#Max Cowper

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The Many Illustrators of A Tale of Two Cities 6: Max Cowper

...& some frustration from faulty sources...

"Lucy (sic) Bids Farewell to Sydney Carton"

As we've come to see here, not all sources for these many illustrations are, put simply, all that great or reliable.

To start off, the ↑ above illustration is excellent example: A) Obviously, the name of this illustration doesn't match up with any scene in A Tale of Two Cities! My guess is that it's actually depicting Charles being taken away in "Dusk" (pretty major thing to get wrong!). Multiple online sources cite this as the name, but is that really what Max Cowper himself named it? B) I honestly didn't know until recently that this was, in fact, by Max Cowper! I've had this illustration stored in the archives for years and was only able to confirm it by - you guessed it - looking at that faint signature below the main character's feet and checking it off another color illustration by him (poetically, for Barnaby Rudge).

This is something that happens often in my research: Many illustrators for this novel will have a one-off piece not necessarily related to the work they did for the novel itself, and it's usually much more difficult to connect that piece to their book illustrations (when we get to Fred Barnard eventually...oof!). Oftentimes, the image just gets passed around over decades of republication - sometimes even traced / redrawn - and used as a cover or frontispiece without credit.

There are other forms of unreliability, though - including one I just encountered for the first time: Here are Cowper's eight 1902* illustrations for the novel. One of these is not like the others - see if you can tell which!

If you guessed the fourth ("Monsieur le Marquis"), you'd be correct!

Basically, when I originally downloaded this set from the Internet Archive, I hadn't downloaded them as individual images but rather the entire book as a PDF which I then picked the images off of - and what I hadn't realized until recently was that this compresses the images in a strange way.

Here is what the PDF compression looks like:

See how much beautiful linework and detail gets crunched?

And so, today, to make this post, I went out to that source again and downloaded each individually - only to find that this exact source no longer had the Marquis illustration! Basically, I think that someone working at the Internet Archive rescanned the exact same copy of the book - accidentally skipping one of the illustrations in the process - and then replaced the old scan with this new (honestly really nice) one. Human error strikes again, both on my part and on theirs!

Ultimately, I decided not to try to find these from any other source and to just include the one with the compression error that doesn't quite match the quality of the rest - which will tie in well with the next edition of this series anyway (you'll see)!

And regardless, I'm grateful we have access to these beautiful, humanistic character designs and illustrations at all, no matter the image quality🖼️

*To round it all out, the copy from which I downloaded these is from 1904, but I also read a source that said the first version of this edition was maybe from 1902, so, once again, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

& the standard endnote for all posts in this series:

This post is intended to act as the start of a forum on the given illustrator, so if anyone has anything to add - requests to see certain drawings in higher definition (since Tumblr compresses images), corrections to factual errors, sources for better-quality versions of the illustrations, further reading, fun facts, any questions, or just general commentary - simply do so on this post, be it in a comment/tags or the replies!💫

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At this point, I’ve convinced myself Cressida and Eloise are just the Regency Era counterparts of Max and Caroline from 2 Broke Girls.

Side bar: I also think these four would actually be friends if time travel were available 😂.

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ESTP Characters

Adam (Hazbin Hotel)

Aladdin (1992 Aladdin)

Clarisse La Rue (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

Cressida Cowper (Bridgerton)

Eleanor Shellstrop (The Good Place)

Dallas “Dally” Winston (The Outsiders)

Georgie Cooper (Young Sheldon)

Ginny Weasley (Harry Potter)

Howard Wolowitz (Big Bang Theory)

Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)

Max Mayfield (Stranger Things)

Philip “Lip” Gallagher (Shameless)

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Lily Brayton as Ophelia and H.B. Irving as Hamlet. Act III, scene 1, Hamlet: "Get thee to a nunnery, why would'st thou be a breeder of sinners?". Max Cowper, circa 1905.

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Writing a Biography

What kind of writer are you? A poet, journalist, essayist or, perhaps, a minimalist? (By “minimalist” I mean someone who writes the bare minimum they have to.) Many readers of Mere Inkling are, in fact, writers in their own right. Even ignoring the profusion of texts ricocheting around the globe (which are, in fact, literary creations), a fair number of Mere Inkling subscribers have blogs of…

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A Guide to Online Research Methods

Research Methodology is vital in the effective use of statistical methods and data collected. The ability to apply statistical methods effectively and efficiently is an important factor when using data analysis tools or models. Research methodology is essentially a "meta-language" by which a researcher or other user understands the results from statistical studies. Research methodology is used to construct and describe relationships between variables, especially financial variables. Many modern models have been developed based on previous work. The field of research methodology has been further divided into two main areas: applied research methodology and theoretically based research methodology.

The Practical Guide to Data Analysis by Janet Woodcock and Philip Cowper Poway's is a useful and excellent text for students and practitioners alike. There are many useful tips and techniques that will be learned by the student/practitioner when learning to apply statistical methods to data sets. This text has chapters that include: Introduction to Data Analysis, Data Sets and Methods, Data Analysis Technique, A Meta-View of Research Methodology, Applications and Theory Development. The Practical Guide to Data Analysis also contains many interesting case studies. These case studies illustrate important points and provide an interesting look into some typical research methodology situations.

James Heckman and Ronald Davis, in The Handbook of Social Research Methodology provide an excellent introduction to the discipline. They provide a detailed description of research methodology, including sampling methods, descriptive analysis, statistics, cause and effect relationships, and causal relationships. They also present research design and its impact on methodology. Part two of this book looks at selected topics in more detail.

Christopher Gardner and Kennethwine, in Applied Research Methodology: A Practical Approach, describe methods used to evaluate quantitative studies. They describe the mixed methods methodology and evaluate various approaches to data and statistical inference. The main focus of this book is on the reliability of estimates made from empirical studies and hence do not discuss causes and mechanisms for effect size effects. The author rightly notes, "The reliability of estimates depends upon the ability of the researcher to combine multiple sources of data and conduct a thorough statistical test." Their work also provides an accurate description of the t statistics.

Edward Frenkel and Kevin Michaels, in Designing Research Processes, provide a detailed description of the research methodology section. They start out with an explanation of what constitutes a research methodology. They then go through several examples to show how various methods are applied in different circumstances. They then examine research methodology from the viewpoint of those in charge of data collection. The purpose of this part of the book is to explain what should be done during the data gathering process as well as the procedures needed to collect the data and interpret them for analysis. The final chapter explains the implications of the proposed research methodology.

International Marketing Review, edited by Frank Kern and Max Kutner, is another useful practical guide on global marketing research methods. They provide a clear description of the methodology and a review of various approaches to the same. They also cover selected topics such as decision trees, multiple regression, meta-analysis, principal components, Spearman's ratchet and Bayesian network models. The author is of the opinion that the key to success is a combination of theoretical knowledge and application. This practical guide on marketing research methods is a good source of advice to help researchers become better acquainted with the important concepts.

