sharocks the blogspot: March 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

happy holi!

cunning linguist on mott st = perfect words for the afternoon

kevin, preethi and angela

Saturday, March 30, 2013

maggie campbell from campbell raw press custom made this scrapbook for my recent trip to japan. i met her at the holiday craft sale at fountain studios where i saw her journals that utilized vintage stamps for covers. i asked if she'd be able to create a scrapbook with a japanese stamp and she was super accommodating with the request. after a few months of correspondence and me sourcing stamps back in san francisco. i picked up the scrapbook last week and finally finished loading it up. thanks maggie for the lovely scrapbook! it's the perfect home to highlight my wonderful trip.

personal stamp yuko sent me years ago

binding goodness

maggie's signature

continued the stamp them inside

Friday, March 29, 2013

fltgc: cortlandt alley

it's only opened on weekends, but with it's windows you can see most of the collection. jac told me about it after reading about it in tony.

Thursday, March 28, 2013

heard ny

just got back from grand central, but i missed the dancing. vanderbilt hall was packed to capacity and i only gave myself 5 minutes extra before it started.

post-dance grooming

ahhh well, mel watched it and gave me a play by play. it probably looked a lot like this.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

i spy a russophile

i've been engrossed in the new fx series, the americans. maybe it's due to my secret childhood dream of become a spy or maybe i just love seeing keri russell kicking butt. remember mi3? anyhoot, kids you should tune in. on top of my love for russians on tv, i've been reading lyudmila petrushevskaya's there once lived a girl who seduced her sister’s husband, and he hanged himself. nice little morsels for my 30-minute commute.

to russia with love, shar

Friday, March 22, 2013

fltgc: jon kessler + gert & uwe tobias

man there's been an imbalance in my life with out some good art, so here's me trying to kick myself back into it. attempting to resurrect friday lunch time gallery crawls (fltgc), so i hit up the jon kessler show at swiss institute. liked his last show at salon 94. he sure loves blue. for this his commentary on the web came from a ride on the ny subway in which most all riders were engrossed on their mobile devices. i was just thinking that as i was reading an actual paperback book. no kindles or nooks for me.

merry go round

that's me on the lower left screen

best grateful dead recreation ;)

next up was team gallery for the gert & uwe tobias show. most of the pieces were behind glass = bad glare. this was my fav.

reminds me of a crazy gothic portrait

on wooster

Thursday, March 21, 2013

j. ware @ louesa roebuck

note to self: visit louesa roebuck's flower shop next time i'm home.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

wall at rockwood

best happenstance show: wall at rockwood music hall. i was clued into this free gig by brooklyn vegan. i've been harping about my love for wall and excited to see them stateside. i was able to convince zaid to come with. he wasn't impressed but i was still tickled pink by lyla's whispery delivery. she even did her supremes cover of "where did our love go."

i also forked $5 for for her shoestring ep.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

madness!!!

i have not been paying attention at all, so these picks are totally based on previous showings in the torney. per usual, i'll be entering into a gentleman's bet with my coworker rashard. no $$$ exchange just bragging rights in the end, though rashard is always nice and doesn't gloat.

Monday, March 18, 2013

musings

been uninspired with posts lately, but i am working on a few. for now how about these random thoughts:

are you as sad as i am that the usps are stopping mail delivery on saturday starting in august? paula poundstone had it right on wait, wait don't tell me a few week's. it's about at the 8:30 mark below.