I have 9 Grand-children and so far they are all involved in something. The link above is my Grandaughter’s talent show last week. She was awesome. Note she has only been playing the guitar for about 4 months. Read More…
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A FUNdraiser celebrating the 10th Anniversary of http://www.sdvisualarts.net/sdvan_new/eat.php. Proceeds will benefit SAF’s arts education program at Kimbrough Elementary School, in collaboration with http://feedingamericasd.org/ and Young Audiences, as well as ongoing programs of SDVAN.
Eat Your Art Out performance event beginning with a VIP patron 5‐course sit down dinner/wine party of delectable delights at artist designed tables for ten. Doors will then open for post‐dining guests and the Blanks to Beauty Bash. Delicious desserts, silent art auction and sales at a food‐related art boutique, magical surprises and live music by Ruby and the Redhots with dancing will make a celebrated evening for all!
When: Saturday April 27, 2013 6:30‐ 9 p.m. VIP Eat Your Art Out
5 course dinner/wine with artists, Centerpiece Silent Auction, art/food boutique, $125 per person/$600 for table of 6 plus artists. Dress: You are encouraged to match the theme of your table with artful attire. This part of the event is SOLD OUT but we are accepting names for the waiting list: contact patricia@sdvisualarts.net 760.943.0148
9 p.m.‐ 12:00 Blanks to Beauty Bash with 10″Square Canvases in a Silent Art Auction @ 10pm, delicious desserts, live music, art/food boutique, $15 per person in advance, $20 CASH only at door. CASH only bar. B2B Bash www.synergyart.org 858.472.8401.
Where: Feeding America San Diego 9455 Waples Suite 135, San Diego, CA 92121 -From the 805 take the Mira Mesa exit going east, turn right on Huennekens St, turn right on Waples St., at the end of the cul de sac, turn left and go past the second building and turn right. From 15 take the Mira Mesa exist going west and turn left on Huennekens St and proceed as before. Parking is easily available. Wear appropriate clothes in case of a cool April evening as the building is not heated.
San Diego Synergy Arts Network www.SDSAN.org 760.943.0148 info@SDVisualArts.net 2487 Montgomery Avenue, Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007 Public Charity 501 (c) 3 EIN #20.
Light sculptures by William Leslie, Poetry Performance by Ted Washington, Bar construction by Elon Ebanks, Food themed Boutique curated by Vicky deLong and Desserts curated by Kitty Morse.
The fundraiser will benefit : Synergy Art Foundation supports and nurtures artists in crisis, provides viable opportunities for local artists, and pioneers programs in arts education, arts for healing, community arts, and specific international and national art projects. San Diego Visual Arts Network is a database of information produced to improve the clarity, accuracy and sophistication of discourse about San Diego’s artistic and cultural life while facilitating countless opportunities for inspiration and collaboration. Feeding America San Diego is committed to getting food assistance to those who need it most, alleviating hunger using every possible channel, and informing the public on the problem of hunger in our communities.
List of Table Themes and Artists:
Zen of Cuisine‐ Rosemary KimBal/Portia La Touche
Pizzazz des Chaussures‐ Irene de Watteville/Valentine Viannay/Kitty Morse
Paws and Claws for Cause‐ Naimeh Tahna/ Lilly Pourat
Love and Life in the Italian Renaissance‐ Cherly Tall/Marilyn Mitchell/Bruce Tall/John Mitchell
Swept Away‐Michelle Kurtis Cole /Deanne Sabeck/Kathleen Mitchell
Art is a State of Mind: Location, Location, Location‐ Robin Sanford Roberts/Talal Albagdadi/Nikki Moore/ Bob Czarnowski
Artists in Wonderland-Kathryn Schmiedebreg/Anita Edman /Hallie Schmiedeberg/Carol Beth Rodriguez
Black, White & Red All Over: a mystery of art powers, gossip and crime-Patricia Frischer/Ralyn Wolfstein/Becky Guttin/Keikichi Honna /Fritzie Urquhart
Secrets and Lies: the Delicious Truth‐ Lauren Carrera/April Hernandez
Metamorphosis: Inviting you to ponder the effects of change, the complex needs and interactions that create it and the far reaching consequences that evolve from it.
I always thought I wanted to adopt a pug. They are so cute. Instead we adopted two Shitzu’s and I believe whole heartedly in fate. Read More…
The Bowdens of Carlsbad and the grandparents of five boys hosted the pre-Easter party. Read More…
Cameron, his nephew and mother.
Last week I read that a homeless person in San Francisco was killed by an elevator he had camped in either on top or beneath the elevator. My heart-felt that I needed to rule out that was not my son, Cameron William Remmer who has now been missing since Oct. 6, 2011.
These past few months I have been silent but now I need to share that we and the San Francisco Missing persons is actively investigating any “John Doe” deaths.
In speaking with the detective assigned to find Cameron she said she has been continuing to call hospitals and is actively following up on any suspicious or missing persons reported in hospitals or the morgue.
She assured us that the homeless person that met his death was at least 45. She also confirmed that any of the cases she looked into did not have anyone involved under the age of 45.
So we still have hope that the SFO Missing person’s department is very active in finding Cameron.
I have heard from so many people and we appreciate your support. Since Cameron’s birthday this past July it has been a series of family events where we all missed him not being with us.
