In Downtown LA, at the intersection of gentrification, immigration, law and tastiness, lies the street vendor grilled bacon wrapped hot dog. Nicknamed the “heart attack dog” they are illegal to make and to sell in LA because in order to do so you must grill them, and street vendors are not allowed to grill meat – only to boil or steam it due to health code regulations.
This weekend, we decided (well, my niece told me we should anyway) to head on down to Griffith Park and grill some up ourselves just to see what all the fuss was about.
Oh man. If you haven’t had one, you need to try ’em. I totally recommend grilling them over hot coals in a park like we did.
Read all about it in the LA Weekly Article.
See more photos of our bacon outing at my Flickr page.
Do you dare click on a link that leads to Annette’s Secret Passage?
Yes. Annette Funicello. Her Secret Passage.
Go ahead. Make my day.
Snagged from here.
Two Saturdays ago, Michele and I went to the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of art to check out the documentary photo show Shaolin: Temple of Zen by Justin Guariglia. There was also a Kung Fu and Calligraphy demonstration by Shaolin monk Shi De Chao.
Shaolin Monk Shi De Chao from Jeremy Quinn on Vimeo.
First he did a meditation set, then this Kung Fu set above. I didn’t catch the name of the set unfortunately, but we were told it is the basic set all the monks in the Shoalin temple learn early on.
Check out some photos from the show here on flickr, or see my vimeo page for two more videos, including the great Monk’s Spade set.
So this semester I am teaching 6 classes between UCR and Otis (yes everyone keeps telling me I am crazy, I know that), but I am most excited about the Otis Integrated Learning course: Creative Solutions to Living Through Autism. I spent the last two semesters designing this course so it is great to see it finally happening. The class is partnered with the Center for Autism and Related Disorders and students from all majors at Otis will develop projects relating to one of four topics: Children diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum, their Families, ABA Therapists, and the Public Awareness of Autism. Check out our Virtual Classroom from time to time to see what we are up to.
This month my video suite “we do not have to inherit everything they leave for us” will be presented in a group show of video art that opens tonight in Kansas City at the University of Missouri’s Gallery of Art. The show, called I-Dentity, was curated by Ashley McLean Emenegger and includes work SE Barnet, Nancy Buchanan, Zackary Drucker, Nabawia (Nabby) El-Soudani, Anthony Goicolea, Terrence Handscomb, Michele Jaquis, McCallum & Tarry, Natasa Prosenc, Miller Updegraff & Kaari Upson, Bruce Yonemoto. I know all of you on the east and west coasts will be flying there tonight so as not to miss the party. I wish I could too.
“The Last Time I Saw…”
The final version of “The Last Time I Saw…” is now available on the project’s website. The stories can be accessed either as a free PDF book, or as an interactive map.
“The Last Time I Saw…” is a Providence RI-specific book/art project that documents:
1. the last time area residents saw someone who means something to them, but who they no longer speak to; and
2. the exact locations where these meetings or sightings took place.
The project has gathered 30 or so stories by 20 or so residents. During 2007, we also led people on a story-telling walking tour of Providence, and distributed 300 free copies of the book.
(Please note: we still have some copies of the book available. If you’d like a free copy in exchange for postage, please email Tim at lasttimeisaw@yahoo.com . Thanks!)
Alright! I’m going to go out there and VOTING FOR CHANGE this morning! Of course, that means I could be voting for McCain, or Hilary, or Romney, or Obama, or Huckabee (well, actually hell no).
The change all of these big party candidates are offering is like changing channels on the television, and what I am really looking for is more on the scale of turning off the TV and picking up a book, or better yet going outside.
Still, some of their messages are better than others, so hopefully this year we can at least make some change in which network we will all be watching. We will still get the same types of programs, the same major companies supporting them. Let’s say I want to vote for PBS… is there a candidate that fits that profile?
Not to overuse that crappy metaphor or anything.
Alright! I’m going to go out there and VOTING FOR CHANGE this morning! Of course, that means I could be voting for McCain, or Hilary, or Romney, or Obama, or Huckabee (well, actually hell no).
The change all of these big party candidates are offering is like changing channels on the television, and what I am really looking for is more on the scale of turning off the TV and picking up a book, or better yet going outside.
Still, some of their messages are better than others, so hopefully this year we can at least make some change in which network we will all be watching. We will still get the same types of programs, the same major companies supporting them. Let’s say I want to vote for PBS… is there a candidate that fits that profile?
Not to overuse that crappy metaphor or anything.
…also Providence has the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, which to me is like having a beautiful shrine to a benevolent god right in the middle of town.
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