As usual, we headed to Betty and Jack's house for Thanksgiving. See the following entry.]]> As usual, we headed to Betty and Jack's house for Thanksgiving. Katie and Joe came with seven children, Christopher, Joshua, Tayteana, Nicholas (who were their foster children until a few weeks ago when Katie and Joe officially adopted them), Kaya, Nyla, and Roman are currently their foster children. Betty made a lovely dinner including an incredible corn pudding. Cathy (Murphy) made and brought cranberry sauce, string beans, and white chocolate bark. See the previous entry.]]> A group of friends gathered to celebrate Thanksgiving in Dixie's home.]]> Thanksgiving dinner at Betty and Jack's in Shirley, Massachusetts.]]> Thanksgiving dinner at Betty and Jack Keddy's]]> Tom and Joyce invited us over for Thanksgiving. We usually go to Catherin's sister's house (Betty and Jack's) but Catherine wasn't up to the trip. This was her first night out since her knee replacement in October. We had beef tenderloin, a carrot dish, a brussel sprout dish, baked shallots. First, we had Asparagus soup. Before that appetizers. Tom opened a bottle of Dom Perignon. With dinner, we had an Argentinean Malbec, which we brought. We also brought dessert which Cathy and I made- Mutabbaq from the Jerusalem cookbook (Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi). Lots of lovely conversation about art, film, television, and critics. We also looked at some photographs taken at Casimir and Hannah's wedding that Cas had downloaded to a flash drive. See the following entry.]]> Tom and Joyce invited us over for Thanksgiving. We usually go to Catherin's sister's house (Betty and Jack's) but Catherine wasn't up to the trip. This was her first night out since her knee replacement in October. We had beef tenderloin, a carrot dish, a brussel sprout dish, baked shallots. First, we had Asparagus soup. Before that appetizers. Tom opened a bottle of Dom Perignon. With dinner, we had an Argentinean Malbec, which we brought. We also brought dessert which Cathy and I made- Mutabbaq from the Jerusalem cookbook (Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi). Lots of lovely conversation about art, film, television, and critics. We also looked at some photographs taken at Casimir and Hannah's wedding that Cas had downloaded to a flash drive. See the previous entry.]]> Thanksgiving dinner at Betty and Jack's in Shirley, Massachusetts. See the following entry.]]> Thanksgiving dinner at Betty and Jack's in Shirley Massachusetts. See the previous entry.]]> Thaw]]> Bob Baxter bought the property across the street from us (the Rympth property) and is now planning to grow hops and other crops on it hops for the beer he is making for his restaurant in Poughkeepsie, The Millhouse Brewing Company.]]> The Alpert Family. They are in the swimming pool at Lipkins Bungalow colony, in Mt. Freedom, New Jersey.]]> The American Academy of Arts and letter annual members meeting, tributes to deceased members and dinner. See the previous entry and following two entries.]]> The American Academy of Arts and letter annual meeting, testimonials to deceased members and dinner. Robert Creeley was one of the people honored with a tribute. See the previous three entries.]]> At the cocktail party before lunch. Heather McGhee is going to give the graduation talk at Vassar this coming Sunday. See the following six entries.]]> At the Cocktail Party before lunch. See the previous entry and the following five entries.]]> At the cocktail party before lunch. See the previous two entries and the following four entries.]]> At the cocktail party before lunch. When ? shook my hand, he had a toothpick in his and stabbed me with it by accident. See the previous three entries and the following three entries.]]> At the cocktail party. See the following four entries and the following two entries.]]> At lunch. See the previous five entries and the following entry.]]> This was the yearly ceremonial. There were a cocktail party and lunch followed by the ceremony in the auditorium. At the ceremony, prizes and purchase prizes are announced and presented. There is also a yearly speaker. The people on the stage without white name tags are probably members of the academy. And the people with the tags are probably prize winners. See the previous six entries.]]> November 14, 2024
]]> After the Tribute and before dinner there was a reception. This photograph if rom the reception. Left to right , Catherine Murphy, Paul Muldoon, Arlene Schechet, and Joan Jonas.]]> Staff at the American Academy of Arts and Letters eating lunch. Catherine (Murphy) is on the board of the Academy and had to go in for a meeting. I went with her and waited in Virginia's office spending my time doing work on my laptop. The board members were served lunch and I was given lunch as well. This was the day before Catherine's knee replacement surgery so we had decided to stay overnight in Manhattan. We met up with William Finn for dinner later on at the Red Cat.]]