tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89997589766692786052024-02-18T22:50:13.250-05:00Jen Brown: a life.jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-23569533322353638492012-02-15T22:25:00.003-05:002012-02-15T22:31:05.641-05:00Moving on...Well folks, it seems like I have moved on from this little blog for the time being. But I've been posting all my art muses on<a href="http://otherpeoplesart.tumblr.com/"> </a><a href="http://otherpeoplesart.tumblr.com/">http://otherpeoplesart.tumblr.com/</a> so please feel free to follow me there, as well as my personal projects and excitements on twitter @jenbrownies. And if y'all have instagram, hit me up!<br /><br />I might bring this blog back, your input may just have an effect on my efforts!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-3323147583129019662011-08-08T23:45:00.008-04:002011-08-15T23:08:57.774-04:00Portland "Where young people go to retire"So I spent a lovely week in Portland, Oregon.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWuFEE8ZB-1ja3A4G8UbAyqL2pjFi4s6cB-XttaVGnDqyATlpItobtZeak916Yrs5YrROMxPGcxVMI52Bq4BjFkgSlwgGOfZmzTu5EICNnLBzMuoW6r1Ty_oGPqqXV7jYwoJ3MT_LFuI/s1600/portland+161.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWuFEE8ZB-1ja3A4G8UbAyqL2pjFi4s6cB-XttaVGnDqyATlpItobtZeak916Yrs5YrROMxPGcxVMI52Bq4BjFkgSlwgGOfZmzTu5EICNnLBzMuoW6r1Ty_oGPqqXV7jYwoJ3MT_LFuI/s400/portland+161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638698526901970770" border="0" /></a>My dear friend Michael traveled there to attend an<a href="http://www.ivaw.org/"> IVAW </a>conference, so I went with him to see Portland, and to see our friends Hannah and Joel.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0j1adexXJDl7gjzIAZCIr6LXk-OQbdM30qMlVlclveFiGoMkTZggf54WdqvxymIaGN-wsQHzR1a6Wzye0BBu7BI8nOqb0I5wMipPc4Maz60AZv1UDOq9JpChZ3k3bmJqz7hqY8_B866I/s1600/portland+197.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0j1adexXJDl7gjzIAZCIr6LXk-OQbdM30qMlVlclveFiGoMkTZggf54WdqvxymIaGN-wsQHzR1a6Wzye0BBu7BI8nOqb0I5wMipPc4Maz60AZv1UDOq9JpChZ3k3bmJqz7hqY8_B866I/s400/portland+197.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638698539724517778" border="0" /></a>They have a lovely house and roommates, and of course, chickens!
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGdh9sbxi9_yru2ze4uDTShAswBhr2j5_hxiDbuXfoDaDd5PfWrzP5xoZUK3zpUzmIKacQwQIH8cprgfCwu-S27Az6ihLMVCQIzE1QXin9zLwOTPgpWzTjfqTvaica1uZxQ3iRD30Rkc/s1600/portland+193.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGdh9sbxi9_yru2ze4uDTShAswBhr2j5_hxiDbuXfoDaDd5PfWrzP5xoZUK3zpUzmIKacQwQIH8cprgfCwu-S27Az6ihLMVCQIzE1QXin9zLwOTPgpWzTjfqTvaica1uZxQ3iRD30Rkc/s400/portland+193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638698536420805746" border="0" /></a>Veggies!
