Canal Street

2/10/12
Canal Street

This photo was taken last Friday by Chris's friend in the subway! Canal Street, New York City. I brought along the rabbit fur had for her as she lives in Atlanta, but sure needed it in New York. We stayed in a great hotel (great meaning good value and fantastic location), the Holiday Inn Soho. It is 1 block off Canal Street, between Chinatown, Little Italy and Soho. I bought this crazy hat from a Tibetan vendor, along with matching fingerless gloves. To say we had a blast is an understatement. Chris and I were in the City for 4 nights, Lucy was there for 2 nights, and Trish and Lynn for 1 night.

Chris and I have promised to return every 6 months or so. The main thing was the workshops and opening reception at The New School on Monday the 13th, but other than that we did a lot of roaming around on foot which is what I like to do in New York. One of the highlights was going to The Strand Bookstore where I found a bi-lingual book of Russian short stories. English on one side, Russian on the other. That is a great way to learn language.

Although when I went to see my Russian tutor yesterday, I was completely humbled. It is so much easier to read than to speak! It is going slowly as I only see her one hour a week. She offered to speak on the phone every evening for a few minutes, to practice day-to-day conversation. How was your day? What did you eat for dinner? That's my level of conversation. I hope to be further along by June!

I'm very busy, curating the Creative Couple's show for April which means preparing the post card, press release, identifying the artists and planning the reception. I'm also working on a new encaustic piece which needs to be delivered to the South End gallery by Thursday.

Mark and I are out West, a long weekend. There is a bit of snow on the north-facing hills, otherwise it is sunny and mild. Of course it is nice not to have to negotiate the snow and ice, but I find it totally unnerving, this weird weather. Here but all over the world as well. Trees are budding and shoots are coming up that we shouldn't see for another couple of months. That makes me worry about this year's crops.