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The Witches Cauldron
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Using up my punch pass, more for the shower than anything else but after an hour in the weight room I treat myself to the steam room, the hot tub, the sauna, before heading out for a well-earned meal.
"The Witches Cauldron", a popular spot for Charcuteries, boards of simple pre-sliced cuts of meat, cheese, olives, fig jams, pickles, some nuts, fresh baguettes, all this is inexpensive, an impressive business model that provides the kitchen minimal stress, I'm here largely for the ambiance, to fill in those spots in my diet where I don't ordinarily get to, but throw in a couple of small glasses of wine and ***!!FUCKING BLOODY HELL***. This is why I don't drink out.
Anyways, sorry about that, looked at the bill, lost the plot there for a moment.
They've a tarot reader onsite, she's psychic, she must be, just look at the tattoos and her curly red tresses, and I'm watching and it's taking me a while to figure it out, I'm not so bright, the whole theme of this restaurant is "Witches", but - when I do, and then - wtf - WTF!, is she looking this shit up on her phone? SHE'S LOOKING IT UP ON HER PHONE!!!!
You should not be charging for any sort of reading if your looking shit up on your phone. That's embarrassing. That said, her clients don't seem to upset. Imagine what I could do, a few crystals and scattered decks to choose from, a black candle to burn the dark mass...
You know, I've got this down.
Anyways, the "big" night out on my 4 day weekend, an unexpected "boon"? (not really, days off - in this season, are expensive, I hemorrhage money buying coffee and eating in restaurants and doing everything I can to stay warm.) My rhythm will improve as the nights grow shorter and the weather warmer.
Meet the Artist: Kaitlin Pirart
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Kaitlin Pirart, currently showing at Oso Negro, thick impasto acrylic flowers raised off wood panels.
Glossy, almost ceramic in appearance.
I like the technique.
Link: https://kpartistry.ca/
Meet the Artist: Suze Mercado
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In the spirit of introducing some of the more curious local artists, this one has her art hanging at "The Cantina" at the moment.
I found it ... curious.
Link: Bio on Nelson and District Art's Council, Suze Mercado on Instagram (Sorry, it's a bit all over the place. I couldn't find one for just her paintings.)
The Winlaw Mushroom Artist
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And I saw this eating lunch at Mama Sita's in the Valley - curious little acrylic/watercolor (??) paintings of mushrooms.
For a bit I thought they were illustrations from a coloring book. Because the Valley. Nope. Anyways, they were interesting.
I was showing pictures of them to Chris and he was laughing, he wanted to buy the one of the mushrooms/planets/dinosaur climbing moonbeam. Because.
And I understand.
Anyways - you can find her work here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057544416080&sk=photos
I think I'm going to make it a regular thing to start featuring some of the more obscure artists of the area, in a non-judgmental way, because there are hundreds, and some of their work is every bit as interesting or inspiring as that art that I admire. Just in a very different way...
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