I have met many people who have shared their own stories. One such woman who I spoke to had the greatest smile and laughed and seemed that nothing was wrong with her life. When she heard about my son she said she knows how hard that is as her own son had been murdered.
I asked her how she got through that horrible tragedy and she said with a quiet voice, “one day at a time and needing to be here for my other sons and their families.”
One day at a time. I have heard those words so many times but not with that much compassion. We hugged and moved on to other conversations.
I listen to music and hear Cam’s voice in my heart. I cry. I keep going and I still have hope. No Cam was not perfect but he never would leave us without calling or seeing us. Never.
Please continue to look for Cameron. Friends of his that went to Costa Rica looked for him on a whim that he travelled to a place he loved. No Cameron.
Many people who live in the city of San Francisco have continued to post his info and we do get a couple of calls but still no Cameron.
If you have information about Cameron or his disappearance write to this blog or on Cameron’s Facebook. Thank you for your continued support. Cam’s family.
Jr. Seau Had CTE
Jr. Seau did have CTE when a biopsy showed the symptoms of multiple concussions and brain trauma from a life time of playing foot ball and how that impacted his behaviour depression leading to his ultimate suicide.
CTE was found in 34 brains of NFL players.
CTE Brain Injury
Although Seau never suffered a concussion in his 20 year NFL career he did have one from his Carlsbad car crashing over the cliff by the Carlsbad State Beach.
My son Cameron Remmer has been missing still from last being seen or heard from since Oct. 6th, 2011. My silence this past month has been due to the overwhelming grief missing my son.
Cameron had suffered multiple head injuries as far back as Jr. High when he was life flighted to Children’s hospital in San Diego. He also suffered another head injury while practising for Pop Warner football. I noticed changes to his behaviour soon after and had multiple tests done on him at Children’s Rady Hospital.
Cam’s behaviour changes I believe are related to his head injuries compounded by his later diagnosis of being Bi-polar. Or is Bi-polar part of CTE?
Last Year’s Cardiff Kook Fun Run
Please join the wacky world of Cardiff Kook’s worshippers and runners for the 2nd Annual Fun Run this Feb. 3rd with plenty of time to still sign up.
This year, they’re raising money for what’s anticipated to be a multiyear effort to improve the area around the Kook. They want to build a handicapped-accessible ramp from the statue down into the San Elijo State Beach campground, replacing the rutted, steep pathway that now exists, Lebherz said.
The run will start at 7:30 a.m. Feb. 3 at Moonlight Beach, at the western end of Encinitas Boulevard. Runners will head south along Third Street toward the Kook on Coast Highway 101.
People can register at
Runners have the choice of a 5K run, which costs $39, or a 10K run, which is $49. All participants will receive a long-sleeved T-shirt, a participation medal and a runner’s breakfast at Cardiff Seaside Market, Lebherz said.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/22/cardiffs-costumed-kook-run-to-draw-crowds/?print&page=all
The 2013 Cardiff Kook Calendar
If you are a Grandparent with a talking grandchild I am sure you are familiar with the term, “Now Joey use your words.” The sentence all too familiar to parents working with their children. Well that just doesn’t work when trying to explain the love/hate relationship locals have to a certain statue in Cardiff on Hwy 101 at San Elijo State Beach.
The kook brings out the best and the worst in all of us. If you have never heard of the statue suffice it to say that the locals felt it was a waste of money and a bad portrayal of surfers any where.
So they “used their words” graphically. Some in the stealth of night created the most incredible mouth eating jaws gulping down the kook. Most of us drag our kids by the kook to see what trouble or excitement surrounds him this day.
Now you can see the best of the year’s Kook’s costumes because the calendar for 2013 now goes on sale just in time for the holidays.
2012 was the first calendar and so many were ordered they had to reproduce double the first printing and this second year of the calendar will be sold out quickly so get this icon calendar that benefits from 10% of the sales to the following charities: “The Allie Smith Foundation-canine cancer research; “The National Breast Cancer Foundation” and Carlsbad’s “Fill-A-Belly Organization” which provides meals to the needy.
You can find the $14 Calendar on sale at Cardiff’s Seaside Market, Hansen Surfboards, Queen Eileen’s, Coast Hwy Traders, and the Encinitas 7-11 Store or go on-line at http://www.thecardiffkook.org/blog/cardiff-kook-calendar/.
Something’s Fishy about this creation made from re-cycled materials
Re-gallery in Solana Beach located at 348 S. Cedros Ave. Suite H is offering art classes for kindergarten through 12th grades. The students are provided with all the materials they need and encourage the kids to use discarded items in new and very creative ways using mixed medium.
The classes encollment begins Nov. 6 for a $30. per child fee and the class runs from 3:30 to 4:30pm.
Here is their mission statement:
Visit their site at http://regallery.org/.
Carlsbad's Wearable Artist C. Watson and Grandsons Visit
This summer I was blessed to have my 8 yr old grandson, Willie, for just about 6 weeks.. It was
such fun to have him here..
One day, I had to occupy Willie and my friends two boys that are 7 and 10 years old for a couple
of hours. Living in Carlsbad Village, we went through a couple galleries.. I suggested in the first
gallery to pick out one favorite painting out of the collection that were being featured.. Each
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