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Tripping 2014: Photo Journal: 4. North Adams, MA: Food to Art to Food

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  Breakfast at the Porches Inn helps you prove to yourself that: 1. You have no willpower at least on the first day you are there,  2. Your eyes are bigger than your stomach and 3. What the hell?     This area of Massachusetts is full of old mills that have since been abandoned and many have been sold. Artists have moved in and set up galleries. (believe me, I’ve been tempted). New York City is just too expensive for many artists. North Adams, Adams, and other towns like Lowell, are a terrific venue for the art world. Then … Continue reading →

Tripping 2014: Photo Journal: 3. Williamstown, MA: Art, Noodles, and Chita

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      The Clark has reopened and it is fabulous. The expansion was long awaited and it is spacious and serene. Again, I spent time with some great friends who live fairly close to Williamstown. We explored the exhibit on loan of abstract art, we visited some classical art galleries, and marveled at an exhibit of Chinese art on loan from Shanghai (no photos allowed), that was thousands of years old. The (free) tablet explained everything and we were able to hear a song played on the ancient Chinese bells. I often find that the art viewer is just … Continue reading →

Tripping 2014: Photo Journal: 2. North Adams-Williamstown, MA

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      Mezze is a wonderful restaurant in the Berkshires that works closely with farms to obtain the best possible food; it is what you could call a farm to table restaurant. I have been there a number of times and the roast chicken is always superb; it reminds me of the chicken of my childhood. The greens are spectacular as well. Isn’t it amazing that fresh food has become an adventure?         .

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Tripping 2014: Photo Journal: 1. North Adams, MA

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  It’s time for the annual road trip photos of food and fun and and friends and art and kitties. Going back to familiar places has its place; it’s easy and welcoming. Back to The Porches Inn at Mass MoCA, a hip, chic, funky-artsy, cool place to stay, with the prettiest calico kitty ever (next to mine). It is across the canal from the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, (Mass MoCA) housed in the former Sprague Electric Company building. It is a great venue for installations and performances as it is huge. First a bunch of photos of my dear … Continue reading →

NYC Photo Journal: The NYC Riviera

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  New York City is an island nation of sorts. We forget that so  much of the city is surrounded by water and now that its shoreline development and waterfront parks have been getting their due, ferries are popping up. It used to be that “the ferry” meant the Staten Island Ferry. Yes, there always was a ferry to Liberty Island, Ellis Island, Governor’s Island, but beyond that, people can now travel between boroughs, commute to work or just have some time out at sea. My day began at LIC Flea and Food where food is wonderful and the variety … Continue reading →

Part 7: Travel Journal: Going to the Dogs

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306 Black Rock Turnpike • Fairfield • Connecticut 06825   On the way home, the best place to stop for lunch is at Super Duper Weenie, no relation to Mayor-wannabe Anthony Weiner. Super Duper Weenie has been reviewed on The Food Network by Guy Fieri. The food is terrific and the potatoes are grown on a special farm for the fries. Click photos to enlarge.     Sometimes ya just gotta have one, or two, or share a few. Visit the site. And make sure you read this.

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Part 5: A Travel Journal: Fresh Pasta With Good People

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  Viva Fresh Pasta Co. Northampton, MA   Wednesday, July 15, 2013 A lovely evening. Dinner with friends at Viva Fresh Pasta Co.  I have someone to commiserate with; my friend is going through somewhat similar issues with an aging parent. It seems like everyone I speak to is addressing circumstances with the aging. Friends, it ain’t easy. After dinner, we met another friend at the local theater who came up from New York. We saw Good People, by David Lindsay-Abaire, a play I had seen last spring at Manhattan Theater Club. This was a darn good local production. My … Continue reading →

Part 4: A Vacation Journal: Over The Mountains and Through the Pizzeria

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013: Travel day … On  my way to the Amherst, MA area. It was as hot as hell … it was as hot as a pizza coming out of an oven in an unairconditioned roadside haunt: Country Pie Pizza, not bad but not as good as I remember it. Maybe it was just too hot! But what the heck, have some cyber lunch on me. Once in the Hadley, MA area, and at a local hotel, it was time to EAT again. Zoe’s on Route 9 was a pleasant surprise. MORE food. Can’t have oysters too many … Continue reading →

Part 3: A Vacation Journal: More Art, More food

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Monday, July 15, 2013 I find there are people from my area in New York City staying at The Porches Inn; we spend time chatting after breakfast and visit with Sabine the mascat. Everybody loves little “Bean.”   Then off to Williamstown to “The Clark,” The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute for my annual visit. The Clark is undergoing a major transformation and many paintings are out on world-wide tours, but there was a wonderful exhibit on George Innes and Winslow Homer. A few highlights by Winslow Homer. Homer was a businessman who knew how to parlay his work … Continue reading →

