Rochelle's retirement party from Yale was Atelier Florian (in their second-floor event space) in New Haven, Connecticut. Yale made a reservation for Catherine (Murphy) and me at The Study, but we decided to go home instead of staying over. I collected all of the place cards with everyone's name on them and had them in order by table. I got up from my seat to speak to somebody about something, and the waiter came and took them away. So, I scrambled to find them and did retrieve them, but they were out of order. I brought them home and now can't find them. See the previous three entries and the following three entries.]]> Rochelle's retirement party from Yale was Atelier Florian (in their second-floor event space) in New Haven, Connecticut. Yale made a reservation for Catherine (Murphy) and me at The Study, but we decided to go home instead of staying over. I collected all of the place cards with everyone's name on them and had them in order by table. I got up from my seat to speak to somebody about something, and the waiter came and took them away. So, I scrambled to find them and did retrieve them, but they were out of order. I brought them home and now can't find them. All the names that I don't know will be revealed when the place cards turn up. See the previous two entries and the following four entries.]]> Rochelle's retirement party from Yale was Atelier Florian (in their second-floor event space) in New Haven, Connecticut. Yale made a reservation for Catherine (Murphy) and me at The Study, but we decided to go home instead of staying over. See the previous entry and the following five entries.]]> Rochelle's retirement party from Yale was Atelier Florian (in their second-floor event space) in New Haven, Connecticut. Yale made a reservation for Catherine (Murphy) and me at The Study, but we decided to go home instead of staying over. See the following six entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) and I were going to gallery shows in Chelsea (see last entry) and ran into Francis Barth and a friend/former student of hers.]]> We went to see Marjorie Kramer and Sam Thurston's shows at the Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC. They were both there, as were two friends of theirs.]]> Since Robert (Mangold) and Sylvia (Plimack Mangold) had openings on the same evening, they had a joint dinner afterward.]]> We ran into various people we knew at Bob's (Mangold) opening. I photographed some of them. Robert (Mangold) and Sylvia (Plimack Mangold) had openings on the same evening in different parts of the city. We got stuck in traffic and so couldn't make it to Sylvia's opening. But we did get to Bob's. The next day we went to see Sylvia's show at Alexander Bonin in its new space downtown. Earlier in the day, there was an intense rainstorm with flooding, and some of the streets in Manhattan were blocked off. Sylvia had called to tell us that the openings and dinner might be canceled. So, we didn't leave as early as we might have. That and the traffic are the reasons we didn't get to Sylvia's opening. See the following entry.]]> We ran into various people we knew at Bob's (Mangold) opening. I photographed some of them. Robert (Mangold) and Sylvia (Plimack Mangold) had openings on the same evening in different parts of the city. We got stuck in traffic and so couldn't make it to Sylvia's opening. But we did get to Bob's. The next day we went to see Sylvia's show at Alexander Bonin in its new space downtown. Earlier in the day, there was an intense rainstorm with flooding, and some of the streets in Manhattan were blocked off. Sylvia had called to tell us that the openings and dinner might be canceled. So, we didn't leave as early as we might have. That and the traffic are the reasons we didn't get to Sylvia's opening. See the previous entry.]]> Majors and Correlates Critique, Pizza Break, Vassar College.]]> Richard Bosman gave a talk about his work yesterday evening.]]> After Richard Bosman's talk at Vassar, a group of faculty and students went out to dinner at Formosa restaurant in Poughkeepsie. See the previous entry.]]> After Richard Bosman's talk at Vassar, a group of faculty and students went out to dinner at Formosa restaurant in Poughkeepsie. See the following entry.]]> Elena and David invited us to dinner. We knew everyone at dinner except for Charles and Arne.]]> We met, as we have at least every month for the last year, to work on this website.]]> Nancy Willard's memorial service, held at the Quaker meeting house in Poughkeepsie, NY. See the previous two entries.]]