at the hopper exhibit with kendall

1:59 pm . . 

afterwards, we had tomato soup and a salad at maman cafe on washington street . . 

friday catch up

we've had some beautiful sunny days lately, but today is once again grey. however . . spring is here! yesterday it was 68 degrees and today i think it's supposed to go up to 62.

i finally visited the edward hopper exhibit at the whitney museum on wednesday (it closes march 5th), and on tuesday, valentine's day, i finally made it to the she who wrote-enheduanna and the women of mesopotamia exhibit at the morgan library on my way home from a dental appointment. i have a few photos of the hopper show (i plan to return before march 5th!) and many photos of the she who wrote . . so i hope to post those in the next few days. kendall and i also visited our friend janine in connecticut with aurélien last saturday to sunday. we spent a lot of time outside walking around her community lake and sitting outside around a warm fire.

morgan has been working in beautiful wyoming, babysitting for a family's twins and helping with their ailing dog. i think they all come back this weekend. below is a photo and short video of a brief break on the mountain, finally getting a ski run in:

right now i hear a white throated sparrow singing diligently in the courtyard. this is the first winter that i've heard one consistently all season long. usually their song announces spring for me, so . . this winter has been one long spring with no snow and only a few cold days sprinkled about.

at the whitney on wednesday

photos from when i visited the edward hopper exhibit at 5:30 pm . . 

i so would like my sister to see this exhibit with me.

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sick days

 

 i have a terrible cold. i could feel it coming on yesterday.

 

my sister sent me a biography of leslie caron and i've been enjoying it immensely (i didn't realize it was from her until she sent me a note asking if i had received it - i thought i had forgotten about ordering it from alibris). she shares wonderful stories about her relatives and theatre colleagues. i thought it was interesting that she bought an old building south of paris in the burgundy region, along the river yonne and made it into a restaurant and hotel (auberge la lucarnes aux chouettes).

i hope one of these days i pack up the christmas ornaments so the tree can be taken outside.

korrina has been knitting beautiful things:

cafe breakfast

it was cold again this morning and i joined morgan at merriweather for a cappuccino and pain au chocolate. (there haven't been many vendors at the market these saturdays . . when it's so cold they stay home as the produce and dairy products will freeze).

chanda took a break and sat with us for a little bit.

i passed someone finding a new home for a chair today.

dinner at sevilla

we celebrated janet's birthday this evening. it was a very cold night (15 degrees fahrenheit) and i didn't expect sevilla to be busy, but it was! all the tables were filled and everyone was having a grand time. we shared a delicious grilled octopus appetizer, paella a la marinera (scallops, clams, mussels and lobster with rice) and flan.

lunch with chanda