Holders of the AMEX Platinum, or Centurion cards have free access, while holders of Green, or Gold, pay a daily-use fee. Our hostess explained that AMEX was beginning to limit the number of “guests,” that could be brought into the Lounge, and that there was also a limit to the number of “paid entries,” during busy times. Fortunately, the hosts/hostesses at the Lounge always had a table, or two, reserved for Platinum, or Centurion card holders, so a seat was always found. It seemed that it was virtually impossible to find seating, and the lines at the bar, and food area were extremely long. Over the years of operation (4 by my rough count), the Lounge had become more and more crowded. While that relationship did not last long, his initial influence did remain. We were invited to their pre-grand opening kickoff, and got to meet Chef Christopher Kostow, and receive an autographed copy of his book, “A New Napa Cuisine.” For a bit, Chef Kostow was the consulting chef for this Centurion Lounge, providing a decidedly “California twist” to the limited food offerings. We have been enjoying the AMEX Centurion Lounge at SFO, since before they officially opened. So, a brief, but nice visit to one of our favorite airport lounges. That was not in our cards this evening.Ĭhecking our watches, we drank the Chards a bit quickly, and bid adieu, heading for Gate 65. At this Centurion Lounge, I love the wine tasting dispenser, and usually follow my first wine, with a visit to it, to sample tastes of several more. Well, so much for a couple of leisurely glasses of wine. We had our Chardonnays in hand, when the United App alerted us to a change: we were no longer going out of Gate 74, but instead, Gate 65 - all of the way at the end of the East Pier, and here we were, sitting to the west of the West Pier - a rather long walk was in our cards. We entered, and decided to sit at the bar, since there were two stools right there. Unfortunately, that partnership did not last very long. By “very beginning,” I mean that we were invited to their grand opening, when Chef Christopher Kostow was signing his cookbook, as he was the Consulting Chef for this lounge. This is a small, but attractive and convenient AMEX Centurion Lounge, and one, which we have visited from the very beginning. We still had plenty of time, before our departing flight, scheduled out of Gate 74, and as the wines with dinner had not been exciting, went to the Centurion Club, as we knew we could do better. She has works in private collections in New York City, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Sweden, and Australia.We were flying out of SFO T3, in July, heading home to Phoenix, and had just had dinner across the concourse from the AMEX Centurion Lounge, across from Gate 75. In her overall experience, she has created over fifteen album covers for musical recording artists, numerous print designs for film and television, and exhibited throughout galleries primarily across the United States. Among Ellie’s creative achievements are large-scale installation public artworks including commissions of two 3-D collage murals for the San Francisco offices of Meta/Facebook, a permanent public art vehicle bus wrap for The City of West Hollywood, and an 11-room temporary public art installation series for Hong Kong Times Square, among other projects. The end result depicts eyecatching surrealist and psychedelic dream-worlds which encourage peace, self-care, mindfulness and harmony within all creatures and the planet. She often incorporates and adheres hand-painted and hand-cut 3-D collage into the design. Once the analog printmaking is complete, Ellie works digitally to reproduce artworks on paper to large-scale murals for final installation. Viewers are enticed to get up close and personal, while their eyes are traveling through various color fields and visual textures to feel immersed with a dreamy, contemplative or escapist experience. The flow within her paintings creates a space where the viewer’s mind can truly wander. She combines traditional marbling methods with her own innovative and meditative techniques, utilizing the concepts of intuitive automatic painting. Her process involves capturing swirled, kaleidoscopic colors and intricately designed patterns painted from an aqueous surface transferred onto paper or fabric. Danielle Garza, who also goes by the moniker "Ellierex" is a Los Angeles-based mixed media artist, muralist, and avid practitioner in the art of paper marbling printmaking.
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