> Nancy Willard's memorial service, held at the Quaker meeting house in Poughkeepsie, NY. There were at least 200 people there, and it was probably 100 degrees. See the previous entry and the following entry.]]> Nancy Willard's memorial service, held at the Quaker meeting house in Poughkeepsie, NY. See the following two entries.]]> Jennifer Gross and Dennis Cardone had Catherine (Murphy), me, Tom Nozkowski, John Yau, and Joyce Robins for dinner. See the previous entry.]]> Jennifer and Dennis had a dinner party. See the following entry.]]> After Mel Bochner's opening. See the previous entry.]]> After Mel Bochner's opening. See the following entry.]]> See the previous entry.]]> See the following entry.]]> Every year there is an event that celebrates benchmarks in how long people have been working at Vassar. I am pretty sure the demarcations are in 5 year increments, so at each event the celebration would be for five years, ten years, fifteen years, etc of working at Vassar. The thing I like about this event, it is one of the rare times at Vassar when there is an event that crosses over all kinds of employees, staff, buildings and grounds, administrators, and faculty members. This event coincided with my being at Vassar for 35 years. Depending on how long you've been at Vassar you get to pick from an assortment of gifts I picked out a pair of binoculars that had a built in camera. It is now almost a year since this event and I haven't used it yet. It was the only thing that I could even contemplate picking.]]> A critique of a student project in Sculpture II (Vassar College).]]> Over the last decade, we have periodically gone out for Easter dinner. See the previous entry.]]> Over the last decade, we have periodically gone out for Easter dinner. See the following entry,]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to Skidmore to be the annual Malloy Visiting Artist. The morning after Catherine's (Murphy), there was a breakfast with the students. It was part talk, part conversation. See the previous two entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to Skidmore to be the annual Malloy Visiting Artist. After Catherine's talk, there was a dinner held at the Surrey Williamson Inn in Saratoga Springs. This was also the place where we stayed overnight. See the previous entry and the following entry.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to Skidmore to be the annual Malloy Visiting Artist. After Catherine's talk, there was a dinner held at the Surrey Williamson Inn in Saratoga Springs. This was also the place where we stayed overnight. See the following two entries.]]> Catherine and I went to New York City for the day. We went down so we could go to Rochelle's opening. We decided to go down early to see a number of exhibitions. We saw Dawn Clements at Pierogi, Jason Fox at Canada, Nancy Haynes at Regina Rex, Robert Breer at Preston, a group show at Derek Eller, Jennifer Coates at Freight and Volume, and Roy Dowell and Gary Kuehn at 1969 Gallery, all on the lower east side. See the following entry.]]> Catherine and I went to New York City for the day. We went down so we could go to Rochelle's opening. We decided to go down early to see a number of exhibitions. We saw Dawn Clements at Pierogi, Jason Fox at Canada, Nancy Haynes at Regina Rex, Robert Breer at Preston, a group show at Derek Eller, Jennifer Coates at Freight and Volume, and Roy Dowell and Gary Kuehn at 1969 Gallery, all on the lower east side. See the previous entry.]]> A weekend food symposium was held at Vassar College. There were lectures as well as this lunch. Before lunch, Thomas Parker did an introduction for chef Bun Lai, the chef and owner of Miya Restuarant in New Haven, Connecticut. Interspersed in Chef Bun Lai's talk, we were shown a film on him called "Blind Sushi". Then, we were served invasive species sushi rolls. There were more lectures after lunch, but I didn't stay.]]> We met Francine Prose and Howie Michaels at Upstate Films before going to dinner at Le Petit Bistro. On the way to our table, I saw Tim Liefer at dinner with some friends. You can see Howie Michaels and Catherine Murphy past the divider between their table and ours.]]> Annual Dinner and Memorial Presentations at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. See the following entry.]]> Annual Dinner and Memorial Presentations at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. See the previous entry.]]> We all met for dinner at Cinnamon in Rhinebeck]]> I met them at Eugene's house, mostly so that Joyce could see if she wanted any of Elsie's clothes. She didn't want much. Tom acquired a game and a couple of other things. Judy got something. But I can't remember what.]]> Tom and Joyce invited us to dinner for Tom's birthday.]]>