Winslow Homer & Train Events & Another Use for Tape

Kedrin asked me if I wanted to meet her in Soho and see a gallery show an artist she loves is in.  Of course I said yes!

The artist is Larry Horowitz and here is the gallery link.

What a great show.

There were some really stunning water-ocean-scape paintings there as well, by an artist named Lisa Lebofsky. She's really good- and she was right there when we were looking at her work and we got to chat for a while.

Afterwards, we went to see the Winslow Homer show at the Met.
It is.... well, it's incredible to see these paintings in person.  Photos are a poor approximation, no matter how good they are.

This painting was the only one marked no photography.

And it was guarded.

But I don't think they really meant it, otherwise they wouldn't have placed it in a spot right next to another room with a huge opening in the wall with a direct view.

I will certainly go back to see this show a few more times before it closes.

After, Kedrin and I wandered over to the Islamic wing, just because we could.

On the way over we encountered this archaic lion who has cool teeth.

In the Islamic wing we spent a stupid amount of time oogling over this manuscript leaf because of the turquoise and also the peacock.  Kedrin's brain works exactly the same as mine does in museums- we are easily distracted by everything and we admire many of the same things.

Look at this peacock tho!

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We left the museum around 6:30 because I wanted to get back to Sharon's and chill before waking up early in the morning. Kedrin also took the bus downtown with me because she lives in Brooklyn but she wanted to go to The Strand and see if any books needed adopting.

Sharon lives on the F but I can take the R and transfer, it's easy.  

So I went into the station at 59th and 5th. 

Waited. 
Train timer said something like 12 minutes. 
Something wonky was happening on the downtown platform.
The train was holding in the station.
Someone had a fight. 
That cleared up. 
Train still in the station.
Someone on the downtown platform said someone was struck at 49th street. (One stop away)

Dang.
Timers on the uptown trains didn't change.

Then the announcements came on there was no train service because someone was struck by the train at 49th street, and find a different way to travel.

Ok, time to walk to Lexington and 63rd and catch the F.

The Q and the F stop there, and the Q runs on the same line through 49th street, so there were delays there as well. I texted Kedrin to avoid the Q, because that's a train she can take home.

The F finally arrived and I had an uneventful ride home.

Then Kedrin texted me- she took the 4 to Brooklyn- when she got into Borough Hall, they kicked everyone off the train because someone was struck by the train there, too!!

What the heck!

I was glad to be home safe.
Kedrin got home ok too.

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The cats were waiting for me, of course.

Harry went crazy for a while then knocked out on the counter.

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I have said many times before that painter's tape holds the universe together.
And we can now add another use: Repair Your Friends' Floor.

My friends have 2 nail heads sticking out of the wood, which you would not notice unless you walked over the exact spot with bare feet.
So of course I discovered this ............ last summer!
I put this tape over the nails last summer and told them about it,,,,, and they just left the tape!
I find this to be pretty hilarious.

The nails just need to be hammered down and I was going to do it but I kept forgetting to bring my hammer.

I guess everyone loves tape.

Friday at the Office Sort-Of

Today I went in to the huge hi-tech ultra-slick office downtown that is still mostly empty.
I didn't work, though.  The company eliminated one of the floors (see empty note above) and our video studio was on the 38th floor.

Now there is no more 38th floor, so one of our team members flew in from CA to help make decisions and clean up, and we all went out to lunch.

My role in all of this was great, because I didn't have to do anything but show up and go to lunch!

It was really good to see my team- at least part of it.  My manager and 2 others.  It's weird how I used to see these people daily for years and now it is a special occasion.  I think we haven't seen each other since last June or something.

This is the 56th floor.  The entire ceiling of this huge room is a microphone.

Can you find the Statue of Liberty?

We went to lunch here... it's a place called Hudson Eats.
It's a food court but all the restaurants are famous 5 star places.
It's really super-nice and I had no idea it existed.

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Back at Sharon's, the guinea pigs and cats were waiting for me.
Aren't they cute?

More Cats and Guinea Pigs & Derwent

I'm house-sitting again, since Monday.  But it's really easy since it's for my friends who live in the neighborhood.

I have been staying over their place at night, making a guinea pig breakfast salad first thing in the morning, then I commute home to go to work. Which sounds really weird and wouldn't have made any sense before 2020.

At first the cats regarded me with extreme suspicion, then they realized I am pretty cool after all and we're all friends.

I love the guinea pigs.  They get spa nights where I find happy guinea pig noise videos on youtube, which I play for them while I brush them.

They sing every morning when I bring them their salad.

......and today I got my Blick order with the much-stalked Derwent Shade and Tone set. :)

Home!

I had a nice trip home.  The cats missed me, I think. They are being clingy.
Tonight I will enjoy being home, and then I'm house-sitting for my friend all this week starting tomorrow.