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i love these delivering on change flickr photos from the obama white house.
i've also been listening to boxer by the national a whole lot for the past several months. i really love the whole cd. i guess i'm a little bit late on this, but boy is it good.
we had a terrific time in new york last week. first off, the weather was great. the kids were a little bit grouchy with me because i didn't have the foresight to pack shorts, but they lived.
i really liked seeing susy pilgrim waters' mural in the new childrens room at the public library. it's gorgeous.
we went to the moma and i was especially taken with the tangled alphabets exhibition. i loved both artists' work so much! ((it is really worth taking the time to go through what's online, and to enlarge the images when you can so you can see the detail.)) i loved it. i got my kids the moma kids walking tour recorders - they A) pretended they were cellphones and B) spent the entire time plugging in bad numbers so they could here the vaguely british voice say 'sorry, that is not a valid selection.' over and over. it bought us a few hours, though.
while we were in brooklyn with our friends, i had a moment when i realized i must have total amnesia about raising my kids through toddlerhood. our friends have a 4 1/2 year or and a 2 1/2 year old, and every morning and every afternoon they walk to and from school, which is a good number of blocks away. mr. 4 1/2 rides a tiny two wheeler bike (he's really good on it, too,) and ms. 2 1/2 travels on her scooter. at very different speeds. in the city. with one mother trying to bridge the gap between them. by the time we'd walked them to school that morning i couldn't decide whether to give her some sort of medal for courage and valor, or some jack daniels and valium. she's taught them really great rules about stopping at the end of each block and waiting carefully, but still. i could never have done that.
on saturday we headed to tarrytown for my little opening at eyebuzz. it is hard not to be a little bit nervous when you are going to a gallery you've never been to that happens to have all of your work on its walls, but it turned out to be a great night in every way. the weather was lovely, tarrytown was hopping and fun, all of the people who came to the opening were interesting and fun to talk to, and the gallery itself looked amazing and welcoming. i had pretty much guessed from my prior emails with tim and tara (and tara's blog) that i'd really like them, and i was right. they were terrific.
other fun things we did/saw:
refinery (i love this shop. i got my first pair of saltwaters, and they really are as nice and comfy as everyone says)
smith and vine
salvor kiosk
listened to both matilda and the witches on audiobook during the car ride
saw + played with cousins in connecticut
it is really nice to be back in maine, too. spring is officially here.
thanks to everyone who commented and emailed me suggestions for things to do in new york! we're here now and are armed with a big list. brooklyn is a lot further into spring than maine is, and it's warm and bloomy here. today we've got big plans that include art museums, the public library, cupcakes, big playgrounds, dumplings, and art supplies. not necessarily in that order. but maybe in that order, because it's vacation. you can totally eat cupcakes before lunch on vacation.
on saturday night from 6-8pm i will be at eyebuzz fine art in tarrytown, ny, for an artist reception for my show there. if you're in the neighborhood i'd love to meet you!
if you're from away and interested in purchasing anything from this show, you can contact tim and tara by email.
have a great weekend!
ps: love, love this: may it please the court
the notes my kids give me are easily among my favorite possessions. like this one:
what are you? i think 'happy and full of aliveness' and 'catasterphieish' both apply equally well, most days anyway.
the jen-11 opening at artstream last friday was great - if you are in the neighborhood of rochester, new hampshire this month i highly recommend stopping in to see the show. i loved the way susan had hung and displayed all of the work, and i was happy to get to meet jen maestre (or as i like to call her, the pencil lady.) i also received my copies of the jen-11 book from uppercase a few days ago, and it is really lovely. i keep carrying it around in my purse, feeling shy + a bit giddy about it. you can order the book from uppercase or from artstream if you're interested.
