evening walk past the whitney and a morning bike ride

 

an exhibit on the sidewalk across the street from the entrance . . . . ?

greg and i have been bed hopping while the new mattress inflates. well, greg has been happy in one bed . . but i sometimes get up in the middle of the night and switch beds and sleep in the other bedroom. this empty nest is so far from what it used to be with three cats and one dog (who did not get along so had to be kept separate via a gate in the hallway), three children and two adults . . life feels so surreal these days.

i made dinner this evening following a recipe from the marcella hazan cookbook marisa gave me several years ago (marcella's kitchen): spaghetti col pomodoro fresco e la cipolla (i used fusilli pasta instead). i also didn't skin or de-seed the tomatoes, but it still came out incredibly creamy and was delicious!

and i actually managed to get out for a bicycle ride this morning:

and here's a pic chanda posted of pluto on her instagram account.

breakfast with friends and a museum visit

i was out at the green market early this morning and then had breakfast with our friends before they were on the road home again (stopping first at another friend's house a few hours from here). there was a little rain, but they were able to go swimming at a local lake which must have felt refreshing. 

 

greg and i visited the whitney's biennial exhibit this afternoon. i find it's easier for me to first learn about many of the artists before going, which i've done in the past by registering for their zoom lectures. they then make these lectures accessible on their website that visitors can listen to at anytime. for this exhibit there are a lot of audio pieces, along with videos that i found overwhelming (many sound pieces coming from different sections of the exhibit floor - it felt a little too busy), so before going back i hope to tap into these lectures (which i haven't done as yet).

 

 

 

(these are three large sculptures by charles ray, born 1953).

 

chiura obata, 1885 - 1975, silence, last twilight on an unknown lake, johnson peak, 1930 - woodblock print. (from the permanent collection.)

yun gee, 1906 - 1963, street scene, 1926 - oil on board. (from the permanent collection.)

alia farid, born 1985, palm orchard, 2022 (part of the bienniel)

 

 

greg . . a happy camper at the newly opened shake shack right next to the museum.

kitten antics and the whitney again

 

 andy loves "killing" the fake fur that zips onto the hood of my down jacket (i had taken it off to handwash in the sink - he kept finding the spots i placed it to dry).

 

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greg and i visited the whitney museum today.

we walked out on the 5th floor deck and visited the jasper johns exhibit and the main collection on the 7th floor.

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back at home it was kitten weighing time. when i first began weighing them i couldn't keep them in the bowl; now i can't get them to come out. they're happy to sit there for me.

dinner was steamed cauliflower with browned butter, steamed kale with carmelized onions, pork chops baked with an onion and an apple, and sautéed shiitake mushrooms.

at the whitney and a home for little kitten andy

 the weather has been so beautiful. today was a little warmer than the cool fall days we've been having . . but it was still cool enough for sweaters and jackets, and it wasn't humid.

marisa and i went to see the jasper johns exhibit at the whitney museum.

the moon is a small dot over the water tower (taken from the outdoor deck on the 7th floor).

 looking out over the sixth floor deck and the high line.

in the evening chanda's work friend came over to meet andy.

we're excited that she's going to adopt him.

another hot summer day

morgana made buttermilk pancakes with raspberry compote for breakfast . . 

and then we visited the dawoud bey exhibit at the whitney museum . . 

 

(i've also listened to a whitney onnline zoom lecture about this exhibit.)

 

(yes, it was very hot outside!)

and had special treats at pastis afterwards (including the most amazing baba rum i've ever had) . . 

 

pluto enjoyed taking a siesta with morgan in the hot afternoon while i went to the italian deli for dinner items.

 

penne with tomato sauce and zucchini sautéed with garlic . .

an evening walk on the high line . . 

(large metronome by artist naama tsabar for the high line's current art exhibit titled the musical brain.)

there was a party happening on top of the standard hotel . . 

it was another warm, but beautiful, august summer night.

a little bit of rain after a museum visit

i visited the whitney today specifically to see lee krasner's the seasons (which i loved), painted in 1957 (oil and house paint on canvas). 

 

the jane street garden was open . . (and we didn't realize it, but a storm was slowly approaching)

 

greg met me and we ate at tavern on jane since it started to rain (a little sun shower which kept us from walking to bus stop cafe . . )

 

greg was tracking the storm with accuweather's radar on his cell phone . . 

 

chanda and emily passed by. they said the were on their way to eat at sandbar on hudson (which used to be high street). you can see their two little figures silhouetted at the end of the block.