Ethical Considerations in Global Marketing Research, edited by David Ebers, Daniel Keelan and Peter Thiel, is an excellent study guide on ethical considerations in research methodology. The editors carefully point out that the quality of any piece of research should be evaluated against the accepted ethical standards. The focus of this book is on two themes, namely, the use of surrogate variables and sampling design. They describe how to evaluate an ethical decision from a theoretical perspective using research methodology. They then analyze the relevance of different theoretical assumptions about price elasticity, trade flows and production. The last chapter of the book considers potential economic distortions resulting from the use of surrogate variables.

An online search will bring up a number of websites dealing with a variety of topics dealing with various aspects of research methodology. Some of them deal with technical aspects only, whereas some are entirely concerned with social aspects. The major advantage of reading online research methodologies is that one can access the same information at the convenience of one's home or office without having to leave the comfort of one's house. The availability of online books makes it possible for working professionals, students and academicians to gain access to these valuable resources at the right time. All one needs to do is pick a book that falls within its ambit and read it on a regular basis.

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Good plumbing is essential for a happy life or at least for this film instead. Today, I would like to share to you a movie called The Plumber, an Australian psychological thriller that was released in 1979. The movie centers around Max, the plumber who enters the home of a couple and claims he needs to fix their plumbing. For the whole of the movie, he purposefully makes the bathroom worse, instead of fixing it.

The movie opens as Dr Cowper takes a shower in a flat he shares with his wife Jill. As he leaves his building, a suspicious man enters the lift. He then knocks on the Cowpers' door and introduces himself as Max the building's plumber. Max then checks their bathroom and proceeds to tell Jill that the pipes are a mess and will need to be replaced.

Max, in the movie, seeks to deprive the couple of the most basic and private places to perform these functions. The plumber is trying to take control of the only way he knows how, which are through the pipes and tiles https://www.fastplumber.sg/plumbing-services/new-installation-re-piping-of-stainless-steel-pipe/ The bathroom reminds us that all of humanity are still attached to the basic functions that make us human and that is to do a number 1 or 2. The film ends with the police arresting Max.

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En profondeur se poursuit un éternel combat, qui a pour enjeu la vie ou la mort, entre le moi solitaire et le vaste non-moi. Cela qui est conscient défie la cause de toute conscience : quelle autre finalité pourrait en effet avoir la conscience ? Prométhéenne litanie vouée à résonner éternellement de proche en proche, scandant toujours sur le même air les mêmes mots : « Tu m’as donné le souffle ; et de ce souffle, je te défie ! »

L’étonnant en ce qui concerne cette espèce particulière de sentiment — ce bonheur abyssal (que les animaux, les oiseaux, les poissons et les plantes partagent avec nous), c’est que nous sommes apparemment à même de le faire jaillir en un jet magnétique intermittent, affluant de quelque profondeur cosmique située au-dessous de nous. On dirait que notre conscience purement humaine ou animale — le moi-ichthyosaure sur son lit de boue — descend, ou, si l’on peut dire, se diffuse, bien au-delà du corps étendu de tout son long sur ce lit, bien au-delà de la circonférence normale constituée par la conscience que nous avons du lieu et du moment précis. On dirait que notre conscience est capable de puiser aux sources mêmes de la conscience de notre mère la terre — bien plus, aux sources de l’immense système astral lui-même ! — jusqu’à ce que nous atteignions enfin un point où le vaste Non-Moi se trouve rejeté encore plus loin dans l’espace. Nous sommes nous-mêmes l’« univers » astral lorsque nous puisons ainsi à la source de ce pouvoir magnétique, et « l’univers objectif » que nous avons défié se voit alors contraint de se replier vers des rivages d’existence plus lointains.

Pour peu que ce processus se poursuive, voici à peu près ce que nous ressentons finalement : exultant dans notre solitude, nous avons découvert la faculté d’exprimer cette solitude plus profonde encore — dont nous sommes nous-même partie intégrante — de la masse, du volume tout entiers de la « matière » originelle, univers dressant boudeusement son énorme tête de serpent au sortir de son sommeil planétaire, et tournant son regard oblique et ambigu vers la Cause Première de son existence ! Cette attitude mentale, jointe au pouvoir que nous confère cette expérience, permet à notre moi solitaire d’atteindre à une extase de solitude tout à fait particulière, car en ces instants il draine en lui-même la solitude de ces vastes abîmes éthérés séparant les corps célestes, et, comme s’il était l’esprit même de ces corps, il plane dans l’espace entre ciel et terre, libéré de toutes les vexations et humiliations de sa vie terrestre. Tel est donc l’arrière-plan du bonheur du moi solitaire, et nous voyons dès lors combien il est éloigné de ces idéaux trop étroitement humains que sont le vrai, le beau, le bien, l’héroïsme, et ainsi de suite.

Mais le genre de bonheur auquel je ne cesse de faire allusion comme étant le secret le plus profond de la vie, ne se limite nullement à ces émotions qui en forment l’« arrière-plan ». Le moi garde le souvenir des innombrables occasions où il a éprouvé un frisson de bonheur — où il a connu le bonheur dans sa vie terrestre ordinaire, en des instants où l’individu, au lieu d’être étendu sur sa couche, arpentait le globe terrestre en tous sens. Pour divers qu’ils aient été, ces instants heureux, leur diversité n’a cependant pas été infinie. Dans tous les cas, ils ont fait l’objet d’une jouissance consciente ; et les souvenirs qu’ils laissent, telles ces senteurs pénétrantes émanant de la terre au contact de la pluie, peuvent être ressuscités rétrospectivement par la mémoire. C’est là une mise en pratique de ce que Wordsworth appelait avec justesse « l’émotion remémorée dans la tranquillité », La jouissance de ces émotions n’a nullement besoin de s’accompagner d’une attitude idéaliste de gratitude envers la Cause Première. On peut au contraire en jouir pleinement lorsqu’elles s’accompagnent d’une attitude de défi à Son égard. Car elles ont, ces émotions, été arrachées de force par le moi à une vie que la cruauté ou la désinvolture de la Cause Première avaient souvent rendue très malheureuse.

– John Cowper Powys (Apologie des sens, 1930)

tableau : Épiphanie (par Max Ernst, 1940)

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Surgimento Do Sildenafil (Viagra) E Outros Inibidores Da Fosfodiesterase

Realmente, tempo passa muito rápido que, quando a gente dá conta, ele já está lá na frente nos esperando. Composto por uma Equipe multiprofissional - Médico, Enfermeiro, verga max Técnicos de Enfermagem e Agentes comunitários de saúde -, a (ESF) procura prestar um atendimento de qualidade, integral e humanitário em Unidades Básicas, reorganizando a prática assistencial em novas bases e critérios, garantindo a equidade como também acesso universal aos serviços prestados (OLIVEIRA et al, 2006).

Entre eles, destacam-se os seguintes: os cuidados em geral são percebidos como femininos, e não mas¬culinos; os homens costumam ser vistos como fortes e invencíveis e, por isso, só buscam ajuda quando os problemas se agravam, quando não conseguem trabalhar; os serviços de atenção bási¬ca costumam ser vistos como lugar de crianças, mulheres e idosos, Desta forma a nova política de atenção à saúde do homem a ser implementada no Sistema Único de Saúde tem por objetivo facilitar e ampliar acesso da população masculina aos serviços de saúde (ROCHA, 2008).

A Disfunção Erétil, popularmente conhecida como Impotência Sexual Masculina, afeta cerca de 10% dos homens e pode causar um desgaste enorme na qualidade de vida do casal, resultando em sentimentos de abandono, frustração, angústia, ansiedade ou raiva.

No homem diversos órgãos servem como partes do trato urinário e do sistema reprodutor masculino incluem os testículos; canal deferente (ducto deferente; e vesículas seminais; pênis e determinadas glândulas acessórias como: a próstata e a glândula de cowper.

Que acontece é que esses jovens não estão preparados emocionalmente e nem mesmo financeiramente para assumir tamanha responsabilidade, fazendo com que muitos verga max adolescentes saiam de casa, cometam abortos, deixem os estudos ou abandonem as crianças sem saber que fazer ou fugindo da própria realidade.

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Leash Short (Enter The Pitch Winner 2017)

Status: Completed Nominations: BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Best Short Film nominee Encounters Film Festival ‘18 - In competition Krakow Film Festival ‘18 - In competition Festivals: Aesthetica Short Film Festival ‘18 Director/Writer: Harry Lighton DOP: Diana Olifirova Focus Puller / 1st AC: Emily-Jane Robinson 2nd AC: Max Openshaw Producer: Jackie Sheppard & Luke Walton 1st AD: Nour Wazzi Executive Producers: Stefan Allesch-Taylor & Ester Paterson Gaffer: Bertil Mulvad Spark: Onismo Muhlanga Script Supervisor: Graham Neale Sound Mixer: Jack Chapman & Richard Eastick Boom Operator: Daisy White Stedicam: Charlie Cowper Prod. Co: Reel Issue Films Starring: Julia Krynke, Lucy Borja-Edwards & Angharad Berrow

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When chief on the affair for this year’s anniversary concert, Ragazzi Boys Choir Artistic Director Joyce Keil angry to attributes for inspiration.

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“I noticed how abounding composers set texts that positioned the allegory belief of roses growing from the austere adamantine albino arctic ground, of the anguish of accident with the joy of achievement for accord in the world, and the absurdity of ablaze in the bosom of winter,” she told the Weekly. The concert,”For the Adorableness of the Earth,” includes the aria of the aforementioned name as able-bodied as assorted added melancholia music that celebrates nature’s gifts. “We all accept altered interpretations aback it comes to faith, but we all can calculation on the advancing afresh of the adorableness of the Earth, the blooming of the rose, the beginning of bounce and the face-lifting of achievement in the bosom of the abasement of winter,” she said. The chorus, which includes about 200 boys from the bounded community, will accomplish Dec. 1 at 5 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, and Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church, 1835 Valota Road, Redwood City.

The organization’s alumni chorus, Ragazzi Continuo, will present “An English Christmas,” featuring English carols and melancholia songs from the accomplished to the avant-garde era on Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 178 Clinton St., Redwood City, and Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper St., Palo Alto. For tickets and added information, go to Ragazzi Boys Choir and Ragazzi Continuo.

Below are some added anniversary offerings, listed in almost archival order. As usual, there are abounding “Nutcracker” productions for ballet lovers (see accompaniment story). For added accident listings, or to abide your own, analysis out the Midpeninsula accident calendar.

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Palo Alto tree-lighting ceremony

What: Live entertainment, accolade and hot amber will be offered as allotment of Palo Alto’s anniversary anniversary tree-lighting ceremony.

Where: Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto.

When: Nov. 30, 6-7 p.m.

More information: City of Palo Alto.

Menlo Park tree-lighting ceremony

What: Menlo Park’s tree-lighting accident will affection a appointment from Santa Claus forth with added treats.

Where: Fremont Park, Menlo Park.

When: Nov. 30, 5:30-7 p.m.

More information: City of Menlo Park

‘Presents from the Past’

What: The J. Gilbert Smith House will be busy in 1930’s anniversary brightness for an exhibition of Christmas gifts, including toys, books and more, from yesteryear.

Where: Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.

When: Through Jan. 6.

More information: LAHM.

Hometown Holidays

What: Redwood City’s anniversary city anniversary includes snow and a tree-lighting.

Where: City Redwood City

When: Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

More information: Hometown Holidays

Caltrain Anniversary Train

What: Caltrain’s blithe Anniversary Alternation will accomplish nine stops forth the Peninsula, boasting lights, entertainment, characters and a adventitious for locals to accord a new, unwrapped toy to the anniversary toy drive.

Where: The alternation will stop in Redwood City at 6:10 p.m. and Mountain View at 7:25 p.m. on Dec. 1; and Menlo Park at 7:05 p.m. on Dec. 2.

More information: Anniversary Train.

‘Buon Natale’

What: The California Bach Society will bless bristles centuries of Italian Christmas and Advent music.

Where: All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto.

When: Dec. 1, 8 p.m.

More information: CalBach.

”Twas the Night Before Christmas’

What: Dancers Repertory Theatre presents the anniversary ball and amphitheater assembly of the archetypal anniversary poem.

Where: Woodside Performing Arts Center, 199 Churchill Ave., Woodside.

When: Dec. 2 and 9 at 1:30 and 4 p.m.; Dec. 8 at 3 p.m.

More information: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Hanukkah on the Square

What: Chabad Mid Pen hosts a Hanukkah anniversary featuring blithe refreshments, a glow-in-the-dark menorah, music and games.

Where: Courthouse Square, city Redwood City

When: Dec. 2, 4-5:30 p.m.

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More information: Redwood City Hanukkah.

Mountain View timberline lighting

What: The City of Mountain View will authority its association tree-lighting ceremony, including a appointment from Santa Claus. Donations of canned aliment for the Association Services Agency are encouraged.

Where: Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.

When: Dec. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

More information: City of Mountain View.

‘The Christmas Ballet’

What: Smuin presents its anniversary anniversary performance, accumulation classical ballet and abreast ball into a two-act appearance (“Classical Christmas” followed by “Cool Christmas”) acceptable for all ages.

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.

When: Dec. 5-9, 7:30 p.m., additional 2 p.m. matinees on weekend.

More information: Christmas Ballet.

‘The Santaland Diaries’

What: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents a staged adjustment of David Sedaris’ comedy, starring Max Tachis. The one-man appearance (for complete audiences only) chronicles the misadventures of a department-store elf.

Where: Lohman Theatre, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills.

When: Dec. 5-23, 8 p.m. additional 3 p.m. matinees on weekends.

More information: TheatreWorks.

Hanukkah Anniversary at Stanford Shopping Center

What: The Oshman Ancestors JCC hosts a chargeless ancestors Hanukkah anniversary with a agreeable achievement by Noa Levy and her band, who will advance dancing both in English and Hebrew, arts and crafts, dreidel amateur and a candle-lighting ceremony.

Where: Stanford Shopping Center, The Plaza (near Neiman Marcus), Palo Alto.

When: Dec. 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

More information: Hanukkah celebration.

‘Metropolitan Klezmer’

What: Metropolitan Klezmer will accomplish a ancestors Hanukkah-celebration concert accumulation a array of beginning sounds and all-embracing arrangements.

Where: Oshman Ancestors JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto.

When: Dec. 8, 5:30 p.m.

More information: Metropolitan Klezmer.

