David Garrett David Garrett: World-class rock violinist performs live in San Diego via photopin (cc) I thought you might enjoy the following two videos of David Garrett, performing Paganini Caprice No. 24 and his arrangement of Beethoven The 5th. I did a post on the gifted and amazing violinist in January 2014 titled "Classical Crossover: The Rock Symphonies of David Garrett."

Gehry's Santa Monica House Gehry House, II via photopin (cc) I found out about Frank Gehry in the early 1980s.  A friend showed me his house. On a sunny Saturday afternoon in California, we drove to Santa Monica with the top down. When we arrived at our destination, my friend slowed the car down to a snail's pace so we wouldn't miss one second of the house.  As we drove by