I have to thank my wife for turning me onto Robert Rauschenberg. Her doctoral thesis is a catalog raisonné of his Combines, but it was his lithographic prowess that grabbed me after the introduction. A simple GIS of "Rauschenberg lithographs" will turn up enough juxtaposition and color to last an afternoon. Now imagine them eight feet tall, as they really are. I moved to Los Angeles almost two years ago. One of the great pleasures of being stuck in traffic in mid-city (from about Century City to Koreatown) is the constant supply of new works by Retna, the occasional Banksy, and lots of other gorgeous works along Melrose and Beverly. There is a massive artist community here because warehouses and food are cheap. Put this with the brewery prowess of the west coast and I may never return to upstate New York.