Friends of Music Anniversary Musicale

What: The Accompany of Music at Stanford present their anniversary anniversary advertise featuring the Stanford Philharmonia, Stanford Chamber Chorale, Early Music Singers and added guests.

Where: Memorial Church, 450 Serra St., Stanford.

When: Dec. 8, 2:30 p.m.

More information: Anniversary Musicale.

‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’

What: Peninsula Youth Theatre’s assembly of “The Elves and the Shoemaker” is a premiere adjustment of a archetypal folk account about two accessible elves.

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.

When: Dec. 7-8, assorted showtimes.

More information: PYT.

‘PACO Anniversary Extravaganza’

What: The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra will be abutting by appropriate bedfellow TwoSet Violin and dancers from Pacific Ballet Academy for its anniversary achievement of anniversary music.

Where: Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Palo Alto.

When: Dec. 9, 3 p.m.

More information: PACO.

Gryphon Carolers

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What: The Gryphon Carolers and All-Star Bandage will accomplish their anniversary concert of anniversary songs from about the world.

Where: Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside.

When: Dec. 9, 6:30 p.m.

More information: Gryphon Carolers.

‘Christmas Time is Here’

What: Grammy-winning applesauce fable Dianne Reeves will sing anniversary standards.

Where: Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford.

When: Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m.

More information: Stanford Live.

‘The Snow Queen’

What: Aback the Snow Queen’s spell captures a adolescent boy, his best acquaintance sets out on a chance to save him in this amusing chance presented by Bayer Ballet (suitable for age 3 and up).

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.

When: Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 15 at 2 p.m.

More information: Bayer Ballet.

‘Winter’s Gifts: Journeys’

What: The Choral Project and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra present their anniversary “Winter’s Gifts” concert, with a affair of journeys both concrete and emotional. The concert will accommodate choral works from assorted acceptance traditions and cultures.

Where: First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto, 1140 Cowper St., Palo Alto.

When: Dec. 15 at 8 p.m.

More information: The Choral Project.

‘Jingle! Angels! Silent! Merry!’

What: San Francisco Choral Artists will action a array of melancholia singing.

Where: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto.

When: Dec. 15, 8 p.m.

More information: SFCA.

‘Nat ‘King’ Cole & Me’

What: Gregory Porter sings the songs of his greatest influence, Nat “King” Cole.

Where: Memorial Auditorium, 551 Serra Mall, Stanford.

When: Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m.

More information: Stanford Live.

‘Heartfelt Division 2018’

What: Bravissimo Ball Studio presents a account of a Grinch, Santa Claus and more, told through dance.

Where: Canada College, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City.

When: Dec. 15, 4 p.m.

More information: Bravissimo.

Italian Christmas market

What: Mitchell Park Association Center will host “Bay Area’s Natale,” an Italian Christmas market, area Italian-style crafts and foods will be sold, carols articulate and more. Admission is free.

Where: Mitchell Park Association Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

When: Dec. 16, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

More information: Bay Area’s Natale.

‘A John Rutter Christmas’

What: Schola Cantorum presents a concert of comfortable Christmas carols by John Rutter, followed by a singalong of anniversary tunes.

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.

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When: Dec. 16, 3 p.m.

More information: Schola Cantorum.

Holiday agency recital: Robert Huw Morgan

What: Stanford University organist Dr. Robert Huw Morgan will present his anniversary anniversary recital.

Where: Memorial Church, 450 Serra St., Stanford.

When: Dec. 16, 1:30 p.m.

More information: Stanford Music.

‘Gypsy Body Anniversary Experience’

What: All-embracing jazz-pop duo Gypsy body puts its own circuit on anniversary music.

Where: Club Fox, 2209 Broadway St., Redwood City.

When: Dec. 16, 6 p.m

More information: Gypsy Soul.

‘Messiah Sing’

What: Schola Cantorum’s anniversary singalong (age 12 and up) of Handel’s “Messiah” will be presented with Sinfonia Schola Cantorum. Scores will be available.

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.

When: Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m.

More information: Schola Cantorum.

‘An Irish Christmas’

What: The music and ball of the Emerald Isle comes to the Peninsula for a achievement of Irish dancing and singing with a anniversary theme.

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.

When: Dec. 20, 7 p.m.

More information: Irish Christmas.

Oakland Interfaith Actuality Choir

What: The OIGC will accomplish a concert of actuality and airy music anniversary music.

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View.

When: Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m.

More information: OIGC.

Winter acme bike ride

What: GreenTown Los Altos will advance an 8-mile bike ride starting at Peet’s in Los Altos, visiting “Christmas Timberline Lane” in Palo Alto and endlessly for hot amber on the way back.

Where: 367 State St., Los Altos.

When: Dec. 21, 6:30 p.m.

More information: GreenTown Los Altos.

‘Music in My Soul’

What: The Taylor Street Stop and accompany will accomplish anniversary hits and abstract from the Great American Songbook.

Where: Angelica’s, 863 Main St., Redwood City.

When: Dec. 22, 8:30 p.m.

More information: Angelica’s.

Holidays at Filoli

What: Filoli will be hosting anniversary adornment and appropriate contest throughout the season.

Where: Filoli Historic House & Garden, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside.

When: Through Dec. 23; agenda varies.

More information: Filoli.

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See yourself in the 'Delta'

Where art is about what we share.

Take a deep breath, Arkansas Times readers, and relax. This is not a harangue about our prevaricating president, though he certainly deserves one, or a story about the piteous state of Arkansas's political minds.

It's about art, which is something we can all come together over, or at least view together. Rare is the gallery fistfight: Should Jackson Pollock's splatters hang next to Margaret Keane's sappy big-eyed girls, fans of both would not come to blows. They wouldn't even Tweet.

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In fact, we dare to say that for whatever courtesy is left in Arkansas we can thank the arts, and the Arkansas Arts Center's "Delta Exhibition," the juried show of works by regional artists that is now in its 60th year, is a big piece of that. Conceptual pieces that prompt as much head-scratching as admiration — always a feature of the "Delta" — get gracious receptions. See much in the way of gracious behavior outside a gallery these days? John Salvest's American flag (1994), made of matches tipped red, white and blue and packed into an explosives box, did not provoke a shouting match. Nobody suggested our moral fabric had gone to hell when examining Pat Larsen's sculpture that blew the viewer's skirt up if she got too close (and was wearing a skirt, 1997). Here, showing side by side in the Arts Center's galleries, have been Ginger Feland's live snails munching on a head of cabbage next to Warren Criswell's narrative painting of a woman carrying a naked man (1995), and still folks sang "Kumbaya." The 1990s, of course, were a happier time, but the 3D work in the 2018 exhibition — including a deflating and inflating 8-foot-tall faux fur bear — had no one Googling "how to emigrate to Canada."

Therefore, with the nation descending into us vs. them, this writer's recommendation is that people grab their worst enemy and head to the "Delta," for there is a place where you'll hold hands in awe of such works as "The Messengers," Marjorie Williams-Smith's copperpoint, aluminum point and conte crayon self-portrait with roses, and find common ground looking at Milly West's photograph of a White River bridge in fog.

Sixty years of peaceful relations, thanks to art.

