Living in Los Angeles provides us with the opportunity to try new things.  New (types) of food, theater, amusement parks - you name it! There is always something different to try (such as the annual China Town New Year's Parade). 

Burbank Open Air Arts Festival
The two-day, open-air marketplace on June 21 and 22 will feature more than 100 artists showing their works, which will range from sculpture, photography and oil paintings to handicrafts like jewelry and accessories along San Fernando Boulevard from Magnolia Boulevard to Olive Avenue in Downtown Burbank.

Russian Refugee’s art is on display @ La Canada's Penelope’s Café Books and Gallery. I have not been to Penelope’s in several years, but if you are in the mood for a salad in a quiet garden setting, Impressionist painter Kanya Bugreyev’s art is on display thru July 31.  Read more here: