Here's to the ladies who brunch
This past weekend was splendidly spent among my oldest friends. KVH and RW braved the weather and Brooklyn roads to spend some time in NYC. While the first evening was spent using hammers to brake the heaped-up ice in order to park with at least one tire on actuall ground, the fun-level only went up from there.
We gathered strength while brunching on delectable trio of meals at East of Eighth before heading west to gallery-land. The coolest, I thought, was among the last 2 we checked out:
Huang Yong Ping at the Gladstone Gallery. This was a suprising collection of 4-5' + urns with various "scary" things inside. This was great, not only to view for yourself, but to see everyone else's reactions as they reached up on tip-toe to peer over the lip and take a gander. Separately there were also a mini Pentagon and Colliseum, seemingly to scale and about 10' across diameter, on average, filled with (although not "full of") plants. The overall image I took home from this artist was a work of commonplace structures, but enclosing the possibility of evil and mayham.
The other "NY" thing we did was go see Company. The New York magazine rated it the number one musical of the year. umm, well . . . I dont really agree . . . even though it is infact the ONLY musical I've seen this year. While it was different to see the actors/singers/dancers (although not really a lot of dancing) also play all the intruments, the characters seemed to follow stereotypes of couples and women's roles . . .granted its a revival from the '70s, but other than a truely awesome "Not Getting Married Today" I wouldnt really recomend this musical.
We gathered strength while brunching on delectable trio of meals at East of Eighth before heading west to gallery-land. The coolest, I thought, was among the last 2 we checked out:
Huang Yong Ping at the Gladstone Gallery. This was a suprising collection of 4-5' + urns with various "scary" things inside. This was great, not only to view for yourself, but to see everyone else's reactions as they reached up on tip-toe to peer over the lip and take a gander. Separately there were also a mini Pentagon and Colliseum, seemingly to scale and about 10' across diameter, on average, filled with (although not "full of") plants. The overall image I took home from this artist was a work of commonplace structures, but enclosing the possibility of evil and mayham.
The other "NY" thing we did was go see Company. The New York magazine rated it the number one musical of the year. umm, well . . . I dont really agree . . . even though it is infact the ONLY musical I've seen this year. While it was different to see the actors/singers/dancers (although not really a lot of dancing) also play all the intruments, the characters seemed to follow stereotypes of couples and women's roles . . .granted its a revival from the '70s, but other than a truely awesome "Not Getting Married Today" I wouldnt really recomend this musical.
Saturday night included a round of Bacci at Union Hall before attempting to dance to "hipsters" 80s . . . later a new DJ showed up and got people shaking.
Sunday night after drinks at Calente Cab, dinner at Rissotoria, we happened upon Rocco's bakery . . . new to me, and if you are in the area check this place out! the hot cocoa was surprisingly rich for a $2 drink!
Of course, it would not be a queg weekend without a little bit of chocolate and decadence. Chikalicious was devine!
posted by gordian knot @ Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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