Room(s) With A View, Santa Monica, CA

The Penthouse, a new restaurant and lounge opening on Monday at the revamped Huntley Santa Monica Beach, is the latest effort to turn the hotel in Santa Monica, Calif., formerly a Radisson, into a hot spot. Two blocks from the beach, the space was designed by Thomas Schoos, above, who is responsible for the interiors of the popular Los Angeles restaurants Koi and Table 8.

The Penthouse, with a shimmering wall of Capiz shells, a glass fireplace and curtained cabanas for privacy, above, was designed to appeal to bright young things, Mr. Schoos said. But the best feature predates the designer’s hand: a jaw-dropping view of the Pacific coastline. “It’s like being on the beach, minus the sand,” he said.

Huntley Santa Monica Beach, 1111 Second Street, Santa Monica, (310) 394-5454.

Tattoo You. And your furniture. And your jewelry. And your clothes.

Tatts are back in a big way.
Instead of permanently marring your skin and risking Hep C, why not get tattoos on everything but your body? Here are a few thoughts...

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San Francisco: No Room For Parking, But There's Always Room For Jell-O.

 

above: San Francisco's Marina made of Jell-O

 Liz Hickok is a San Francisco based artist working in photography, video, sculpture, and installation, and currently... Jell-O.

 
Above: San Francisco's famous Alamo Square

 
Above: Liz Hickok's Jell-O Alamo Square

News of Hickok's "San Francisco in Jell-O" series is spreading quickly. Her work has been included in such publications as The New York Times, Harper's, and San Francisco magazine, as well as on the cover of Artweek. She has been featured on several different local and national news and radio programs such as the CBS Early Show, VH1, Spark* (KQED, Bay Area), All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation (NPR). Below are more fun images of the City by the Bay in Jell-O. 

 Foggy San Francisco:
  

The Palace Of Fine Arts:  

The Ferry Building:

  

 

Twin Peaks:

   

  The Bay Bridge:

   

 Her San Francisco Jell-O creations are available as limited edition C-prints on her site. 

  Liz Hickok

Can You Take A Pretty Picture?

Communication Arts invites you to enter your work in the 48th Photography Competition.

Now is the time to promote your talent by having your work selected for the largest and most important juried competition for photography.

Selected award-winning pieces will appear in the August Photography Annual of Communication Arts magazine. More than 70,000 copies will be distributed worldwide, assuring important exposure for the creators of this outstanding work.

Deadline: March 13, 2007

Click here for submission guidelines, PDF entry forms and FAQs:
http://www.commarts.com/competition