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As a show of regional work, the "Delta" has a welcoming intimacy, said retired registrar and Arts Center institution Thom Hall, and that makes it hugely popular to gallery-goers whether they can put a name on what they're seeing — New York School? Figurative expressionism? — or not. The work on the walls or on the floor or hanging overhead is made by people visitors to the show know, or have met, or with whom they share a cultural language. The exhibition "gives people immense permission to have an opinion" about what they're seeing, Hall said. Even if it's a Tim Hursley photograph of a two-headed calf (2016), they feel secure that they can say whether it's art or not. That's not always the case; it's that fear of "not getting" art that keeps some people away from museums.

Since 1958, the "Delta" has allowed artists in Arkansas and its contiguous states (and a few outliers) a chance to put their work before such big-name art critics as The New York Times' John Canaday (1970) and Grace Glueck (1986) and The New Criterion's Hilton Kramer (1982), and artists like Will Barnet (1974), Robert Gwathmey (1979), Graham Nickson (2000), Alison Saar (2001), and James Surls (2007). It has allowed the big-city folk to see that art is, in fact, being made between the coasts.

Three jurors waded through the record 1,424 entries to the "Delta" this year: Brian Young, gallery director at the University of Central Arkansas; Les Christensen, an artist and director of the Bradbury Art Museum at Arkansas State University; and Shea Hembrey, a native of Hickory Grove and a conceptual artist whose 2011 creation, "seek," a "biennial" of 100 works of art by 100 artists, all of whom were actually Hembrey, won him acclaim and a TED Talk appearance. The three winnowed the huge number down to 52 works made by 46 artists.

Conceptual art takes a backseat to more traditional work in this year's show. The conservative nature of the entries — a lot of portraiture and landscapes — was a surprise to the jurors, who expected to see more new media. Only three videos, for example, were entered.

As a result, Christensen said, this year's show "might be a show that would appeal to people who don't normally look at art, because it has a lot of work that is so traditional, accessible."

Perhaps the domination of landscape entries — making up as much as three-fourths of works submitted for judging — shouldn't have been a surprise, Hembrey observed, because of the region's natural beauty. "That really came across," he said. Young, formerly a curator at the Arts Center for several years, noted that work in the "Delta" continues to draw from the essence of place, though artists now are more traveled and, thanks to social media, aware of how their contemporaries on the east and west coasts are working.

Young particularly noted Hursley's work in the show, "Pine Bluff Mortuary" and "Comet Rice, Stuttgart, Arkansas," as proof of the continued aesthetic of regionality. Though Hursley is known internationally for his photography, from his work at the Museum of Modern Art, Andy Warhol's Factory and the brothels of Nevada, his work brings the Delta to the "Delta." "Tim Hursley embodies what the 'Delta' is about," Young said.

Hursley is not the only artist widely appreciated. Large-scale charcoal artist David Bailin, painter Criswell, woodworker Robyn Horn, photojournalist Benjamin Krain, printmaker and drawing master Aj Smith, and metalpoint artist Williams-Smith, to name just a few, exhibit nationally. But they still choose to compete for a spot in the "Delta."

There are strong installation pieces, but the strength of the 2018 "Delta" lies in two dimensions. Jurors noted the aforementioned self-portrait by Williams-Smith ("world class in technique" and the artist being "as good as it gets," juror Hembrey said) and described Aj Smith's large graphite portrait of a weathered woman, "Faces of the Delta: Geraldine," and Donna Pinckley's photographs of interracial couples — two men in one, a family in the other, titled with the insults they've received — as genre standouts (quintessential "Delta" portraiture, Young said). Hembrey was happy to see such psychologically challenging works as "Sticks and Stones," Anais Dasse's large oil-and-ink on paper of children dressed in a kind of weird camouflage tangling with fierce wolves, and Melissa Cowper-Smith's entrancing "Unremember" video in which paintings devolve into photographs and back again, the denouement an enormous fire. ("Sticks and Stones" won a Delta Award; this writer is sure that "Unremember" deserved one.)

A diplomatic Christianson declined to cite a favorite, saying only that she was "really impressed by and surprised by the number and quality of figurative and portrait pieces submitted."

This writer is under no such constraints, and would have given awards to Criswell for his oil "Eat Now (Again)," a scene of two hands poised over a plate of spaghetti with crows flying above — a work with two tops that can be hung both ways. Loren Bartnicke's meaty abstraction, an impasto creation with cactus leaves and drooping figures, was another work overlooked by the judges (at least this go-round, for all three stressed that their award selections could have been very different at another time, thanks to the vagaries of mood and current events). Spencer Purinton's "Peripatetic Terrine," in which hard-edge, hot-pink shards and blue feather shapes spill against a black background, is one of those works that bring you back for second and third looks.

But while the "Delta" may be shy on what you'll find in New York — none of the artists is sitting in the middle of the gallery and inviting visitors to sit silently before them, as Marina Abramovic did at the MoMA in 2010, nor are the rooms covered in Yayoi Kusama's polka dots — there are several worthy 3D pieces among the portraits and landscapes. With the exception of Max Adrian's "Solo: The Furry Divine of Fearsome Desires," that inflating bear of leather and fur, they are a bit more constrained than the conceptual pieces of earlier "Delta" shows, such as Jean Flint's stretched-acrylic mimicking flesh hanging from a steel rod ("Evidence of Passage," 1994), less incendiary as John Salvest's match-tip flag ("Flag," 1994) and less eyebrow-raising than Ginger Feland's aforementioned snail/cabbage work. But it's good work by artists the Times has not written much about before. Check out the work by the following:

James Matthews

A viewer might look at "Eviction Quilt No. 3, Green Medallion" and think of it simply as something to keep him warm. It's plain, made of rectangles and squares of denim and gray and green pieces of cloth, tied with knots rather than stitched together.

But there's a backstory to "Eviction Quilt," as its name suggests, and that makes all the difference. Matthews, the director of communication for the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas, has for the past three years created quilts from clothing tossed to the street after an eviction. "There are lots of evictions in Little Rock," Matthews noted, thanks to Arkansas's notoriously draconic landlord laws. Yet, Matthews said, the project, which takes him to neighborhoods all over Little Rock, is more documentarian than social wake-up call. The placement of the green central square in "Eviction Quilt No. 3" recalls the green windows in a tin-roofed nightclub near where the clothes were found.

What should the quilt be called? Craft? 3D art? "To a certain extent, I don't care," Matthews said in a recent interview. As a graduate of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Matthews is both observer and creator. In addition to the quilts, he has constructed and then photographed assemblages of street-side detritus. He's trying to photograph all the churches in Little Rock. He blogs about historical places. He finds inspiration in Little Rock's pockets of poverty, places that he knows many people would be shocked to discover. Matthews is drawn to such sad areas perhaps because when he first came to Little Rock — it was 2006 — he was shocked by its homicide rate. His first project was to photograph places where killings had taken place: front yards, sidewalks, parking lots. They showed the surprising banality of the locations. He made postcards from some of the photographs, as if they were tourist shots: Welcome to Little Rock!

