apple season and a walk to a favorite cafe

 
at the green market this morning . . 

and they are so crisp, juicy and delicious!

we walked downtown to duane park patisserie . . 

work continues on the second big google building going up just south of houston street.

a building put up in . . 

1891 . .

finally at duane park patisserie . . 

we haven't visited since they reopened after renovating in june.

i tried their classic ring ding (which madeline, the chef, is well know for, and greg had an eclair.)

they added several more tables and a bar, and more savory lunch fare dishes.

walking home . . it was such a beautiful day with sunshine and a nice breeze.

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kathy sent a pic of toby who likes to sit in the window box, looking in at them.

last friday at the rubin

greg and i visited the rubin museum this evening as they were having a special "good-bye" party. there was a good sized crowd for it.

uber rat, 2023, by shushank shrestha, ceramic and in-glaze lustre.

we walked up to the top floor as i wanted to see the piece chanda and i had participated in one last time.

field of wishes by sonam dolma brauen, with copper stupa in the center . . 

"i truly hope my art can create change. i know my art might only have a small impact, but i feel a strong responsibility for the mark i leave behind. with the limited time i have in this world, i promise to give my best effort."

video from the workshops showing how the artist painted and shaped the tsatsa . . 

and how participants wrote out wishes, inserted them into the clay, and shaped and tapped the clay out from the copper mold. (workshops chanda and i participated in can be seen here and here; and this post has the opening night of the exhibit with the tsatsa ceremony.)

this is a short video from the opening of the exhibit in which chanda and i can be seen pounding the clay into our tsatsa molds (you see only our backs).

i stopped at a table to write down a memory of picking oranges with my uncle (they had journals in which people shared stories of encountering important aromas in their lives) and then observed a group of women creating a story together . . 

calling the earth to witness, 2023, imagine/sneha shrestha, acrylic on masonite, steel.

everyone has fun banging on the gongs, each one designed by a different artist.

and on our way out we passed one of my favorite pieces in the museum, wrathful activity/fierce energy, 2018, shesad dawood, neon on black painted board.

(on the sidewalk outside of the museum was a group of demonstrators requesting that the shrine room artifacts be returned to tibetan and himalayan communities. i think the museum has returned a few items it held, but the shrine room pieces are being transferred to the brooklyn museum for six years. maybe within the coming years they will be able to have them returned.)

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we walked along 17th street . . 

to los mariscos in chelsea market . . 

for tacos (and brought two home for chanda who was in the lab working with her tardigrades).

late afternoon walk to the river

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kendall has been wanting to get aurélien up on a horse . . 

she said he was very apprehensive at first, and it was hard to get him up there, but the people at the stable were patient and encouraging. from the big smile on his face, it was well worth the work!

he even got to help put the saddle away.

morning shenanigans, baking and postcards

zuzu's morning routine . . 

making a plum cake with plums bought on monday (after korrina had texted me to let me know they were available at the green market) . .  

so i walked over and purchased eighteen of them . . and made a proper cake (i had tried it with round plums and it just wasn't as good.)

a favorite breakfast . . 

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i stopped at the rubin museum in the late afternoon as it's their last week. they're closing their nyc space and will now have specific exhibitions in different cities all over the world. i think their current exhibition will be moving to san francisco once it closes on sunday. i colored a flag for their sunday evening good-bye flag ceremony.

dinner was steamed sweet potatoes and bok choy with brown rice . . 

and thankfully i found the roll of postcard stamps that the cats had been playing with (it had rolled under my desk). i wrote out fifty postcards to georgia voters from the organization students for voting justice.

dance class and dinner

warming up with ellen and charlotte . . 

 

dinner at a new place . . pepe rosso . . which feels like a family run restaurant, relaxed and quiet.

caesar salad with shrimp . .