> I drove Catherine (Murphy) down to the American Academy of Arts and Letters for a meeting she was attending. I then drove to the Met Breuer to meet up with Ben Keddy. I got to the museum early, so I bought a book, "Birds of a Feather: Joseph Cornell's Homage to Juan Gris and a notebook to write in, went down to the coffee bar and wrote the first draft for the introduction for "Mother's Clothing, etc.," by Eugene Carroll. A new addition to my chronicle website that I am publishing on the site. I planned to see "Like Life, Sculpture, Color, and the Body (1300-Now)" as well as the other two exhibitions, Anselm Kiefer and Leon Golub. It turned out that the Like Life exhibition was not to open for another week or so — a start to a day that would get more disjointed. Ben and I ate lunch at Flora Bar, a nice but overpriced restaurant in the museum. After lunch, we saw the Kiefer and Golub show and then headed to the Mets Main building. There we saw the Joseph Cornell and William Eggleston exhibitions. I dropped Ben off at 86th and Park, near the subway he was taking back to Jersey City. Instead of heading to the West Side Highway to get to the American Academy, I headed up Park Avenue. Before I dropped Ben off, I used his phone to ask Catherine when she thought her meeting would be over. She guessed at about 3 O'Clock. It was about 2:35 PM at that point. I needed to use Ben's phone because last week, I had left mine at the Starbucks in Yonkers on the way home from the opening at the American Academy. That would have been last Tuesday. My phone was being mailed back to me. But it hadn't yet gotten to our house. I drove up Park Avenue and way uptown. I realized that there was a "mountain" between me and the west side. It was now after 3:00 PM, and I winded up getting trapped on this road and sucked further uptown with no way to call Cathy to let her know I was on my way so that she wouldn't worry. I was getting very tense. Eventually, I got off this "highway" and was on Dyckman Street, I assume, in the Inwood neighborhood. It was almost 3:30, and I am not sure exactly where I was in relationship to the American Academy. I pulled up behind a car that was double-parked on Dyckman Street and knocked on the car window, which cautiously opened partway. There was a young woman in the driver's seat and two older people in the back seat (possibly the young woman's parents or rideshare passengers). I asked to use one of their phones while explaining I needed to call my wife, who would be getting worried about me because I was late to meet her. Of course, they had some trepidation about opening the window all the way and about handing me their phone. At first, the woman in the front seat dialed for me and had me speak through the window. The phone was mounted on the dashboard. She then relaxed and handed me the phone when I couldn't get through to Catherine. While I was fumbling with the phone, I drop my car keys under their car. At this point, I felt like a total clown. I left Catherine a message, and the woman asked me where I was going. I told her, and pointed ahead and said, "I think it is that way," But actually, it was the opposite way. She offered to lead me there. I pointed out that I couldn't follow them without retrieving my keys from under her car. With that accomplished, she made a u-turn, and I followed. It turned out that it was fairly simple and fast to get to the Academy from there. We said goodbye. I offered them some $, but she refused. I told them how swell they all were and went to the Academy. Catherine was not yet downstairs. I knew they usually had a nice lunch for the committee members. While I was waiting, I was asked if I needed anything. I said, "how about a snack?". Anita Flanagan, who does the cooking for the meetings, presented me with corn beef and cabbage and some salads. Catherine came into the kitchen just as my food arrived. While I ate, various people from the meeting came down into the kitchen. Souhad sent cookies she had made home with us. I ate most of them on the ride home.]]> We were in NYC for the day.]]> We went to the opening of the Armory Show because Kneodler had put up a solo exhibit of Catherine's work, the Knot series. We were in Knoedler's booth, 11.]]> The Art Department, Vassar College. Not veryone was at the department meeting the day I took this photograph.]]> An Art Department/Urban Studies dinner for a finalist candidate.]]> 2009-09-11 The Artist's Palate Restaurant, Poughkeepsie, NY, , Friday. This large group of diners at the restaurant were having their photograph taken by some, so I took one as well.]]> Lunch with an Art Department/Urban Studies finalist.]]> Dr. Roberta Olson gave a lecture that evening in conjunction with the opening for the exhibition, Drawn for New York at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College After the opening we all (pictured) went to dinner.]]> We went out to dinner at the Artist's Palette, in Poughkeepsie. Barbara's sister Debbie and Kent were in town from California.]]> Paige came in during break to change something slightly on her installation and then repaint the installation room white. Her parents are painting it with her.]]> 2008-05-05 The Bathricks, L-R Travis bathrick, Steve Bathrick, Andrew Bathrick - They mowed the lawn.]]> Steve and his two sons run a lawn mowing business. They were visiting to cut our lawn.]]> 2009-09-20, Sunday. The Bathricks, L-R Steve Bathrick, Travis Bathrick, Andrew Bathrick. They mowed]]> 2009-07-09 The Bathricks, Thursday. l-R, Steve Bathrick, Andrew Bathrick (towards the back), Travis Bathrick. They mowed.]]> 2009-06-20 The Bathricks, Saturday. L-R, Andrew Bathrick, Steve Bathrick, Travis Bathrick. They Mowed.]]> 2009-05-18 The Bathricks, . L-R, Travis Bathrick, Steve Bathrick, Andrew Bathrick, They mowed]]> We were on our way in to have dinner at Gigis in Rhinebeck and spotted each other.]]>