Matthews, 42, who sews at a dining room table in the front room of his home, is working on the final quilt in the eviction series. He was a bit leery of talking about what might be his next project — his wife warned him people would think he was a bit off when they hear of it — but he agreed to drive this reporter to what he calls a "dog dump" on Maryland Avenue beneath Interstate 630 and beside a railroad track to talk about his idea. Matthews travels here every other week or so and he always finds the weeds littered with the carcasses of dogs. A collar revealed the identity of the matted fur and bones of one deceased animal we saw on our trip. Why here? Matthews wonders. He is intrigued by the juxtaposition of the uncaring way dogs are being dumped in this place with the obliviousness of drivers speeding overhead on the interstate.

Matthews sometimes collects the skeletons and cleans them off at home. He has even collected carcasses for further decomposition in his backyard, beneath a bucket. Unfortunately his daughter, then 5, observed him at this labor, and later told some of her friends at school whose dogs had died that her dad would take them. He had to put her straight; he's not in the market for dead dogs.

Matthews won an honorable mention for his eviction quilt, which juror Young described as a perfect fit for the "Delta." Another of his quilts was also selected for the 2017 exhibition. You can see more of his work at asurplusofobjects.com.

Aaron Calvert

Henderson State University associate art professor Aaron Calvert's "Always Facing South Bear" is a cylindrical ceramic creation spelling out its title and depicting Southern-themed images. It's a departure from the older work shown on his Arkansas Arts Council's Artist Registry page: an intricately carved earthenware piece depicting a figure in a boat offering up a frog to a bundle, soda-fired cups, mugs, plates and teapots featuring stylized ants. He turned to whimsical, hand-built pieces in 2014, inspired by his love for the outdoors and the wild and a tad burned out on the wheel. "I've always been a real big surface person, whether I carved or drew ... and I wanted something really bright," Calvert, 44, said. Hence the vivid, highly saturated glaze under-painting of "Always Facing South Bear."

A native of Ohio, Calvert lived in Arkansas for several years before he realized that when someone said "Bless his heart" it was a put-down, not intercessory prayer, he told visitors to the "Delta" opening.

"Coming to the South was a bit of a culture shock," Calvert said. "Being from the North, I felt like what I was seeing was 'South,' no matter which direction I looked. ... I'm always facing 'South.'

"When I was working on the bear, that idea just kept playing over and over in my head and I ended up putting it on the bear." One of the images on the bear is what appears at first glance to be a Dixie flag, but the stars make a Y rather than an X. "However you feel about that flag, my goal as an artist was not to cram my thinking down people's throats, but just open the conversation," the artist said.

Calvert said he likes the "Delta" because the work in the show isn't nostalgic — its not all barns and chickens — but about contemporary life here, and he likes that. "The downside is there's usually not a lot of ceramics in there," he said. Jurors "can't make that mental jump from contemporary to ceramics unless it's a big, colorful bear."

Juror Young saw a bit of famed experimental ceramicist Jun Kaneko, whose high-gloss glazed and rounded cylinders were exhibited at the Arts Center in 2009, in Calvert's work. Calvert said that made a lot of sense: He is in the "lineage" of Kaneko, since the ceramicist he studied under — the iconoclastic Kirk Mangus — was a student of Kaneko's.

Calvert won an honorable mention for "Always Facing South Bear." It was his second "Delta" honorary mention; he won in 2017 with his gold-faced ceramic woman, "Giving Figure." He does not yet have a web page, but is working on it.

Dusty Mitchell

At the opening reception of the "Delta," people walked all over Dusty Mitchell's installation "Pressure," a checkerboard of square, flat black-and-white bathroom scales. Each square showed a different weight, some in pounds, some kilograms, some accurate, some way off.

Some people, however, would approach the artwork, but stop short of stepping on it. It's those people, said Mitchell, of Mountain View, that the artwork is for: those fearful of the number the scale might show, pressured to think their weight defines their identity.

Mitchell, 39, has the distinction of being the only artist in the "Delta" to have been on a Bravo reality show that, like "The Voice" and "Project Runway," put artists in competition. He watched the first season and successfully sought a place in the second, an arduous process that included waiting for hours in a line in Chicago to put his portfolio before "two kids going to graduate school at the Art Institute," being assigned an art project as another step in the application process, and having to undergo psychological and IQ tests. "It was pretty intense," he said. The show, which aired in 2011, started with 14 artists; he was in the top five. The top three got to make their own work, rather than work on assignment. "I feel like if I'd gotten to that step, I could have done some damage."

By then, the Michigan native — and now a school principal in Mountain View — had had work accepted into the "Delta" a number of times. Like "Pressure," Mitchell's work often addresses perception and societal quirks (his 2016 "Delta" appearance, "Home Sweet Home," at first glance appeared to be a cross-stitch but was actually flies placed sampler-like on stretched fly strips). He's made pointillist portraits made of crayons stacked on end; an exit sign that on closer examination says "Exist"; a bomb substituted for a globe of the earth; a flag made of toy soldiers, firefighters and policemen.

If that latter work recalls the work of John Salvest, there's a reason: Mitchell studied with the conceptual artist at Arkansas State University. He said Salvest was "the best thing that could have happened to me." In Salvest's class, Mitchell said, he learned "I can make whatever I want out of whatever I want. ... It's the opposite of abstraction."

Mitchell has two pieces in the 2018 "Delta": In addition to "Pressure" is his etched stainless steel "Diet Coke (From Trump Tweet Series)." If his messages are obvious, that's what Mitchell wants. "I have no interest in making a painting that people have no access to. I put it all out there."

Mitchell said the "Delta" was one of the first art shows he saw as a student at ASU. "That's when I first started meeting people I considered professionals, they were showing in that show. The first year I got in, that was a big deal for me."

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One theory about why the "Delta" had a record number of entries is that anyone rejected from the show gained an automatic spot in the "Delta des Refuses" exhibition, which opens Friday, June 8, at the Butler Center. The show, in its third year, will feature the work of more than 100 artists. Read more about that show in the To-Do section of this paper.

The "Delta Exhibition" runs through Aug. 26.

See yourself in the 'Delta'

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AUSTRALIA pt 2: MY ‘SYDNEY TOP 10’

Across the world, countless bloggers have majored on Australia as a destination; there’s also a ceaseless stream of toned and fashionable Australians who dominate a casual perusal of the Instagram ‘Explore’ screen as if the algorithm is calibrated to go overweight Aussie beauty! My experiences, however, are just that; my own, not ‘new’, but just from me. That said, I sure as hell did my research before arriving in Sydney, systematically surveying every single Australian I know, then distilling their collective output into a one-week, extensive plan of attack! Indeed, having done-and-dusted with my experience in the Great Barrier Reef, pursued my full Sydney scheme precisely as it was sketched out, it gives me great joy to recount and depict the choicest of experiences here to you dear reader, whether you’re just curious or are planning an adventurous ‘Active Escape’ of your own! This post makes up Part 2 of the Australia series – and I sense there will be countless more parts to follow upon my future return to that magnificent country! I discovered an outdoor-dwelling society, predisposed to health and fitness, blessed with supreme weather and a fresh fish-based diet, in a culturally diverse and well-invested city where inhabitants genuinely smile. In fact it’s so good, this could conceivably be ‘home’ one day! Click MORE to discover my Top 10 experiences in Sydney…

POWER-WALKING THROUGH THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN…

Just south of the iconic Circular Quay, and with an unconstrained view of the key landmarks from Mrs. Macquarie’s Point, a walk through the lush and fertile exotic gardens both lifts the sense and culminates with as good a view from the Rocks as you’ll get of the Harbour. For a clear empty run of it, going early in the day seems to be the trick to avoid tour-bus overload, but if you do go around lunchtime, you’ll see dozens of Sydney-siders running sprint circuits up and down Mrs. Macquarie’s Stairs!

