Line tamer.
Saturday was slow going after being out so late, but we dragged ourselves out to meet up with Michael’s friend Vani who we convinced to accompany us on a long walk that eventually took us through the Old Port. But first, some sculpture. Here is a sculpture of a hand on Michael’s coffee table: Michael Read More …
Friday I woke to rain and the news that Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. Don’t get me wrong, I like Obama, and I understand why they gave it to him not for what he’s accomplished (other than not being Bush) but for what he wants to accomplish. Still, it struck me as a Read More …
I arrived at Penn Station early. My travel anxiety seems to grow ever more intense the older I get, which continues to baffle me. Once I’m in motion, I’m fine, but that irrational fear of missing a bus or a train or a plane throws my stomach into chaos. The one thing that seems to Read More …
Yesterday was my day off from AWP-related events. Lori and Adam took me to the Museum of Contemporary Art since I had been to the Art Institute many times before and wanted to see something new. Of course it had to be kid day, or family day, and while I know these events are vital Read More …
Pleasant surprises yesterday as I braved some panels (panelists actually wrote papers!). There were quite a few queer-oriented panels this year, and I popped into “Who’s Yer Daddy: Gay Poets and the Inherited Present” as moderated by Jim Elledge. I missed Brian Teare’s presentation but arrived in the middle of David Groff’s which was all Read More …
I flew in to Chicago, this year’s host city for AWP, yesterday morning. I was prepared for the worst–last time I was in Chicago in February there were huge snowbanks and the lake looked like liquid, rolling ice. But not today. As we flew in over the water there was one moment when, as we Read More …
My last day in London I decided to stay on the West End and finally see the Frank Gehry structure I spotted on the drive in my first day. I wandered down to Hyde Park and entered via Marble Arch and Speakers Corner: Then across the Parade Ground where the brisk fall day created some Read More …
My last night in London I met up with Paul at Tate Britain for “Late at the Tate” and dinner before the rest of the gang arrived. We used his membership ID to go into the exhibits in pairs and avoid paying for tickets (very clever) and I got to see the Turner Prize finalists Read More …
It was First Thursday in London, so many of the galleries had previews and openings. I met up with Florent and company on Old Street in Shoreditch (sort of like the LES or Williamsburg in NYC with that pretentious hipster kid crowd that think they’re so deep and unique by all dressing alike in their Read More …
I had a pretty busy social life in the evenings during my week, meeting up with my friend Brian’s friend Florent for dinner that Monday at a restaurant called Little Bay on Farringdon Road. Yummy and cheap. We went back to his place for coffee where I got to meet the lovely Margaret and her Read More …