Visiting The Sawdust Festival
We visit the Sawdust Festival around Sue's birthday and have been doing that for 22 years! This time we went on a Monday and had a nice surprise!
The
little city was up again... It is a delightful display of artistic
talent!
So
now you know what time we arrived.... It took us two hours to go through
the fair!
The Waterfalls Are Always Beautiful
It is very peaceful to sit under the trees and listen to the water flowing
down the side of the hill! Nappy time!
Time
to change glasses!
The
booths continue to get fancier and fancier each year!
I
haven't seen a Flying "A" in years. Flying A was a major gasoline brand
in the U.S. from the 1930s to the mid-1960s, and its disappearance was a
surprise to many people.
Flying A was a sponsor of New York Yankee television broadcasts in one of
the company's final years, featuring the slogan, "Ooooh, do we worry!" and
a dog named Axelrod. The commercials sometimes had a jingle with a creative
if somewhat odd rhyme: "At Flying A we worry ... about your carburetor ...
your sparkplugs, muffler, tail lights and your voltage regulator." The Yankees
had a very poor season that year. One wonders if maybe a better year by
the Yanks might have made the company survive.
Flying A was closely linked with college football and basketball in the
Far West between 1925 and 1962. Tidewater Associated Oil Co. owned the broadcast
rights to Pacific Coast Conference (forerunner to the Pac-10) football and
basketball during most of that period. Tidewater and Flying A were also
were linked with scoreboard and public-address system sponsorships at most
stadiums and arenas on the West Coast. "Play ball with Flying A!" was a
familiar slogan to sports fans from the late 1920s to the early 1960s.
“Flying A” gasoline was a product of the Tidewater Refinery at the lower
end of Bayonne, N.J., as well as refineries on the Pacific Coast that formerly
belonged to Associated Oil Co. In 1878 Tidewater Oil Company of Pennsylvania
moved to Bayonne, N.J. In 1928, Pacific Western Oil Corporation incorporated
as a holding company for Edward L. Doheny and family which subsequently
came under the control of J. Paul Getty.
Trees Get Priority And Every Year The Booths Must Be slightly Adjusted!
Purse Time...
The
one she found was damaged and they didn' have another until.... Paul found
a replacement!
Paul Hirsh And Artie Recognized Us And We Had A Nice Visit
Paul
was head of Quality on many programs and we shared a lot of memories.
Ardy and Paul both retired from aerospace and are enjoying life!
Chenille, the French word for caterpillar, is typically used to describe a
type of fabric. Many fabrics, such as mohair and wool, get their names
from the fibers with which they are made. Chenille, however, is named
for the unique process in which it is made. It is manufactured by
wrapping short lengths of fabric, called "piles," around a tightly wound
core of yarn. The edges of these piles then stand at right angles from
the yarn’s core, giving chenille both its softness and its
characteristic look. Chenille can appear iridescent without actually
using iridescent fibers. The yarn is commonly manufactured from cotton,
but can also be made using acrylic, rayon and olefin.
According to textile historians, chenille-type yarn was produced as far
back the eighteenth century. In the 1930s, usage for the tufted fabric
became widely desirable for throws, bedspreads, and carpets, though not
popularized for apparel until commercial production in the 1970s.
Standards of industrial production were not introduced until the 1990s,
when the Chenille International Manufacturers Association (CIMA) was
formed with the mission to improve and develop manufacturing
processes.It used to be called "Heirloom" but the name has been changed
to Dazzle.... Great chothes with remarkable materials
Time For Lunch At Tivoli II Inside Art-A-Fair
No, that is NOT our combined ages... It is simply the table number!
Hydrangea flowers are produced from early spring to late autumn; they grow in
flowerheads (corymbs or panicles) at the ends of the stems. In many
species, the flowerheads contain two types of flowers, small fertile
flowers in the middle of the flowerhead, and large, sterile bract-like
flowers in a ring around the edge of each flowerhead. Other species have
all the flowers fertile and of the same size.
In most species the flowers are white, but in some species, can be blue,
red, pink, or purple. In these species the exact colour often depends on
the pH of the soil; acidic soils produce blue flowers, neutral soils
produce very pale cream petals, and alkaline soils results in pink or
purple. Hydrangeas are one of very few plants that accumulate aluminium.
Aluminium is released from acidic soils, and in some species, forms
complexes in the hydrangea flower giving them their blue colour.
Off To Walk Through Art-A-Fair
Featuring a Venetian theme, this year's festival gives you the
opportunity to stroll the festive streets of Palazzo Laguna and See the
World Through an Artist's Eyes.
Unique among local cultural events, Art-A-Fair features 125
internationally juried artists and master craftsmen. Increasingly
popular among artists and visitors alike as a showcase for emerging
talent, it has become one of Laguna's must-visit summer affairs.
