Made in Hollywood in Santa Barbara

Last Saturday I drove up to Santa Barbara with a friend to visit the city. We wandered around the wharf and enjoyed a lovely walking tour which highlighted the mission-style architecture and the ubiquitous red-tile roofs.

One of my favorite stops of the day was at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on State Street. We saw both the Picasso on Paper exhibit as well as the sublime Made in Hollywood photography exhibit.

Clark Gable and Joan Crawford

If you go:

What: Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation
Where: Santa Barbara Museum of Art
When: Now through October 5, 2008
Who: John Kobal was a fan of old Hollywood. He befriended stars and photographers and subsequently collected over a million photos documenting the golden age of film.

Alfred Hitchcock

Gloria Swanson

Marlene Dietrich

Louise Brooks

Rita Hayworth

Away from my desk

I haven't been able to post these fast few days, as initially I was uninspired, and more recently I've been just plain busy.  I made some rather of note plans: I'm going to Los Angeles for the month of September.  It was an impromptu decision based on an opportunity arising (my best friend's sister needed someone to sublet her apartment) and the realization that I wouldn't likely have such a chance again.  My hope is that I shall be able to find a modeling agency while out there and procure a little work.  At the very least, I hope to catch up with some old friends, spend a little time at the beach soaking up those California rays, and rest on my laurels with out too much interruption (surprisingly to some, I do quite look forward to not knowing many people where I'm going.  I would love some "me" time-- and am thinking of getting a sewing machine when I get there so that I can sew in my new-found me time).

I spent a few days sorting the particulars out about LA, and then I turned around and came to New York City for a job.  I had a fitting on Friday, with a job on Tuesday, and, as always, it seems that every possible second is filled with trying to catch up with people.  Of course I do a miserable job, and inevitably leave knowing that I missed out on a few people.

This Wednesday, I will fly out early morning on US Airways to Augusta, Georgia (my birth place), where I will meet up with my parents who are currently in South Carolina.  Carolina is where I'm originally from and all of my family (with the exception of my immediate family) still live there.  I should already be there, but this job is keeping me here.

I can't write much today, although I am taking pictures to hopefully share in a future entry.  Tomorrow will be another full day, and then I work and fly out, so it shall most likely be a few days before I post again.