the past that none of us really want to hang out with. The expression, "Facebook" me, is something I hear all the time. I hear "Google me" too, but thats another blog post. Amid the year end close sell off and other dubious market data the market is riding high. Go figure, should be down but its up. Curious to see how this Facebook IPO pans out. stay tuned.......
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc., the world's biggest social-networking site, introduced a dual-class stock structure to let current shareholders hold onto voting control.
The decision shouldn't be seen as a sign that the company is planning to go public, Facebook said today in an e-mailed statement. It said it has no plans to hold an initial stock sale at this time.
"We did introduce a dual-class stock structure because existing shareholders wanted to maintain control over voting on certain issues to help ensure the company can continue to focus on the long term," Facebook said.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said in May that he expects the company to go public, though he wasn't focused on it. Google Inc. implemented a dual-class stock structure before its 2004 IPO, giving founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin 10 votes per share rather than one vote for regular shares.
Violence against women and children is something that makes me sick. I was thrilled to see this issue addressed in the provocative installation "Journey" in Washington Square Park. It is one of the most heinous and nowadays, common crimes against humanity. This traveling installation was in NYC last week and will travel to other major cities across the globe. These photographs were taken in London at the installation there.
Mick Martin, Michael Howells, Sandy Powell, Sam Roddick and Trevor Robinson, Anish Kapoor and Emma Thompson help tell the story of a woman who was trafficked into sexual slavery. The more of us who get involved, donate and talk about this important issue- the better.
Helen Bamber Foundation New York's Mayor Bloomberg, Oscar winning actor and human rights campaigner Emma Thompson, guest artists and curators are launching a provocative installation depicting the "Journey" of trafficked women across the globe into the sex industry.
Journey will be located on Washington Place, at Washington Square East and open to the public from Tuesday 10 November to Friday 13 November 12-8pm, Saturday 14 November 11-7pm and Sunday 15 November 10-3pm. Entrance is free but restricted to those aged 17 and over.
The installation will be hosted by Emma Thompson, Sam Roddick, Helen Bamber OBE, and other members of the Journey team.
Journey's arrival in Manhattan is a major stop on its world tour against human trafficking.
Journey brings together creativity and the art of survival to show what it means to be bought and sold. It demonstrates how one woman's story can help us understand a subject that is as painful as it is incomprehensible. Trafficking is a crime without borders. Trafficked people become illegal, stigmatized and invisible. The state of New York is a major entry and transit hub, but authorities and agencies are pouring huge resources into supporting victims and prosecuting traffickers.
Visitors to Journey will walk through seven shipping containers that tell the story of Elena who was trafficked into sexual slavery. It evokes the seven stages of a trafficked woman's experience:
Journey
is supported by the Mayor's Office and other New York based
organizations advocating on behalf of survivors of trafficking and
other forms of violence against women and children. The Helen Bamber
Foundation has a wealth of knowledge around human trafficking through
working with judiciary and police, health and social services
authorities, other NGOs and of course the women themselves. We are keen
to share with and learn from New York agencies, and establish long-term
partnerships.
"If people could experience for just five minutes what it's like, then maybe they would not be so cruel."
"People just don't want
to know about this issue - it's hidden, it's criminal, it's perverse
and yes, it's happening on our own doorstep. Journey is a remarkable
piece of collaborative, creative and confrontational art that
profoundly challenges people's perspective.
Come and see for yourself and tell us if you agree."
Elena Varga
Emma Thompson
text courtesy of Helen Bamber Foundation//photos courtesy of Serene Cicora and Coco de Mer.
Sometimes I feel like I work on a farm. I wish I had a farm. Anyone who has animals knows it is A LOT of maintenance, time and TLC. There's a lot of poo. You just get immune to it.. Here is Jett, Sheena and Thunder, aka "Senor" pug. Ofcourse, playing with my dogs and caring for them is relaxing and almost a spiritual experience. So much fun to see their little faces. 
Sometimes a walk is all I need to calm down after a long day's work. The turtles will make their appearance in another post, the frog, another.
The hottest thing out there in business is an MFA. (Master of Fine Arts) I realized that a while ago when I started interviewing and publishing articles on artists. They are uber smart and so imaginative. Learning more about art is really learning a little about thought, structure and culture.It has definately expanded my perspective. When I was in business school everyone wanted a law degree or MBA . That was the thing in the eighties and nineties. Still great, but not great enough .
Free thinking and artistic training is the future of the new competitive experience economy. Design, technology, creativity and innovation is where it's AT. Left brain vs. right brain. If you end up with a little of both you have just that much more of an advantage in your creative and business endeavors. CEO's, Harvard, many hedge fund and investment banking firms are encouraging and nurturing this new approach and sending executives back to school.
Oscar
Niemeyer, considered by many to be Brazil's most prolific contemporary
architect, achieved another milestone this year when he turned
100. I spent a lot of time in Sao Paulo as a child and admired all the curvy modernist buildings he designed in the city. Love him.
Born in Rio in 1907, Niemeyer attended Brazil's prestigious National
School of Fine Arts before joining the team of Swiss-born Bauhaus giant
Le Corbusier on a new Ministry of Education and Health. He then went
on to design the Brazilian pavilion at the New York World's Fair with
Lucio Costa, for which he was named an honorary citizen of New York by
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.
With more than 175 projects worldwide, Niemeyer is perhaps best known for his work on the United Nations headquarters in New York where he insisted on the curves that are now so famous. In Brazil, his flying-saucer shaped Museum of Contemporary Art located across the bay from Rio de Janeiro was once considered to be too modern, but is now hailed as a masterpiece of contemporary architecture.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Brazil (via: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Museu_de_Arte_Contempor%C3%A2nea.jpg)
So what does the "king of curves" - a title given to him for his "curvy' architecture - have planned for this big day? According to Niemeyer, he plans on celebrating with an intimate dinner that will include his daughter Anna Maria Niemeyer, five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and four great-great-granchildren. His fellow countrymen aren't so subtle in their merriment. And why should they be? After all, what Brazilian doesn't enjoy a celebration?
For starters, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has declared 2008 the "Year of Oscar Niemeyer" and has requested that all of Niemeyer's buildings in the country be added to a national registry that protects them from being altered without special permission. And in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, the newspaper O Globo is projecting images of his work on buildings throughout the city.
So what's next for Brazil's most noted architect? While he has a stack of projects to choose from, he is currently planning to transform a prison in Valparaiso, Chile, into a futuristic cultural center, further leaving his mark on future generations. (wikipedia)
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