Peter and Shawn had a picnic at their house in Hunns Lake, NY. See previous entry and following two entries.]]> Peter and Shawn had a picnic at their house in Hunns Lake, NY. See previous two entries and following entry.]]> Peter and Shawn had a picnic at their house in Hunns Lake, NY. See previous three entries.]]> We went with Barbara and Judy to Serevan Restaurant in Amenia, NY. We saw Annette and Chris there. Coincidentally we had spoken with Annette a few days before and talked about meeting at Serevan for dinner at some point soon, which we will be doing.]]> Jean and Martin Puryear hosted a concert, a Brahms Quintet perfomed by five young musicians, including their daughter Sasha.]]> Jean and Martin Puryear hosted a concert, a Brahms Quintet perfomed by five young musicians, including their daughter Sasha.]]> At Gigi's restaurant in Rhinebeck, NY. See next two entries.]]> Charles had an open studio over the weekend. I went to Charles and Maria's house in Poughkeepsie for the open studio. Joanne Klein was also there to see Charles' work.]]> Stephen and I spotted each other at the restaurant. They were out for Father's Day. If you look at the table in the distance towards the right you can see Peter Saul at our table. We had made arrangements to have dinner with Peter and Sally Saul at Gigi's in Rhinebeck. Afterwards to go see a documentary on the painter Alice Neel. See last and next entries.]]> We unexpectedly saw Stephan and a friend of his, Lindsey, at Upstate Films. We chatted outside after the film. See previous two entries.]]> I had to go up to Kingston to get Rose's birthday present. On the way back home I went to the Rhinebeck Art Store to pick up some things that Doug ordered for us. Coicidentally with the last picture (see last entry), Doug was for many years the manager of Catskill Art and Office in Pougheepsie. He bought The Rhinebeck Artist's shop a short time ago. This was my first time in and his family was in the store which persipitated this photograph. I keep meaning to read the direction in my camera manual so I don't get red eye in the photographs, and clearly have not done that as yet - too busy.]]> Catherine and I went to see Knocked up at the Roosevelt movie theater in Hyde Park, NY. We saw Monica and Robert there.]]> We had arranged to meet Tom and Joyce for dinner at the Main Course. We were going to an opening at the Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz. The Exhibit was called, The Uncanny Valley and we knew a few people that were in the show. We were having dinner at the Main Course (or at leas waiting for dinner) and we were whining about how long it was taking for dinner to arrive at the table. The people at the next table were having the same issues. So we all complained to each other and that started a conversation. We hadn't known Harry and Tamar before. It turns out that they were at the Dorsky as well and that Harry Wilks was in the exhibition.]]> We met for dinner at Cena 2000 in Newburgh, New York.]]> I have been going to Catskill Art and Office, Poughkeepsie, NY for many years. When I was struck to take this photograph, I was surprised and sorry that I hadn't taken more of the over the years. This makes me think that I should take regular "Groups" site section updates in the places I do errands at on a regular basis. See next entry]]> Dinner at Sonis and Gregory. Among a thousand other things that were talked about, Sonia mentioned she and Gregory going into The Rhinebeck Artist's and meeting Doug Shippee, how much they liked the shop and that Doug knew Gregory's work and expressed his admiration of it. See previous entry.]]> On our way up to Rose's birthday (see following six entries) we ran into Joy and Jack at the Montgomery Place farm Stand (see Elisabeth and Ralph, 6/30/07 in the "Visitors" section of the site).]]> We had just arrived for Peter Schjeldahl and Brooke Alderson's 4th of July Party. Catherine was putting together the cucumber salad in the hatchback of the car. The Verlaans arrived and we chatted. See following seven entries.]]> Peter Schjeldahl and Brooke Alderson's 4th of July Party. See previous entry and six following entries.]]> Peter Schjeldahl and Brooke Alderson's 4th of July Party. See previous two entries and next five entries.]]> Peter Schjeldahl and Brook Alderson's 4th of July party. See previous three entries and next four entries.]]> A group of the guests at Peter Schjeldahl and Brooke Alderson's 4th of July party. See four previous entries and three following entries.]]> A group of the guests at Peter Schjeldahl and Brooke Alderson's 4th of July party.]]> On the porch.]]> Singing the National Anthym before the fireworks.]]> Peter Schjeldahl and Brooke Alderson's 4th of July party. See previous eight entries.]]> Alexis and Shirley called and asked me to meet them at Rent-a-Wreck in Poughkeepsie. They had trouble with their rented car on the way up to a house they rented, which led to a situation. After talking with the owner on the phone, things were resolved.]]> Polly Apfelbaum and Stan Allan's 4th of July and Polly's birthday party. See following entry.]]> Polly and Stan's 4th of July and Polly's birthday party. See previous entry.]]> We met for dinner at Fosters and then went to Upstate Films to see Gypsy Cararvan.]]> Maryanne Burke was staying in the house of a friend (Anne Newburg) and had a dinner party.]]> We went out to dinner with Billy and Arthur.]]> We went for to see a performance of Susan Marshall & Company and to dinner in the Spiegletent at Bard College. See next entry.]]> We went for to see a performance of Susan Marshall & Company and to dinner in the Spiegletent at Bard College.]]> We met at Serevan Reatusrant in Amenia, NY, for dinner.]]> We met for dinner at Sabroso Restaurant in Rhinebeck, NY. See following entry.]]> Shirley and Alexis ran into two friends at the Sabroso Restaurant in Rhinebeck. See previous entry.]]> The came to our house for John to interview me for an article in the Brooklyn Rail. We had dinner here as well.]]> We picked Carole and Rose up at their house and then headed to Tivoli for dinner. We ate at the Madalin Hotel and afterwards took a walk around town.]]> We were taking a walk in Tivoli and I saw Susan and her family eating at Luna 6 (or 9).]]>