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When I was in Ghirardelli Square a few days ago, I came across a very attractive and minimalist-type of San Francisco wall art. Painted onto white walls, all it had was black outlines that screamed, ‘San Francisco.’ The subject of the mural were some icons that were undeniably San...

Last year when I was in Reno,  I got to see so much art on the streets of this city in Nevada. And most of the works of art that I managed to click pictures of, have already found their way onto this blog. On one of our days...

For a few years now, Circus Circus Reno has been organizing an art event giving mural artists an opportunity to put up their works on the walls of the resort. Circus Circus Mural Marathon is the name of the event. Circus Circus Mural Marathon The Mural Marathon put up...

When in Reno, Circus Circus is a place to visit. Like all the other casino-resorts in town, it does have a casino. But it also has a place where kids can have a lot of fun playing carnival-style games at Midway in the property. Midway also stages entertaining circus...

  Remember Thumbelina? The central character of Thumbelina – the story of the girl who was no bigger than the size of a man’s thumb? I found this cute painting of hers on a wall in Solvang Restaurant in Solvang, California.   Solvang is a very Danish town with...

This week for  Monday Mural let me show you some mission murals from San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo is a city on California’s Central Coast and is home to one of the early Spanish missions of California – Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. Mission Mall on Higuera Street...

In the fall, we had been to Saratoga, CA to see some fall colors at Hakone Gardens, a Japanese Garden in the city. Later as we drove through Saratoga Village, we found that there was so much colour all over the city. In the middle of all that fall...

Now that it’s winter and there’s snow in the Sierra, let me take you to some artwork I found at a ski resort in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Squaw Valley Ski Resort up there has a snowsports school for kids. Called Squaw Kids, the building of this ski...

If you’ve been to San Francisco, you’ve probably seen the Palace of Fine Arts in the city. If you haven’t visited the museum, you’ve probably seen pictures of a very Greek-and-Roman structure, looking almost like a temple. A couple of years back as we were driving through SF, I...