Part 2: A Vacation Journal: Hundertvasser, MoCA, Xu Bing, Phoenix, Amish Chicken

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Sunday, July 14, 2013 First stop at the Eclipse Mill: Now a home for artists and writers, the mill houses beautiful works and creative workers. I saw a small but excellent exhibit by the artist Hundertvasser, whose art has been featured on postage stamps. They are beautiful modern works that have embedded foil.   Second Stop: Mass MoCA. There are always many works to see of various artists.         But the most incredible exhibit was of the featured artist, Xu Bing, from China, whose works are monumental and criticisms and reflections of society. His animation on the … Continue reading →

Part 1: A Vacation Journal: Food, Felines, Fotography

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Friday, July 12, 2013 As interesting as the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) is, The Porches Inn may be just as fascinating. This area of Massachusetts has long been a mill area with factories lining the rims of canals aiding the shipping of materials in and finished products out. If you read the yellow link embedded above about the history of the building where Mass MoCA is now housed, you will learn about the area, its factories and how so many people depended on them. I have spent many days in the summers since the opening, walking the … Continue reading →

Photo Journal: The Jedidiah Hawkins Inn, Jamesport, NY: overnight

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A one night stay: beautiful inn, beautiful room, beautiful food. We got a fantastic deal on Bloomspot: A tasting menu was included for the price of the room (breakfast included). There was enough food for four people! History: http://www.jedediahhawkinsinn.com/

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566. My Son Evan In TIME Magazine

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Never would I imagine that my son would be featured in The Washington Post (internet and hard copy), National Public Radio, NPR, the BBC, Australian Radio and TIME Magazine (on-line and now hard copy, below), but here we go. Click on the pages to enlarge.   11 CommentsChronological   Reverse   Threaded reply exukbritbrat wrote on Dec 9, ’11, edited on Dec 9, ’11 I’m going to Superpharm tomorrow in the hope that this edition has arrived.  Then instead of standing in the aisle reading it i shall buy it!  Never underestimate your child!  Look who he has a parent!  Like mother … Continue reading →

272: CreARTive Sunday: Travel Treats: dichroic glass to add to the collection

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When on a vacation I enjoy poking around in stores. While in North Adams. MA, I visited the store where I have made several purchases. I thought you might like to see what I picked up to add to my collection.           New Acquisitions Photos by Sans   9 CommentsChronological Reverse Threaded reply millimusings wrote on Jul 19, ’08 I do adore what you picked up and I truly do love your style and the choices that you make. Ten year olds again LOL. Honestly though Sue these are the type of jewelry I also would … Continue reading →

392. Part 6. Photo Journal: Eating our way home: Food as art

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Dinner at Mezze. Unique salad trio; delicious roast chicken with kale/mushroom risotto; cherry cake and gelato The Berry Patch, Stephentown, NY, a wonderful roadside farm stand. This is local color. Pies are from a later stop at McEnroe Farms where organic meats and veggies rule.

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390. Part 5a. Photo Journal: Williamstown, MA: The Clark, The Williams College Museum of Art

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A current exhibit at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (“The Clark”) is Circles of Influence. It displays the intertwined influences between two great painters, Georgia O’Keeffe and Arthur Dove. Please read this fascinating blurb about two 20th century master painters and how they created a new wave of art. Clark Art Institute Circles of Influence: June 7 – September 7, 2009 Alfred Stieglitz, “Georgia O’Keeffe,” 1918. Palladiotype. The Art Institute of Chicago. Alfred Stieglitz Collection [© 2009 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York] Alfred Stieglitz, “Arthur G. Dove,” 1923. Gelatin silver print. Philadelphia Museum … Continue reading →

389. Part 4C: Photo Journal: Babe The Blue Ox

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Saturday, 7/18/09 We began the day at Mass MoCA; drove to Williamstown to catch a play: “True West” by Sam Shepard; Grabbed dinner at Café Latino in Mass MoCA; Caught the evening alternative cabaret: Babe The Blue Ox, an indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York.

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388. Part 4b. Photo Journal: Mass MoCA, a cultural center in the Berkshires

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The main exhibit is that of Sol Lewitt’s art; “A Wall Drawing Retro-Spective.” These are huge installations which were reproduced by artists and interns by what looks like architectural plans. They are colorful graphics, and the reproductions in such large spaces were an enormous undertaking. A quote that moved me: “The idea is the most important aspect of the work.” I attribute that to the fact that the work was not done by his hand, but by his design. Photos in and around the building. Science as art: the famous upside down growing trees. Artist Natalie Jeremijenko planted trees in … Continue reading →