I forgot.  When we were in Paris we saw a Bill Viola retrospective at the Grand Palais.  The show really made me love the work, and understand it much better.  They had an amazing book ...

We are on family vacation in Corsica.  I have never been before and I think it is one of my favorite places ever.  Here is the river that cuts through our beach to the ocean.

Sara and I saw Pawel Pawlikowski’s film Ida last night.  This is one of the truly great ones.  Strangers in Film Forum had a spontaneous chat session about how excellent it was after the credits. ...

Chris asked me to read George Packer’s book The Unwinding.  This is exactly the kind of lefty Lit I love.  The book elucidates the, I think, obvious ways that greed and politics are affecting the ...

Steven and Alexa invited a big group of people to gather at a groovy hotel in Point Reyes called Nick’s Cove.  On the way up we hiked a trail called Steep Ravine near Bolinas.  The ...

We just got back from our lovely yearly spring break with Sara’s extended family.  We see old friends, chill on the beach, get totally spoiled, see sunsets like this- then cry when we have to ...

Today was Georgia’s 15th Birthday. We had presents in bed, then Dim Sum with Eddie and Lorna and Skysie.  We walked home in the glorious sunshine.  G’s friends came that night for Dinner, Skating, a ...

We had a great time in Telluride, the girls seem to love skiing.  Here is lily racing me-

We are in Telluride.  Here’s what it looks like-    (more later)

We took the kids to see Mark Rylance in Twelfth Night at the Belasco Theater.  The show was so great that I decided I needed to see Richard III as well.  I went tonight with ...

Lily is on the sixth grade basketball team at VCS.  They have an enormous spirit.  Here she is sinking a crucial foul shot.

Anyone who knows, knows that the very best Italian subs ( heroes, hoagies, grinders, etc. ) are made in Philly.  As often happens, in copying those subs, delis in Delaware (where I grew up)  have ...

I got this for Xmas.  If you are near 10th st. Please come eat some.

We are wrapping up 2013 in Argentina/Uruguay.  We had a few days in BA, then to Iguazu Falls, then Jose Ignacio in Uruguay. The highlight so far are a stencil graffiti class in BA with ...

This is Ozzie when he was a tiny puppy.  Today we put him to sleep after he was struck by a car and paralyzed.  I’ll miss him terribly.  He still liked to sit on my ...

Tonight we went to City Winery to a fund raiser for Greenwich House where my (oldest) friend David Gibson was being honored just for being really nice.  Dave began doing his ceramics, he has a ...

Banksy is here in NYC all this month doing a piece a day in the 5 boros.  Yesterday lily and I went looking for The Sirens of the Lambs piece, a truck with puppeteered stuffed ...

Thea’s garden in Amagansett is slowly dying.  I took some images that reminded me of Peter Greenaway’s Zed and Two Naughts (ZOO).  If you haven’t seen it in a while- DO.  

Georgia took surfing lessons in Amagansett with her friend Isabelle Best.  We are out here milking the last bits of summer.  This weekend, with the US Open, Rosh hashanah school break, and some of the ...

Sara and I witnessed this amazing storm from our secret hideaway.