6/2/12

THE BLACK TOILET OF ANTEBELLUM

photo courtesy~ noam gonick~ winnipeg/antebellum correspondent

WINNIPEG GOES TO CANTOR'S

i decided to take the Winnipeger's to a late night dinner @ CANTOR'S DELI on fairfax.

we had a blast.... Winnipeger's like to eat!

(artist~ zachari logan with his monte cristo & me~ rick casro with my little new yorker)

curator~ noam gonick with his brisket)

check out opening night of WinniPig~ TONIGHT~ JUNE 2ND
7PM TILL 9PM

6/1/12

WinniPig IS LOOKING HOT!

check out the instillation for WinniPig~ erotic artworks from the coldest city on earth!

OPENING NIGHT IS SATURDAY~ JUNE 2ND~ 7PM

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1643 N. Las Palmas ave
Hollywood, CA 90028
323 856-0667
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photos courtesy~ noam gonick~ winnipeg/antebellum correspondent

5/31/12

RANDOM THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW ONLY... THIS MOMENT~
MAY 31ST. 2012~ 2:29AM

5/30/12

EASY EATS: Tea with

RICK CASTRO

For Betty Gonia, afternoon tea is a relaxing day to the end the day... and the column.

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Today's Easy Eats is very special because I am sharing an interview with my long time friends from high school, and afternoon tea expert, Mr. Rick Castro. He has an art gallery in Hollywood called Antebellum. You can also find his blogs on Hollywood Patch. He was in Palm Springs recently for the Film Noir Festival, and we met for breakfast at the Ace Hotel.

Every afternoon at 4:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. in the winter), Rick serves afternoon tea at the Antebellum. He shared with me some guidelines for a succesful tea.

No more than 7 guests because you only want one conversation.
Make a toast only by raising tea cups and never clinking them as they may break.
The spirit of afternoon tea is important in this day and age. It is a one to two hour respite in the day and a mini-vacation.
Afternoon tea helps you be more productive because youre stepping away to take in the moment and regroup.

For Rick, the accompaniments to the afternoon tea are important. The food should always be on the plain side, because the tea is the star. He suggests one savory and one sweet such as egg salad sandwiches mane from veganaise and chopped chives. For a sweet, he enjoys toasted crumpets (found at Trader Joe's and Ralphs), with (preferably British) lemon curd.

The best way to serve tea is to keep the tea with its own flavor. No milk or sugar added! He learned form his tea master to find the best water possible and to preheat the pot as well as the teacups. Rick hand-blends his own loose tea. On this particular day he favored black tea from India and baby rosebuds. Begin with cold water and when the water just begins to boil, pour it into a preheated teapot with a teaspoon of loose tea. Let it steep for four minutes, then serve.

I very much enjoyed my time with Rick and leanring about afternoon tea. I hope he returns to the desert soon.

WinniPig~ WOW!

check out all the artworks from the upcoming exhibit~ antebellum's obsession with
WINNIPEG, CANADA entitled~ WinniPig

all artists are from winnipeg canada, including the curator~ NOAM GONICK

WinniPig: Recent work by Winnipeg artists.

Featuring:

Aliza Amihude
C. Graham Asmundson
Paul Butler
Sharron Zenith Corne
Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan
Dan Donaldson
Daniel Ellingsen
Elle Flanders
Larry Glawson
Phyllis Green
Andrew Harwood
Larusson & Pyszczek
Zachari Logan
Guy Maddin
Bonnie Marin
Doug Melnyk
Robert Pasternak
Joshua Pearlman
Paul Robles
Slomotion
Wayne Sommersell

opens~ june 2nd
6pm till 9pm

live performance by glen meadmore & the kuntry band

film & tea salon~ june 3rd~ 5pm

film screenings of guy maddin & noam gonick art films

winnipig happy hour~ june 9th~ 6pm

on exhibit thru june 23rd

Winnipeg- that mythical town on the Canadian frontier - Manitoba-

Winnipeg has produced an inordinately fecund cultural milieu with artists experimenting in all media.

Manitoba was the first predominantly english speaking province to legislatively protect queer rights in 1987. With North America's first out gay mayor elected in the 1990's, Winnipeg cemented its reputation as a radical city that emerged from the Red River uprising of Louis Riel in 1869. Modern day Winnipeg is the coldest city on earth - with the largest per-capita Native population in Canada and a reputation as the murder and child poverty capital of the country.

WinniPig the exhibition takes its name from a performance by Lydia Lunch at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in 1987. An audience member heckled that she was the Queen of Winnipeg, to which she replied: "I'm not the Queen of Winnipeg, I'm the Queen of WinniPig!"

Curated by artist/filmmaker Noam Gonick, with assistance from Wayne Baerwaldt, the show includes artists from Winnipeg (and former Winnipeggers)...

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