Mmmm, I have a new favorite food site. Mango Power Girl. Such beautiful photos. Lots of seasonal tasty treats. I found her site while looking for butternut squash recipes.

Wilco wants to give you a present if you pledge to vote. Free download of a nice Bob Dylan song they performed live in Oregon with my latest favorite band the Fleet Foxes. Thanks Wilco! I heart you.

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I’m thinking about ditching opening studios tomorrow and spending some quality time with Andy’s work tomorrow. Andy Goldsworthy Creates a sculpture “Spire” out of cypress logs in San Francisco’s Presidio. Photo: Liz Hafalia/Chronicle

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Interested in the collapse of bee colonies and the relation to food supply, store Alanna Risse had two oil paintings in the show. The paintings are depictions of beekeepers and bee environments rather than actual bees. The reason why she didnâ??t paint bees, prostate she said, is because she wanted to show â??everything is connected.…

A goolge map to all of Bradley’s San Francisco Favorite restaurants. Thanks Bradley! And in answer, here is mine View Larger Map

Tonight is the artist reception for the group show I’m in at the Fly Bar on Divisadero in San Francisco. Come on out and have a beer! Take-out Box Show show dates: 10/13/08- 1/15/09 opening reception: wednesday, 10/22, 7pm fly bar & restaurant 762 divisadero st. @ fulton www.flybarandrestaurant.com 415.931.4359

Richard von Busack reviews the Bay Area Currents show at the Oakland Art Gallery. Alanna Risse’s two oil paintings address the riddle of the disappearance of the bees, with hazmat-suited figures posed against patterns of honeycombs and lavender skies. And in the corner, Bill Domonkos’ sci-fi landscape DVDs play in loop. “Wormhole” has an inconsolable…

Hi All, Tom’s band, Absinthe Glow, is playing at Monterey Live in Monterey tomorrow night at 9. Be there! An Absinthe Night at Monterey Live featuring ABSINTHE GLOW and SARAH MCCOY with LEDBETTER and MAURICE SPARAPANI 10-18-2008 21:00 at Monterey Live 414 Alvarado, Monterey, California 93940 Buy Tickets/view event page

John Casey aka bunnywax posted some nice photos of the show on his flickr account.

Thanks to all who came out last night to celebrate this great success with me. It was a wonderful reception and I feel blessed to show among such great talent. The show will be up through November 21st if you couldn’t make it out to the Oakland Art Gallery last night. For “Bay Area Currents…

Oh maudie Originally uploaded by Alanna Risse The flowers are so beautiful and I am so thankful for them. The artist reception tonight at the Bay Area Currents show at Oakland Art Gallery was so fantastic. Thanks everyone for a great night. More photos here.