[ Filtered to Peter Burke, Diana Berrigan, and Sara Ellis ]
Went into work yesterday (yes, on a Sunday; I'll wait for the shock to die down).
Are we good? All right: I went into work yesterday and it was a skeleton crew. Well, Ryan, this kid who sits near me and works with alkaline, mostly - he's into paper restoration - he's always brown-bagged it. But yesterday he orders in from Felicito's for him and me. Told me about a new bike he'd purchased and was restoring. Was wearing a new coat. All the flashiest signs of Fast Money and Too Stupid to know how to keep it quiet.
Anyway. I poked, I prodded, I showed him a trick with the Mylar enclosure to cut down on his works' acclimation time. Seems there's some street-job recruiting those with a chemistry background for a little after-hours work. It's gotta be big-time with the green he's flashing, but he wouldn't introduce me to anyone. I think he likes lining his own pen.
I think I'm going to show off a dusty skill-set or two and see if I get any bites.
[ Filtered to Elizabeth Burke ]
How do you feel about helping me out with a project? I'll get you and Peter a reservation into Brooklyn Fare's Chef Table which is, by the by, impossible for lesser mortals.
[ /Filter ]
New York - one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Artists throughout history have tried to capture her spirit.
Georgia O'Keeffe is better known for her desert landscapes and flowers, but she painted scenes of New York in between shocking local society for her love affair with photographer Alfred Stielglitz.
Tamara Lempicka usually painted ravishing socialites, so this image of the local poor of New York was something of a departure for her.
Edward Hopper captured the city's loneliness and isolation in his play of light and dark.
Turn-of-the-century artist Paul Cornoyer favored painting the city in the moments just after the rain.
John Sloan has more famous images of New York, but I've always favored this one. What's left to shadows has always left me curious.
A more-traditional John Sloan, this one of Bleecker Street.