Visited Dia Art Foundation in Beacon NY, with 8 of my favorite lady friends, on a crisp January afternoon.

There is no shortage of crap to buy at Chapultepec Park in Mexico City!

everything is on sale all the time!

little girl all in pink by the side of the road

fresh coconuts!

coconut water and freash cut cocnut with lime and paprika

pretty skull beads purchased by my friend at the witchcraft market

I wish US money had gorgeous female artists on it

Museo del Objeto del Objeto, Mexico City

cool retro portable radio

Sometimes you just have to take a day off and be a tourist in your own city.  We had Mr. Ties and Atom™  in town to play The Bunker and it was a gorgeous summer day, perfect for playing hooky.  The adventure started out at the Guggenheim Museum which has a James Turrell exhibit on view. I have been a Turrell fan for years but this installation was a bit of a disappointment for me. However this extensive  NY Times article on Turrell is a must read! The real treat of the day was the Kandinsky in Paris, 1934–1944 show that is up at the same time.  After we were refreshed by the gorgeous playful color of these two abstract art exhibits we decided to leisurely walk through Central Park. We had an early dinner at St. Anselm, a steakhouse that has many delicious delights for my pescatarian palette.  Our beautiful day ended with ice cream at Momofuku Milk Bar where we shared cereal milk ice cream and corn cookies.

Our super fun museum day!

Mr. Ties

Atom â„¢

sirens passing by

Central Park obelisk

Central Park boys dancing for tips

Mr. Ties bear love lighter

Momofuko cereal milk ice cream!

Williamsburg Brooklyn sunset

I couldn’t help making this silly gif with my monkey photos from India

I am not much of a beer drinker, but this place blew me away. We tried the tasting and they were all really delicious. Even the wine was good too. Too bad you can only drink these micobrews in Santa Rosa, CA.

 

love these funny coasters!

Chris Thorpe, the owner of Adastra Vineyards

everything tasted so good, so we joined their wine club…

their healthy mossy reservoir reminded me of Claude Monet

lovely organic vegetable gardens at Lynmar Estate

blooming kale flowers

gorgeous glass walled wine cellar at Lynmar Estate

chair made entirely of used corks

…silly me, I packed my bathing suit, I should have packed my winter hat.  It was freezing!

perfect weather for some Spud Point crab chowda!

Oooh I just love a good used bookstore. I can spend hours getting lost in one. We found pretty much one of the best ones I have ever been to, in Santa Rosa, California. Treehorn Books had just the right combination of fine literature  and  many obscure books on wine and other delicious hedonistic California activities.

…and I met this lovely lady

pretty miniature paper dollhouses hung in the windows too

the lovely vineyards of Sonoma County

Jes and I had a nice relaxing final two days in India shopping up a storm and watching old Bollywood films in my “Lost in Translation” hotel room.

funny baby portraits