ART, DRINKS & MUSIC - WINTER 2010

The holidays are around the corner and that means it's time for another event by Viva LA Art!! Come out for another night of fun with 100% of proceeds benefitting the CoachArt charity.


I will also be donating my Conversations piece (shown above) which will be up for silent auction. Anyone in need of an awesome Xmas present for a really reasonable price?!

Event details below:

ART, DRINKS & MUSIC - WINTER 2010

Saturday, November 20th @ 8:30p-12:30a
Bidding ends 11p

First and Hope
701 West First St, Los Angeles CA

100 percent of proceeds from the auction and $20 door donation will benefit CoachArt, a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses by providing free, personal lessons in the arts and athletics. They do this by enlisting volunteers from the LA community who are willing to devote at least 1 day a week for 10 weeks to coach a chronically ill child in the art, hobby, or sport of their choice.

More artists to come, keep checking back!

CONTRIBUTED ARTWORK BY
Allison Sommers, Andrew Holder, Anthony Williams, Atiba Azikiwe Andrews, Bob Doucette, Chris Sanchez, Dabs Myla, Dave Pressler, David Brady, Deth P. Sun, Jay Horinouchi, Joby Cummings, Joby Harris, Josh Holland, Justin Diamond, Katherine Chiu, Katy Betz, Kevin Mack, Michael Pukac, Michelle Jane Lee, Ramon Cho, Rebekah Waites, Rich Pellegrino, Sarah Joncas, Shannon Bonatakis, Shay Vision, Snow Mack, Sophia Gasparian, Stacey Aoyama, Tony Hong

Raw Melons

When it gets colder, eat more ice cream.

My current motto as fall has started to make Tokyo a bit chilly at night. Still warm enough where you can walk around outside without gloves and a scarf, but cold enough where you see less people buying ice cream at the stores. BLASPHEMY!! Why would you ever stop eating ice cream?? The decrease in demand has not affected the new types of ice cream seen circulating in the freezer boxes though, which means there are always new things to try! Here are a couple of my newest finds:


Raw Caramel Ice Cream with Caramelized Potato topping





Imagine dipping your french fries into soft serve or a milkshake (come on, everyone does it), but 1000x better with raw caramel ice cream and caramelized potatoes on top! The ice cream itself is extremely rich and typical of the raw caramel phenomenon, and the slightly salty flavor of potatoes compliment the sweetness perfectly. These are also on the pricier side for a little tiny cup, but the experience sure makes up for it. And to top it off, these suckers are available (for a limited time I'm guessing) at your local Japanese 7-eleven.

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Melon Pan Ice Cream





Melon pan ice cream! Well, nothing to really be crazy about, was basically just a mound of vanilla ice cream within a crepe like shell. But as a melon pan fanatic, I had to try this out. The outer shell seemed like it should have been crispier, like a real melon pan cookie crust, but was a little chewy cuz of freezer moisture. But for only a buck, it was easily one of the cheapest ice cream product in the store.