Recently celebrating its 40th anniversary, Art-A-Fair is the city's only
international art festival and offers guests the chance to experience
the passion of artists working in oil painting, sculpture, mixed media,
digital art, ceramics, glass, jewelry, and wood firsthand.
Time To Exercise So We Walked To The Beach And Down The Boardwalk
Laguna Beach's summer trolley service, offering free transportation around downtown, on Laguna Canyon Road, and on Coast Highway from Cliff Drive to South Coast Medical Center, got underway this week and will continue through Aug. 31.
A mixed fleet of both gas- and propane-powered vehicles will be wheeling by with 12 shuttles in service Monday through Thursday and 15 Friday through Sunday. The routes and stops remains the same as last summer, and trolleys are in continuous service every 20 minutes from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m
Main Beach is the largest and most popular stretch of beach in Laguna. It is
located in the middle of the town where Broadway and Ocean Avenues
intersect Coast Highway. The best known landmark on this beach is the
white lifeguard tower located in the middle of the beach.
This beach is mostly sand bottom (rocky at the northern end near Bird
Rock) with shorebreak type surf which makes it very popular with
swimmers, bodyboarders, and body surfers. Surfing is not permitted on
Main Beach during the summer months. The surf can be large and dangerous
with numerous rip currents and heavy shore break waves.
Popular activities at this beach are basketball (there are two courts at
the north end), volleyball (there are several courts on the beach) and
other sand activities. There is a boardwalk that runs the length of the
beach so it is a nice place to take a walk or people watch. Shower and
restroom facilities are provided on both ends of the beach. Since it is
in the middle of the town, it is a short walk from the beach to the
numerous restaurant and shopping areas that are downtown.
Obama Was Here Before Us!
Next Week We Are Going To The Playhouse
The Laguna Playhouse was launched in a living room! That's right...on October
22, 1920, a group of dedicated local drama devotees got together and
decided it was time to establish a community theatre in Laguna Beach.
Initially there were play readings and performances in private homes and
storefronts.
Finally, in 1969, the beautiful Moulton Theatre was built with private
funds on City-owned land on Laguna Canyon Road. The old Playhouse was
razed, but a historic marker still memorializes the site where the
much-loved theatre once stood.
From small beginnings in a Laguna Beach living room more than 85 years
ago, The Laguna Playhouse has grown to become a vital component in the
fabric of the community. It provides enriching high-quality
entertainment for audiences of all ages, both local residents and
visitors, and enhances the city’s luster as one of the country’s most
appealing tourist destinations
Time For A Glass Of Wine
Chardonney and a Merlot and we are good to go for our walking trip back to
the car.
We Are Going To The Pageant Of The Masters In Late July
A smash hit at the festival was the Living Pictures show created by artist
and vaudevillian Lolita Perine. She dressed local residents in costume
and seated them behind a makeshift frame. These paintings that came to
life fascinated viewers of all ages.
In 1935 Roy Ropp, a local construction worker, realtor and amateur
artist, expanded Perine’s concept and developed the performance into its
present-day format. Ropp renamed the new and improved event "The Spirit
of the Masters," and continued to design and produce it with resounding
success until 1941. In 1936, the production was renamed yet again, for
the last time, the "Pageant of the Masters."
Between 1933 and 1940, the Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters
moved from one location to another each summer. In 1938, 70 community
groups formed a committee to establish a permanent home, and selected
the present site of the Festival and Pageant for a future community
central park.
On July 30, 1941, the first Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters
held on the site marked the park’s opening to the public. News stories
claimed the spectacle was a magical creation and word traveled fast that
it was a "must see." The show closed on August 8, 1941, a great success
for the artists and residents.
The site served as Laguna Beach's community park for many years. From
the 1940s to the 1960s the park was used year-round for a variety of
events, including the community Easter Egg Hunt, carnivals, the Goat
Show, and the Scottish Festival. In the ’60s, with the Festival’s
continuing success and popularity, the event was expanded to six weeks,
and the temporary wooden artist booths that were installed each summer
were replaced with permanent structures.
From its humble beginnings as a means of promoting and sustaining the
fine arts in Laguna Beach, the Festival of Arts has matured into a
world-renowned cultural institution drawing visitors from far and wide.
The Festival - with its premier attraction, the Pageant of the Masters -
has shared its success, awarding millions of dollars over the years in
the form of scholarships to art students and grants to art and cultural
organizations, and hosting cultural events on the grounds throughout the
year. The Festival of Arts and the City of Laguna Beach have grown up
together, becoming inseparable in the eyes of residents and of the many
patrons who return year after year to enjoy the world-class art of the
Festival and unique tableaux vivants of the Pageant.Content