I had an art-filled day yesterday, starting in the morning with the wonderful people of Visual AIDS. I’m working on a little project with them, and have immensely enjoyed the hours poring over slides from their archives of art by people with HIV/AIDS. Their office — a beautiful and slightly beat-up room in a giant [...]
Category Archives: Friends
Art Day
08-Apr-09Ouchy
06-Apr-09I spent the past few days shunning my dissertation at the Awesome Farm work weekend. Awesome Farmers KayCee and Owen gathered a group of thirty or so friends and farm allies to work on a bunch of projects — sheep maintenance, field clearance, egg gathering, chicken coop construction, and of course, the much-loved lunch crew. [...]
Desert Escape
27-Mar-09Not to be out-done by Emily and her recent tourist adventures, I have headed over to Tucson, Arizona, to spend a few days with David, and his father, David the First. David the First lives at the foot of some hills, surrounded by endless, cloudless skies, and fifty-foot tall cacti. Did you know the “arms” [...]
At Home He’s a Tourist, 8: MOMA redux
09-Mar-09More or less recovered from the conference and safely ensconced back home, Dean and I joined David for an early spring Sunday stroll through the WV and a delicious brunch. Afterward, David took his leave of us to engage in one of life’s simple pleasures while Dean and I headed uptown to MOMA for a [...]
Kids for Cash
27-Feb-09About to head to Western Mass for some time with the chosen fam. I’ve been promised cupcake-baking, Thomas the Train videos, and diaper duty. In honor of my jury duty stint (which ended unceremoniously yesterday by getting excused early), I bring to those of you who haven’t yet heard of it, the “Kids for Cash” [...]
David and I took a pie-baking class at the Brooklyn Kitchen. It was pretty much totally awesome. Today I thought I’d lost my pie on the subway, which would have sucked, but then I found it in my apartment. I tried to get some ice cream to go with it, and had agreed with myself [...]
That’s Morning Time, Before We Got There
14-Oct-08For people in New York, I have been meaning to say: Make sure you go see my friend Matt Wolf’s documentary about musician Arthur Russell, Wild Combination. It has been held over again at the IFC Center so you still have time. It is a beautiful and moving and sweet and smart look at Russell’s [...]
LAX 2 SFO
24-Sep-08Leg one of this trip is done. My time in Los Angeles was basically completely awesome. I got some fantastic research done that I’m really happy about, and met people doing some really great and interesting housing work. I ate maybe the best egg sandwich I’ve ever had, and went swimming every day. I got [...]
In the City of Angels
22-Sep-08Arrived in my old west coast stomping grounds yesterday afternoon for a few days of research meetings and catching up with peeps before heading to CR10 and Seattle. Hung out poolside with Jackie, a friend from the greater Dade County area who’s out here cutting dialogue with the stars. We compared Coachella message boards with [...]
Reasons to Leave Your Apartment
07-Jul-08I was a bit slow getting out of the apartment today, but it turned out to be perfectly timed, as I ran into two of my favorite blogging friends, WIAFLAW (playing hookie from work) and WISRMBAT (on a summer vacay visit), almost as soon as I stepped onto the street. I was actually thinking about [...]