In the following days we had quite a busy schedule. On Friday, after a yummy seafood breakfast stop, we paid a morning visit to the
California Wildlife Center and checked on the rescued baby elephant seals and sea lions.
the center is located in a dry valley on the beautiful hills of
Malibu and we had a great time talking to the local scientists, staff and volunteers, very brave and friendly bunch! This is the main reason why the
Gnomon Animal Show was started, because
Travis and
David wanted to do something for all those starving baby seals washing up along the beaches of
Southern California.
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| cute and super noisy pups, marked and cared |
we then left to go back near
Universal Studios to get prepared for the gallery show and to pick up
Terryl. She is such a great person, quite sure she is an elf and I'm glad to finally meet her, we all headed back to the
Gnomon workshop in
Hollywood. It was a nice cosy event as usual, with lots of interesting people and some beautiful oeuvres d'art were presented. I have been a big admirer of
Claire wendling for a long time and here she was (accompanied by
Stuart Ng), trying to move around incognito, but
Manny wouldn't let her stay that way :) she is super cool and so humble it's unbelievable. I've let her try
Art Rage on my Galaxy Note 4 and... voila, her first cellphone sketch! Pretty nice no? even though she is not proud of this digital doodle,
Claire you're the best!
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| Joined by the amazing Claire Wendling and Terryl Whitlatch! |
Damn I really missed you
Kristy,
David and
Manny, so much fun it's weird as time stops when we are hanging out right? Hey everyone you should check
David's excellent little
documentary about the seals, it's worth it. The demos and line up of instructors was once again top notch, I've learned a lot, met some incredible people like
Ms. Mallory, Kory Heinzen and
Jonathan Kuo. Thanks a lot
Gnomon (
Alex,
Travis and the whole crew) for hosting such a meaningful event. See y'all again soon!
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| Manny's moving talk... |
