Nearly Ninety Road Trip

The whole point of this trip to central Illinois was to see Merce's Nearly Ninety, which we did, but there were other attractions: Calumet Fishery, the unexpected car show in Springfield, the whole Lincoln thing, the terrific Dana-Thomas house, and the horseshoes (burger covered in fries and cheese sauce) at D'Arcy's Pint, and our wonderful mid-century modern hotel--like being in Fiddle's living room.

Long work trip to California

I'm sure I did some work, but there was touring as well. Avedon at SFMOMA, out to North Beach, dinners at Farallon and on Belden Place.


































The beautiful "pool ceiling" at Farallon.

Book Club: Tender is the Night

Man, I hadn't read any F. Scott since college I think. This was a good pick, and there were Chicago/U of C references to boot.

Diversity and Contemporary Art at MCA

Went to a panel discussion "Diversity and Contemporary Art" at the MCA. Madeleine Grynsztejn, the MCA's new director (who is doing a great job) led the discussion with (formerly of U of C, miss you,Melissa) political scientist Melissa Harris-Lacewell, artist Glenn Ligon, and interdisciplinary artist Tania Bruguera, new on faculty at U of C.

Labor Day

It was a really fun Labor Day weekend, but all over the map: Full Moon, International Bacon Day (Canadian Bacon Sandwich for Breakfast, Rockit Bacon Burger for lunch, salmon wrapped in bacon and bacon ice cream for dinner) and for no particular reason, up to Argyle St. for lunch on the actual Labor Day Monday.