Things that happened in NYC on our trip

-saw the Marlene Dumas show at MOMA
-refused to roll around at the Pipilotti Rist installation. I'm not a dirty hippie.
-dog-watched from a bar while everyone else drank whiskey in the afternoon
-ate a delicious banana cupcake
-watched a woman barf in a terrible Irish bar in midtown, check her hair for remnant puke, and then shake some dude's hand
-reacquainted with a high school friend-of-a-friend who owns a gallery in the Meatpacking District
-saw the William Eggleston retrospective
-ate oysters with Rob, Emily and Scott (*they were much better than the ones I had at the bull and oyster roast in Maryland in 2001)
-walked and walked and walked in the cold cold cold
-had amazing brunch with friends in Brooklyn
-ate slices of pizza late at night so I could keep drinking
-had vivid dreams while sleeping on air mattresses
-had a romantic cab ride with Rob in the upper East side
-thought that I saw Maggie Gyllenhaal walking in the East Village with a yoga mat under her arm, but it probably wasn't her
-spent time with some lovely, sweet, generously accommodating friends
-had to wear so many layers of clothes that I felt like I was wearing a fat suit, or like I was that kid in "A Christmas Story" who "can't put his arms down!!"
-was eating dumplings when the plane crash landed in the Hudson
-split a bottle of champagne with Emily-it was fun having it at our end of the table!
-fell even just a little more in love with my husband

Modern Interpretation

Portia and Tim as somewhat inspired by Reuben's Sampson and Delilah

Snow yo.

It's snowing so oppressively outside that I can't tell where the yard ends and the street begins. It's impossible to drive without fishtailing and it's necessary to go at least 25 mph slower than usual. I've camped myself out on the couch trying to sort through some paperwork before Wednesday. I recently got offered to teach a photo class last minute at CVA, and I need to work out my syllabus before Rob and I leave for an impromptu trip to NYC this week! It will be so great to get out of all this snow, if not the cold.

This has been a rich couple of weeks off, and I can't believe that the semester is starting up again so soon! I didn't think that I was going to be teaching in the spring, so having a photo class is a nice surprise. I've been reinvigorating my work over the past few months-many things are still in the formative stage, but I have such a righteous studio space now, that I feel completely enabled to create and think and play around. The one thing I really need to do is plan a studio party so I can christen the space with some champagne and dancing!

Back to syllabalizing. (Not a real word) That is, if this snow day doesn't send me to dreamland.