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Archive for October, 2008

eavesdroppin.

i joined an eavesdropping “club” here in brooklyn.  i haven’t contributed a blessed thing yet, so haven’t received the moleskin notebook and mechanical pencil that was supposedly part of the deal (i still don’t know if you really get this or not, my friend, theo could have been pulling my leg).  i can’t seem to [...]

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family is important in knowing who you are and why you are the way you are:  my brother and i met tonite for drinks.  we usually have these long, deep conversations.  he usually starts off with a shot of something strong before he orders a beer.  he has some intestinal deal – he always assures [...]

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to boot.

i never bought boots last winter because i couldn’t justify coughing up $200 smackers for footwear.  i’m determined to buy a pair this year- i must! - my sneakers are not gonna cut it. so I’m on the hunt again…i found these two that might be possibilities but are hovering in the $200 range again (ugh!) [...]

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treehuts.

i got to work early today so went over to the park on the corner to take a gander at the treehouses that are part of some installation. took these pics of the sun coming through the trees.  man it looks cozy. there are about a dozen up now.  i wish i could crawl up [...]

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catherine opie.

the guggenheim has an exhibit of catherine opie photographs up right now.  she shot a series of icehouses during her residency in minnesota in 2001 – the entire series will be up in this exhibit. i’m really excited to see them! she and gregory crewdson will be giving a talk together on december 8th.

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allison schulnik.

Niagara Falls #5 (Currier & Ives), 2008
oil on canvas
84 x 136 inches
i’ve gone to mike weiss gallery to see this twice now. it’s one of two paintings that i liked in this show. (other one was a bouquet of flowers) the rest were ones of clowns and weird animals that were kind of grotesque [...]

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drink up.

started off my morning by spilling a full cup of coffee on my lap.  didn’t know what to do really other than to let it dry.  smelled like coffee all day as a result.  then i got an apple juice.  i love martinelli apple juice.  mainly because of the wonderful jar, but it is so [...]

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