Santa Monica Tuesday + The Hammer Museum

• Santa Monica lunch and meeting. Didn't I mention the ascendancy of kale proves people are more mimetic than thoughtful? But I picked what probably was the best choice of four salad dressing options, and the soup rocked with flavor.

• I had the rest of my day off afternoon for another trip to the Armand Hammer Museum.

• Two "systematic and intuitive" Hammer Projects by Mike Cloud near the entryway: "Painted Clothing responds to consumer culture" and his "Modern Timeline series interprets modern day tragedies."

• Because The White Album by Arthur Jafa had a violence warning label, I didn't view it.

• Corita Kent's illustration from 1967 of "Loves That Man" by Daniel Berrigan forms the entryway for…

• …Five Centuries of Works on Paper at the Grunwald Center. On Tuesday's stroll I took pictures of a small print of "Loves That Man" that also captured the celling lights, along with a most intriguing "Untitled" (2003) lithograph from Mark Bradford.

• There were at least two Installations in progress. There's always a good reason to visit the Hammer again!

• At the bookstore I bought a chrome orange tote bag with the Hammer logo.

• My usual Subway still is closed due to a water main malfunction that's turned into a disaster for the shops and restaurants at that small plaza, so for Tuna Tuesday I went to the one in mid city from two weeks ago. And last week. Next week, too? I hope not!