A dinner gathering at Gary and Suzanne's. Jennifer Coates played the violin. See the previous two entries.]]> A dinner gathering at Gary and Suzanne's. See the previous and the following entry.]]> A dinner gathering at Gary and Suzanne's. See the following two entries.]]> We met Jon and Joy for dinner at Another Fork in the Road.]]> We are invited to attend Rose's birthday party every year. And we always go if we can. There are often many guests in attendance. This year was no exception. See the previous three entries.]]> We are invited to attend Rose's birthday party every year. And we always go if we can. There are often many guests in attendance. This year was no exception. See the previous two entries and the following entry.]]> We are invited to attend Rose's birthday party every year. And we always go if we can. There are often many guests in attendance. This year was no exception. See the previous entry and the following two entries.]]> We are invited to attend Rose's birthday party every year. And we always go if we can. There are often many guests in attendance. This year was no exception. See the following three entries.]]> Arthur and Billie called, as they do from time to time, to see if we wanted to meet for lunch on their way to Pittsfield, MA. We did. So we all went to this really good pizza restaurant a number of times until they closed. It is now a real estate office.]]> I was shopping at Adams, which I do at least three days a week, and took this photograph of Ralph and two people who work there. Ralph is retired. So is not in the store regularly at this point.]]> It seems that Danny was visiting Peter with his son and the four of us went to the New Museum to see the Lynda Benglis exhibition.]]> They came to see the Senior Art Show.]]> We have attended many events at the Academy since Catherine's induction in 2002. See the previous entry.]]> We have attended many events at the Academy since Catherine's induction in 2002. See the next entry.]]> Rosemary with friends of hers.]]> I am pretty sure I asked Mary Salstrom to take a photograph of the five of us. Early on after we had all met Anita Mazzucca told Catherine that she would marry me. See the previous entry and the following entry,]]> This was Rosemary's last exhibition. Elena, Rosemary, Catherine, and Anita were all friends at Pratt in the 60s. See the following two entries.]]> We saw them on the way to the Gallery.]]> We had dinner in Rhinebeck with Carole and Helen.]]> This dinner was to celebrate Sylvia (Sylvia Plimack Mangold) and Bob's (Robert Mangold) 50th wedding anniversary. Also one or both of them had shows opening close to or on this date. See the previous six entries.]]> This dinner was to celebrate Sylvia (Sylvia Plimack Mangold) and Bob's (Robert Mangold) 50th wedding anniversary. Also one or both of them had shows opening close to or on this date. See the previous five entries and the following entry.]]> This dinner was to celebrate Sylvia (Sylvia Plimack Mangold) and Bob's (Robert Mangold) 50th wedding anniversary. Also one or both of them had shows opening close to or on this date. See the previous four entries and the following two entries.]]> This dinner was to celebrate Sylvia (Sylvia Plimack Mangold) and Bob's (Robert Mangold) 50th wedding anniversary. Also one or both of them had shows opening close to or on this date. See the previous three entries and the following three entries.]]> This dinner was to celebrate Sylvia (Sylvia Plimack Mangold) and Bob's (Robert Mangold) 50th wedding anniversary. Also one or both of them had shows opening close to or on this date. See the previous two entries and the following four entries.]]> This dinner was to celebrate Sylvia (Sylvia Plimack Mangold) and Bob's (Robert Mangold) 50th wedding anniversary. Also one or both of them had shows opening close to or on this date. See the previous entry and the following five entries.]]> After doing much investigating (with Sylvia's help) it seems that this dinner was to celebrate Sylvia (Sylvia Plimack Mangold) and Bob's (Robert Mangold) 50th wedding anniversary. Also one or both of them had shows opening close to or on this date. See the following six entries.]]> Catherine (Murphy) was invited to read a tribute to John Yau by Paulo Xavier at Poets House in NYC. She accepted and decided to read from John Yau's Monograph on Thomas Nozkowski. She conferred with Thomas about which section to read and asked him which paintings he would like her to show while she was reading. He sent us reproductions of four paintings. It turned out that I had met Paulo at the Queens Museum a few years ago when I showed photographs in a talk about Joseph Cornell. Tammy Nguyen had visited Didier William's printmaking class at Vassar, but we hadn't met at that time. We dropped Catherine's new drawing ("Night Watch") off at the Peter Freeman Gallery before heading to Poets House. Saturday, this close to Christmas, meant that we had to deal with particularly heavy traffic in Manhattan. I had only driven through Battery Park City one other time in the past. Poets House was in a building right across from the river. Despite all of the traffic and so many people in the street (including many people dressed as Santa Claus), Battery Park City was very quiet. Night by the river was very beautiful and felt like a different city in a different place. Poetry House was quite elegant. We got there early so that I could set up the thumb drive that had Thomas' paintings on it. I had set up both a keynote and a PowerPoint presentation. The staff at Poets House told me that they had both applications. But it turned out they could only provide PowerPoint. See the previous two entries and the following fourteen entries.]]> Helen and Carol had a feast of the seven fishes dinner. The feast of the seven fishes is traditionally held by Catholics on Christmas Eve. So Carol and Helen decided to have it a day before new years eve. Helen made an elaborate dinner incorporating seven different fishes. I made a lemon cake for dessert.]]> Helen and Carol had a feast of the seven fishes dinner. The feast of the seven fishes is traditionally held by Catholics on Christmas Eve. So Carol and Helen decided to have it a day before new years eve. Helen made an elaborate dinner incorporating seven different fishes. I made a lemon cake for dessert.]]