at the whitney with morgan

 

morgan requested my mom's german pancakes for breakfast this morning. we had them with breakfast chicken sausages, fresh orange juice and cappuccinos.

 

and then we headed out to the whitney museum to see the edward hopper exhibit. we both had visited earlier, but wanted to see it again before the closing on march 5th. you can't tell from this photo, but it was mobbed! (this pic was taken on the 7th floor, and not the fifth where the exhibit was.)

i took a few close ups of the paintings and drawings, but not one of the crowd that surrounded us (i find this a little funny). there were so many visitors that i couldn't stand directly in front of the canvas for a direct photo. this one is titled new york movie, oil on canvas from 1939 (his wife jo was the model for the figure).

drug store, oil on canvas, 1927. i liked the red and green glass show "globes" which were filled with colored liquid and indicated a chemist's shop.

studies of his wife, jo . . these drawings span the time of 1924 to 1945 and were done with fabricated chalk, pen and ink and charcoal and graphite on paper.

(1935-40, fabricated chalk and charcoal on paper).

a selection of ticket stubs from the theatre productions they attended between 1924 - 35. 

they would often sit in the balcony, which scholars think hopper preferred as a vantage point for his compositions . . or maybe they just didn't want to spend, or have the money to spend, on orchestra or mezzanine seats . . ? anyway, i loved looking at these stubs and then looking up the theatres online when i returned home. some of the theatres mentioned are the little theatre, the morosco, the guild, the cosmopolitan, the national, henry miller's theatre, maxine elliot's theatre and the cort theatre, which is where i saw al pacino play richard iii in 1979 (a highlight of my teen years!) (it has now been renamed the james earl jones theatre after a renovation in 2022.)

in the stairwell, looking west. this used to be the garbage truck garage, but the trucks have now been moved (for a little while they were parked along 10th street on the east side, but of course neighbors complained, so hopefully they've been given a permanent home out of a residential area) and i think a ball field and beach are going in.

overlooking the east sculpture court.

i think i enjoy the views on the outside verandas more than the artwork.

back at home, greg was working and the cats were sleeping.

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