2. HIKING FROM COOGEE TO BONDI…

Not for the faint of heart, and requiring somewhat of a comfortable pair of shoes, THIS is an 8.1km hike, lasting around 100 minutes. The wind howls on this part of the rugged coastline, the waves are treacherous, but the views are breathtaking and really quite awe-inspiring. Whether you just want to take in the coastline, breathe the air, bask in the sunshine, or admire the ocean-view properties, it is a superb walk. The path takes you through the lush and verdant Gordon’s Bay, the tranquil and striking Waverley Cemetery in which thousands of souls proudly look eternally out to sea, the Hunter Sculpture park, Bronte Bay (a surfer’s mecca), ending up on the iconic Bondi Beach.

3. OBSERVING ICEBERGS…

An iconic saltwater swimming pool, supplied and replenished by the crashing waves below; positioned at the commencement of the sweeping Bondi crescent, Icebergs is somewhat of a must, and is the natural conclusion of your Coogee-to-Bondi excursion, welcoming you as a refreshing iceberg after the desert hike! Note, it’s empty Thursday mornings for cleaning, so avoid it then (d’oh!). If you want some other epic places to swim, try North Sydney Pool (under the north side of the Bridge), or Andrew Boy Charlton pool on the far side of the Royal Botanic Gardens.

4. DINNER AROUND BONDI BEACH…

…wandering the length of the crescent, I stumbled upon an understated beachfront joint called Sean’s Panorama, which I later discovered is somewhat of a hard-to-book legendary institution. We happened upon an early table outside for sunset, bathed in the enrobing crepuscular light, and whiled the evening away with delicious fresh Australian fish dishes, typifying the relaxed approach to life, serving what’s caught on the day, per the Chef’s whim. At the other end of the spectrum, the 6 am Bondi Rush is something to behold, as the locals walk dogs, swim before work, and generally recouple with their beloved outdoors lifestyle before the day begins. Learning to surf is somewhat of a tourism box-ticker here, so if you haven’t, why not…

5. VISITING THE OPERA HOUSE…

…But not just seeing it, actually going to a performance in the cavernous Sydney Opera House ‘Concert Hall’. Same day concessionaires tickets were literally 20 GBP per head for central stalls seats, to see the country’s most distinguished orchestra (Sydney Symphony) present their rendition of Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle. Which was unusual, but utterly stunning, and a sonic treat to hear this remarkable sound-stage turned up to full texture and max volume! It struck me how much of a difference there was between the building from a distance (stunning), and the building up close (just like The Barbican in EC2, all brutalist and concrete). There’s a pretty stunning bar under the facility, with a terrace that looks directly at the Bridge, and is a sublime choice for a sunset tipple. Just beware of the confident seagulls!

6. CLIMBING THE BRIDGE…

Something I didn’t do. Why? The prohibitive cost of the activity, and the prohibition of any photographic media or even mobile phones! It’s basically as expensive to climb as it is to fly over in a private helicopter, which doesn’t sound right to me! So instead of climbing it, I took a lunch or two directly beneath it at the exquisite Park Hyatt, and snapped this shot of some chaps at the summit!

7. TAKE THE FERRY TO MANLY BAY…

Leaving from Circular Quay, almost regardless of the destination, this is one of the best ways to see the headline sights of Sydney, per the below images

8. GO ON SAFARI…

… well perhaps not quite, but Taronga Zoo is hands down the best zoo I’ve ever visited. There are many who are conflicted about the concept of animals in captivity, including myself; what I saw at this zoo was the greatest effort being made to provide an environment as close to the natural one as possible. There were exceptions, of course, some of which I struggle with, but as an admirer of nature, I was thrilled and exhilarated to see such a broad repertoire of incredible creatures, up so close. There are a significant number of photos included below to show you just how personal the encounters are with some of the most majestic beasts.

9. SEEK OUT COFFEE…

I love the stuff. Every Australian worth their salt loves the stuff. This place would seem to be the source of the hipster coffee shop invasion which took over London around 2-3 years ago, chief amongst them being Taylor Street Baristas. I tried around 10 of the most recommended coffee shops in Sydney, and through a totally unscientific, unmethodical approach involving randomness and amateur tasting notes, I have crowned a winner; Motown Coffee, details HERE.

10. SAMPLE LUNCHES…

Two iconic venues I discovered:

Catalina – Rose Bay. (http://catalinarosebay.com.au ) Sublime fresh food, and pure theatre inside. Clean white lines and a vast glass panorama revealing the sea-plane landing strip before you in the bay (the restaurant takes its name from the class of iconic seaplane https://www.catalina.org.uk), guests are just fabulously clad, wearing extravagant and exquisite dresses even for a light brunch. Unaware of this, I wasn’t! The food itself, however, is presented in no less spectacular a fashion, with a dedication to the symmetrical and ordered. The entire place feels extremely clean and fresh, with a light, vaguely hedonistic vibe pervading the volumes, never straying into the ostentatious. This is a slam-dunk great ‘occasion’ lunch for a trip to Sydney!

Otto Ristorante. (https://ottoristorante.com.au/sydney/) Just on Cowper Wharf in Woolloomooloo, and from the fringes of the CBD, this is the best place at which to recover strength after a stroll around the Botanical Gardens. Delivering fresh Italian inspired Australian fare, the Humpty Doo baby barramundi with lemon and evoo was a particular hit for me!

Other venues repeatedly recommended to me:

Eastern Suburbs: Lox, Stock and Barrell (Bondi Beach), Bondi Tratoria, Trio (Bondi Beach), Speedo Cafe (Bondi Beach), Brown Sugar (Bondi Beach), Three Blue Ducks (Bronte), Bake Bar (Randwick).

Inner City: Kepos St Kitchen (Alexandria),  The Gorunds (Alexandria), Aqua Dining (above North Sydney Pool),

North Shore: Thelma and Louise (Neutral Bay), Burnt Orange (Mosman), The Boathouse Balmoral Beach, The Boathouse Shelley Beach (Manly), The Boathouse Palm Beach.

That’s my list! Now, I bid you, do go and explore this fabulous, versatile playground!!!

