I try to keep my finger on the pulse of the art community. Lately there have been whispers of an art bubble. Of course, we’ve heard this more than once before. I don’t know if there is such a thing as a bubble in art. Many collectors buy no matter what the price because they […]
Adventures of the (fake) young liberal elite
On Friday night Sam and I went to the (expectedly) disappointing Green Lantern film. After we got home Sam had a craving. A craving for what? Well, see below. I don’t even remember what these are called, but they’re good. Prosciutto (this photo was taken in the middle of adding it) topping off lumps of fresh mozzarella […]
gallery hopping in Venice
Last night Sam and I decided to try and see both the C.A.V.E. show and the new Gallery 1988 show in the span of 45 minutes. I’d never driven down Abbot Kinney Blvd before and it was surprisingly trendy. How trendy? Well, there was a white Ferrari Enzo parked on the street. Supposedly only 70 […]
Downtown Art Walk June 2011
Traffic was worse than normal for this month’s Art Walk. This made parking worse – and delayed our start of the walk by at least an hour. The only possible explanation I can come up with is the E3 convention going on not too far away at the convention center. As usual – the actual […]
Culver City Art Walk
On Saturday afternoon Sam and I headed to Culver City to check out the Art Walk. Sam liked this one better than the downtown Art Walk. I reluctantly have to agree, it was easier to navigate, had better art and wasn’t on a week day. Culver City is becoming a very trendy area, no doubt […]
NYC Day 6
On Wednesday Sam and I had a hearty brunch/lunch of food purchased at Whole Foods the night before and Gelato. Then we were on our way. By Wednesday the heat and humidity was so that the two block walk to the subway stop left me sweating like a pig. We took the subway to Jamaica […]
NYC day 5
M’s apartment looking north in the morning above, and south below: Day five started off with a visit to the Burger King Whopper Bar just a few blocks north of M’s apartment. I’d heard about the bar somewhere and wanted to check it out. When we looked at the menu we discovered that if you […]
NYC day 4
We joined J and M on their last day off of the holiday weekend (Monday) and headed to Madison Square Park via taxi. While on the ride we saw the only street accident (a cab rear ended) of our entire trip. Something quite significant considering how fast the cabs drive around. Half a block later […]
NYC day 3
To start our Sunday we followed M and J to one of J’s favorite restaurants, Pastis, in the meat packing district (which is now quite trendy). We were all surprised by the price of the food. J very generously picked up the tab for us. Everyone but me got to have the eggs benedict over […]
NYC day 2
On our second morning in New York City we let M and J lead the way. We took the subway up to Harlem to eat brunch at Melba’s with J’s friend’s S and N. Most ordered the chicken and waffles. I ordered the omelet as I do at every breakfast restaurant. (I similarly order chile […]