Chad and I both come from the North. Nowhere rustic or off the beaten path, but with easy access to the great outdoors and opportunity to explore wilderness. This is something our new little addition will not be privileged with (at least not as first), so we decide to bring a touch of yonder to him in Brooklyn by creating in his nursery a woodland retreat to inspire his imagination.
Still, we likely will not always live here, and with that in mind, I couldn't help to snatch up one of Lena Corwin's beautiful prints of our current home. When Little is big and lives far away from his origins, he will be able to look back at this symbol of where we started.
Kristof Wickman's exhibit closes this week on November 27.
He is the first artist featured in the Raw/Cooked series at the Brooklyn Museum.
Over the weekend, Chad and I went on a Chelsea adventure. We decided to be tourists in our city and behave as though we were vacationing abroad. We made only loose plans and allowed ourselves time, flexibility and treats.
We started in Chelsea and visited the Andrea Rosen gallery which currently has on view the playfully haunting work of Matthew Ronay. We also looked in on our dear friend Ann's show at ZieherSmith as well as Thorsten's show at IPCNY, from where we caught a glimpse of the newest stretch of the High Line.
The High Line is a truly amazing place and it was wonderful to rediscover it in this new segment. Where else can one walk through New York without the worrisome punctuations of traffic and streetlights? The act of walking continuously for 16 blocks made the trip seem so short and evermore enjoyable than on the street. And did I mention the views?
We strolled through the neighborhoods we frequented while first becoming acquainted with this place and ducked down those strangely winding streets of the west village before making our way slowly back home.