Faya x

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AUSTRALIA pt 2: MY ‘SYDNEY TOP 10’

Across the world, countless bloggers have majored on Australia as a destination; there’s also a ceaseless stream of toned and fashionable Australians who dominate a casual perusal of the Instagram ‘Explore’ screen as if the algorithm is calibrated to go overweight Aussie beauty! My experiences, however, are just that; my own, not ‘new’, but just from me. That said, I sure as hell did my research before arriving in Sydney, systematically surveying every single Australian I know, then distilling their collective output into a one-week, extensive plan of attack! Indeed, having done-and-dusted with my experience in the Great Barrier Reef, pursued my full Sydney scheme precisely as it was sketched out, it gives me great joy to recount and depict the choicest of experiences here to you dear reader, whether you’re just curious or are planning an adventurous ‘Active Escape’ of your own! This post makes up Part 2 of the Australia series – and I sense there will be countless more parts to follow upon my future return to that magnificent country! I discovered an outdoor-dwelling society, predisposed to health and fitness, blessed with supreme weather and a fresh fish-based diet, in a culturally diverse and well-invested city where inhabitants genuinely smile. In fact it’s so good, this could conceivably be ‘home’ one day! Click MORE to discover my Top 10 experiences in Sydney…

POWER-WALKING THROUGH THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN…

Just south of the iconic Circular Quay, and with an unconstrained view of the key landmarks from Mrs. Macquarie’s Point, a walk through the lush and fertile exotic gardens both lifts the sense and culminates with as good a view from the Rocks as you’ll get of the Harbour. For a clear empty run of it, going early in the day seems to be the trick to avoid tour-bus overload, but if you do go around lunchtime, you’ll see dozens of Sydney-siders running sprint circuits up and down Mrs. Macquarie’s Stairs!

2. HIKING FROM COOGEE TO BONDI…

Not for the faint of heart, and requiring somewhat of a comfortable pair of shoes, THIS is an 8.1km hike, lasting around 100 minutes. The wind howls on this part of the rugged coastline, the waves are treacherous, but the views are breathtaking and really quite awe-inspiring. Whether you just want to take in the coastline, breathe the air, bask in the sunshine, or admire the ocean-view properties, it is a superb walk. The path takes you through the lush and verdant Gordon’s Bay, the tranquil and striking Waverley Cemetery in which thousands of souls proudly look eternally out to sea, the Hunter Sculpture park, Bronte Bay (a surfer’s mecca), ending up on the iconic Bondi Beach.

3. OBSERVING ICEBERGS…

An iconic saltwater swimming pool, supplied and replenished by the crashing waves below; positioned at the commencement of the sweeping Bondi crescent, Icebergs is somewhat of a must, and is the natural conclusion of your Coogee-to-Bondi excursion, welcoming you as a refreshing iceberg after the desert hike! Note, it’s empty Thursday mornings for cleaning, so avoid it then (d’oh!). If you want some other epic places to swim, try North Sydney Pool (under the north side of the Bridge), or Andrew Boy Charlton pool on the far side of the Royal Botanic Gardens.

4. DINNER AROUND BONDI BEACH…

…wandering the length of the crescent, I stumbled upon an understated beachfront joint called Sean’s Panorama, which I later discovered is somewhat of a hard-to-book legendary institution. We happened upon an early table outside for sunset, bathed in the enrobing crepuscular light, and whiled the evening away with delicious fresh Australian fish dishes, typifying the relaxed approach to life, serving what’s caught on the day, per the Chef’s whim. At the other end of the spectrum, the 6 am Bondi Rush is something to behold, as the locals walk dogs, swim before work, and generally recouple with their beloved outdoors lifestyle before the day begins. Learning to surf is somewhat of a tourism box-ticker here, so if you haven’t, why not…

5. VISITING THE OPERA HOUSE…

…But not just seeing it, actually going to a performance in the cavernous Sydney Opera House ‘Concert Hall’. Same day concessionaires tickets were literally 20 GBP per head for central stalls seats, to see the country’s most distinguished orchestra (Sydney Symphony) present their rendition of Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle. Which was unusual, but utterly stunning, and a sonic treat to hear this remarkable sound-stage turned up to full texture and max volume! It struck me how much of a difference there was between the building from a distance (stunning), and the building up close (just like The Barbican in EC2, all brutalist and concrete). There’s a pretty stunning bar under the facility, with a terrace that looks directly at the Bridge, and is a sublime choice for a sunset tipple. Just beware of the confident seagulls!

6. CLIMBING THE BRIDGE…

Something I didn’t do. Why? The prohibitive cost of the activity, and the prohibition of any photographic media or even mobile phones! It’s basically as expensive to climb as it is to fly over in a private helicopter, which doesn’t sound right to me! So instead of climbing it, I took a lunch or two directly beneath it at the exquisite Park Hyatt, and snapped this shot of some chaps at the summit!

7. TAKE THE FERRY TO MANLY BAY…

Leaving from Circular Quay, almost regardless of the destination, this is one of the best ways to see the headline sights of Sydney, per the below images

8. GO ON SAFARI…

… well perhaps not quite, but Taronga Zoo is hands down the best zoo I’ve ever visited. There are many who are conflicted about the concept of animals in captivity, including myself; what I saw at this zoo was the greatest effort being made to provide an environment as close to the natural one as possible. There were exceptions, of course, some of which I struggle with, but as an admirer of nature, I was thrilled and exhilarated to see such a broad repertoire of incredible creatures, up so close. There are a significant number of photos included below to show you just how personal the encounters are with some of the most majestic beasts.

9. SEEK OUT COFFEE…

I love the stuff. Every Australian worth their salt loves the stuff. This place would seem to be the source of the hipster coffee shop invasion which took over London around 2-3 years ago, chief amongst them being Taylor Street Baristas. I tried around 10 of the most recommended coffee shops in Sydney, and through a totally unscientific, unmethodical approach involving randomness and amateur tasting notes, I have crowned a winner; Motown Coffee, details HERE.

10. SAMPLE LUNCHES…

Two iconic venues I discovered:

Catalina – Rose Bay. (http://catalinarosebay.com.au ) Sublime fresh food, and pure theatre inside. Clean white lines and a vast glass panorama revealing the sea-plane landing strip before you in the bay (the restaurant takes its name from the class of iconic seaplane https://www.catalina.org.uk), guests are just fabulously clad, wearing extravagant and exquisite dresses even for a light brunch. Unaware of this, I wasn’t! The food itself, however, is presented in no less spectacular a fashion, with a dedication to the symmetrical and ordered. The entire place feels extremely clean and fresh, with a light, vaguely hedonistic vibe pervading the volumes, never straying into the ostentatious. This is a slam-dunk great ‘occasion’ lunch for a trip to Sydney!

Otto Ristorante. (https://ottoristorante.com.au/sydney/) Just on Cowper Wharf in Woolloomooloo, and from the fringes of the CBD, this is the best place at which to recover strength after a stroll around the Botanical Gardens. Delivering fresh Italian inspired Australian fare, the Humpty Doo baby barramundi with lemon and evoo was a particular hit for me!

Other venues repeatedly recommended to me:

Eastern Suburbs: Lox, Stock and Barrell (Bondi Beach), Bondi Tratoria, Trio (Bondi Beach), Speedo Cafe (Bondi Beach), Brown Sugar (Bondi Beach), Three Blue Ducks (Bronte), Bake Bar (Randwick).

Inner City: Kepos St Kitchen (Alexandria),  The Gorunds (Alexandria), Aqua Dining (above North Sydney Pool),

North Shore: Thelma and Louise (Neutral Bay), Burnt Orange (Mosman), The Boathouse Balmoral Beach, The Boathouse Shelley Beach (Manly), The Boathouse Palm Beach.

That’s my list! Now, I bid you, do go and explore this fabulous, versatile playground!!!

Faya x

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