> Helen and Carol had a feast of the seven fishes dinner. The feast of the seven fishes is traditionally held by Catholics on Christmas Eve. So Carol and Helen decided to have it a day before new years eve. Helen made an elaborate dinner incorporating seven different fishes. I made a lemon cake for dessert.]]> Helen and Carol had a feast of the seven fishes dinner. The feast of the seven fishes is traditionally held by Catholics on Christmas Eve. So Carol and Helen decided to have it a day before new years eve. Helen made an elaborate dinner incorporating seven different fishes. I made a lemon cake for dessert.]]> Gret and Levi have had a winter solstice party every year for the last 25 years. I don't remember what year we started coming to the party. It might be on this site, and if not, should be and hopefully will be. Catherine (Murphy) and I have usually met up with Tom Nozkowski and Joyce Robins at their house and followed them to Gret and Levi's. Even though it is not that far from their own house, it is hard to find. Tom and Joyce were going to the party early because Cas (Nozkowski), Hannah (Boz), and Rocket (Nozkowski) were going as well, and they had to leave early because Rocket's bedtime was 7:00PM. So we went by ourselves and got pretty close before we were lost. We drove around in the dark, up and down hills. We called Tom, and he was helpful until he wasn't. We were in front of someone's house when I turned around and saw another car. Assuming that these people could be looking for Gret and Levi's place, I drove up behind the car, got out of ours, and walked up to the car window. Mark Epstein was in the driver's seat. He said he could lead us to the party and did get us closer. We wound up on a hill to the side of a house that was not Gret and Levi's. As Mark and Arlene (and others) drove away, a large dog ran out of the house, followed by a large man. The man was quite helpful and told us exactly how to get where we were going. Mark was waiting for us a bit down the road. See the previous five entries.]]> Gret and Levi have had a winter solstice party every year for the last 25 years. I don't remember what year we started coming to the party. It might be on this site, and if not, should be and hopefully will be. Catherine (Murphy) and I have usually met up with Tom Nozkowski and Joyce Robins at their house and followed them to Gret and Levi's. Even though it is not that far from their own house, it is hard to find. Tom and Joyce were going to the party early because Cas (Nozkowski), Hannah (Boz), and Rocket (Nozkowski) were going as well, and they had to leave early because Rocket's bedtime was 7:00PM. So we went by ourselves and got pretty close before we were lost. We drove around in the dark, up and down hills. We called Tom, and he was helpful until he wasn't. We were in front of someone's house when I turned around and saw another car. Assuming that these people could be looking for Gret and Levi's place, I drove up behind the car, got out of ours, and walked up to the car window. Mark Epstein was in the driver's seat. He said he could lead us to the party and did get us closer. We wound up on a hill to the side of a house that was not Gret and Levi's. As Mark and Arlene (and others) drove away, a large dog ran out of the house, followed by a large man. The man was quite helpful and told us exactly how to get where we were going. Mark was waiting for us a bit down the road. See the previous four entries and the following entry.,.]]> Gret and Levi have had a winter solstice party every year for the last 25 years. I don't remember what year we started coming to the party. It might be on this site, and if not, should be and hopefully will be. Catherine (Murphy) and I have usually met up with Tom Nozkowski and Joyce Robins at their house and followed them to Gret and Levi's. Even though it is not that far from their own house, it is hard to find. Tom and Joyce were going to the party early because Cas (Nozkowski), Hannah (Boz), and Rocket (Nozkowski) were going as well, and they had to leave early because Rocket's bedtime was 7:00PM. So we went by ourselves and got pretty close before we were lost. We drove around in the dark, up and down hills. We called Tom, and he was helpful until he wasn't. We were in front of someone's house when I turned around and saw another car. Assuming that these people could be looking for Gret and Levi's place, I drove up behind the car, got out of ours, and walked up to the car window. Mark Epstein was in the driver's seat. He said he could lead us to the party and did get us closer. We wound up on a hill to the side of a house that was not Gret and Levi's. As Mark and Arlene (and others) drove away, a large dog ran out of the house, followed by a large man. The man was quite helpful and told us exactly how to get where we were going. Mark was waiting for us a bit down the road. And we all got to the house fairly quickly from that point on. See the previous three entries and the following two entries.]]> See the previous two entries and the following three entries.]]> See the previous entry and the following four entries.]]> Gret and Levi have had a winter solstice party every year for the last 25 years. I don't remember what year we started coming to the party. It might be on this site, and if not, should be and hopefully will be. Catherine (Murphy) and I have usually met up with Tom Nozkowski and Joyce Robins at their house and followed them to Gret and Levi's. Even though it is not that far from their own house, it is hard to find. Tom and Joyce were going to the party early because Cas (Nozkowski), Hannah (Boz), and Rocket (Nozkowski) were going as well, and they had to leave early because Rocket's bedtime was 7:00PM. So we went by ourselves and got pretty close before we were lost. We drove around in the dark, up and down hills. We called Tom, and he was helpful until he wasn't. We were in front of someone's house when I turned around and saw another car. Assuming that these people could be looking for Gret and Levi's place, I drove up behind the car, got out of ours, and walked up to the car window. Mark Epstein was in the driver's seat. He said he could lead us to the party and did get us closer. We wound up on a hill to the side of a house that was not Gret and Levi's. As Mark and Arlene (and others) drove away, a large dog ran out of the house, followed by a large man. The man was quite helpful and told us exactly how to get where we were going. Mark was waiting for us a bit down the road. And we all got to the house fairly quickly from that point on. See the following five entries.]]>