http://quixo.com/blather travel | life | design | art Fri, 08 May 2009 16:49:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yep, I'm blogging about fancy soap. Really. I can't help it. I'm not a fancy soap kinda guy. I like Ivory for it's plainness. But Soaptopia has turned me into some kind of hygiene product fanatic. I got a little stocking stuffer for the holidays. Oh, great, soap, I thought. Then ... http://quixo.com/blather/super-fancy-soap-why-do-i-love-soaptopia/92/ Today, after nearly two-and-a-half years of struggle, and many more years of pain and suffering, the Donald T. Sterling Graphic Design Foundation very tentatively declares victory over Donald T. Sterling Corporation's ugly ads in the LA Times! No, DTS did not actually hire a designer to make the ads look better. ... http://quixo.com/blather/victory-over-donald-t-sterling-la-times-ads/90/ Jennifer Joyce, Santa Monica potter and ceramic artist, has launched a new online ceramic gift store! I take ceramics classes at Jennifer's Santa Monica pottery studio and helped her set up the online store. With the opening of the store, Jennifer announced some new designs and products. She has been working ... http://quixo.com/blather/new-onine-ceramics-gift-store-for-jennifer-joyce/89/ Cool. You can now purchase Quixo, the board game! No, it is not the home version of your favorite quirky online zine. It is a strategy game that comes from France and has been around for a few years. Mensa picked it as a Mensa Select mind game way back ... http://quixo.com/blather/quixo-board-game-i-found-it-on-amazon/88/ Last summer I dreamed of ordering an outdoor shower, a long time plan for my backyard. But as always, other priorities come up, like xeriscaping the front yard and renovating our decrepit bathroom. In fact, we are trying to remodel our bathroom so it kinda feels like we are showering ... http://quixo.com/blather/outdoor-showers-this-year-they-are-even-better/87/ I’ve dreamed of re-landscaping with native plants for ages. But, like our decrepit bathroom, we just hadn’t the time or energy to get around to it. Until now. This is just a long-winded account of what we did to reclaim our yard, under the guidance the many online tips from folks ... http://quixo.com/blather/ditching-the-lawn-to-feed-the-butterflies-in-los-angeles/86/ In this week’s LA Weekly cover story Patrick Range McDonald investigates whether there is any meat behind the Donald T. Sterling Homeless Center ads. Our campaign to stop the ugly ads gets a little mention in the article. But the amazing thing about the Homeless Center ads is that ... http://quixo.com/blather/donlad-t-sterling-homeless-center-investigated-by-la-weekly/84/ Here on Quixo we're fortunate to feature a great new article from Carla Wise on the latest Climate Change studies and, of course, she includes resources for you to get involved and make a difference. Carla would really like to move on and write about some new issues, but it is ... http://quixo.com/blather/climate-change-projections-uncertain-but-certainly-worse/83/ I'll be doing a little demo at Pico Artists at Work! The day after my big art opening is a great walking tour of Santa Monica's Pico Blvd based artists' studios. Pico Artists at Work takes plase on Sunday October 14, 12 - 5 pm. Jennifer Joyce's Pottery Studio will ... http://quixo.com/blather/pico-artists-at-work-in-santa-monica-october-14/82/ Wow, the big pottery show is this week. Preparing for this show has been fun in so many ways. Having a show has been a great incentive to make some nice new pieces. The new ones I'm completing this week are the best so far -- though I shouldn't say a ... http://quixo.com/blather/unarthed-art-pottery-show-reminder/81/