Sunday, July 31, 2011

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

It's not that I don't love Beacon anymore, but forays in NYC stand out.

We're renting the house out this week, which means a week in NYC. In late July, are you crazy?? And yes, it has been hot and the city smells like piss and trash, and climbing and descending 5 flights of stairs to do everything, including take dogs out several times a day, is a challenge. But there's lots to do and see and we've spent much time in the shade and in air-conditioned buildings, and it's been a rich week.

I did manage to get some work done, too.


Morgan Library. Xu Bing sculpture in the addition designed by Renzo Piano that connects the two original Morgan Library buildings. One of my favorite museums. I'm especially fond of the seals (as in ancient engraved, not as in animals).

Postcard from Robert Morris to Sam Wagstaff, 1967. Favorite piece from "Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists: Enumerations from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art" at the Morgan.

Phoebe Washburn sculpture at Zach Feuer, Chelsea


Another Morris...this time, Morris Louis, also in Chelsea.

Terror in Madison Square Park

Shhhh, secret bookshop!



The irony of taking a cab in the pouring rain to get to a wine bar to see socialist singer/songwriter Billy Bragg was not lost on us...

Octopus tree, Cooper Hewitt garden

If Lisa Perry hadn't been closed (and if I'd had an extra $900), I would have bought this dress - in white, below:
Madison Avenue near the Whitney, Upper East Side

Kitchen window

NYC, July 2011

Summary

It's amazing what you can pack into a little weekend. Free Patti Smith concert, walking way more than 10,000 steps every day, Tenement Museum, Chinatown, New Museum, great Indian food, fruit from sidewalk vendors...

Battery Park

Fountain, Battery Park
(waiting for free Patti Smith concert at Castle Clinton)

Next to the New Museum
(where we saw a great exhibition, "Ostalgia")


Perfect peach