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92HAASltrntFDV_BRqQLFbiL-s-PGoY-e2bMa8cDFD5pKUsi4COL8nTXy2Dto9fx3nSlj45pYfeHz5dwQYV6eqvpi01W58S_8tSJ-7tmNNBKbfWEOepffpJ3IwMvoJ1f5OfyZhBmBOk4/s1600/portland+160.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92HAASltrntFDV_BRqQLFbiL-s-PGoY-e2bMa8cDFD5pKUsi4COL8nTXy2Dto9fx3nSlj45pYfeHz5dwQYV6eqvpi01W58S_8tSJ-7tmNNBKbfWEOepffpJ3IwMvoJ1f5OfyZhBmBOk4/s400/portland+160.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638698529757666306" border="0" /></a>Portland has more beautiful edible and non-edible plants per square foot than any other city I've seen.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3lkxyjifHptE-TF9FgaeopQ4J14knvNMQNsAmyXPdlenCBhp-d6X-6xsQFt17wABg9fLR8SMmuduXtBTCHAul9lK5pm_SlKsxBNaaTwoTcJdawq4s87Ye_wEqL_hCGFSl35gsWB1XII/s1600/portland+011.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3lkxyjifHptE-TF9FgaeopQ4J14knvNMQNsAmyXPdlenCBhp-d6X-6xsQFt17wABg9fLR8SMmuduXtBTCHAul9lK5pm_SlKsxBNaaTwoTcJdawq4s87Ye_wEqL_hCGFSl35gsWB1XII/s400/portland+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638700889570850946" border="0" /></a>Hopworks was an awesome introduction to some of the local brews.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTiZ8S5OYmie1kAnHrAJvZI79uDdrAR5Z5NII1eEw0-NmtqTuDnWgVR5LzKLjEwWIwMrmUjrVYzMW3efU_P6ISRmEqjYDgMBDqq8tpKjsvfEsqS8UGxFXpMbYIH9h4Jbqbv9geh_QpMU/s1600/portland+014.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTiZ8S5OYmie1kAnHrAJvZI79uDdrAR5Z5NII1eEw0-NmtqTuDnWgVR5LzKLjEwWIwMrmUjrVYzMW3efU_P6ISRmEqjYDgMBDqq8tpKjsvfEsqS8UGxFXpMbYIH9h4Jbqbv9geh_QpMU/s400/portland+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638700884216825218" border="0" /></a>Hannah and Joel powering the restaurant while we waited for our food.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwE5_Zn6f3B8nzcntzmaYgGBCBgMZi6fKqt0MOCbaUPQ8nOpG5H22rKia-sv3UYQQaDmZ6-wTej-wnOXsQLOmT3pyCF8d8AzVxESVwv-egKA4wCMlN9U7tOzrhx_B6fTmr9MhDh-d-4M/s1600/portland+029.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwE5_Zn6f3B8nzcntzmaYgGBCBgMZi6fKqt0MOCbaUPQ8nOpG5H22rKia-sv3UYQQaDmZ6-wTej-wnOXsQLOmT3pyCF8d8AzVxESVwv-egKA4wCMlN9U7tOzrhx_B6fTmr9MhDh-d-4M/s400/portland+029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638700469465683570" border="0" /></a>We took a trip to the beach, and stopped to stretch our legs and gather wild berries.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqXfgubdLY4pfTpmmjEaD81ThWYCw_8_SVt0lq4a3mCz4Wk6zGDPnn5yCs9xWVJhsvFZqjf94RCE-UR2Ck5bnFi7nJFV9N3t63vVuKAan8tWY8Q-WouY5pRTCiZr5NGGGelFw11QL1Fg/s1600/003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqXfgubdLY4pfTpmmjEaD81ThWYCw_8_SVt0lq4a3mCz4Wk6zGDPnn5yCs9xWVJhsvFZqjf94RCE-UR2Ck5bnFi7nJFV9N3t63vVuKAan8tWY8Q-WouY5pRTCiZr5NGGGelFw11QL1Fg/s400/003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641285265289281746" border="0" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXzDvKYQqngD7ov6bzf3_XO0JaSaKNk6IbHcMR8sz9NUBRBtZkAB3I_3FYDnV4Op-QLa-CP_Of64mqtEuUo-CopwgxZZRe5W_SRqy5D6j65pWq17vmAvhhtXapgKjvuCOf5eIZ40r6fY/s1600/portland+021.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXzDvKYQqngD7ov6bzf3_XO0JaSaKNk6IbHcMR8sz9NUBRBtZkAB3I_3FYDnV4Op-QLa-CP_Of64mqtEuUo-CopwgxZZRe5W_SRqy5D6j65pWq17vmAvhhtXapgKjvuCOf5eIZ40r6fY/s400/portland+021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638700882321645362" border="0" /></a>I don't think Mike was enjoying himself enough.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq58lNu5ZrVFkQgz5mbDetF9zmlWYWazwUs0p-KRJAB8GQEE3Q0pdvc63bp_LEi9KZZPPPDdeOWKrcos2MWMJ_9LrxjOFGIneYaMqAyBh6BcJ03U-4CZqnWGXoxp-ckPc102tMObwDwCw/s1600/portland+022.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq58lNu5ZrVFkQgz5mbDetF9zmlWYWazwUs0p-KRJAB8GQEE3Q0pdvc63bp_LEi9KZZPPPDdeOWKrcos2MWMJ_9LrxjOFGIneYaMqAyBh6BcJ03U-4CZqnWGXoxp-ckPc102tMObwDwCw/s400/portland+022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638700878602510546" border="0" /></a>Or Joel, clearly.<span style="text-decoration: underline;">
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<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qnhQgFyZQQ1bex_2cDtn7okIdrUvEd5pS55HzDS1d20qi69aVI6yumme3B2fh751eRilIl8oymfi4X0ze8IJmak8YXeAVCvRRsA5kiHVE1Yyn0WGbgshubG9c5lgafYIQ0ShrHmvxHc/s1600/34.2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-qnhQgFyZQQ1bex_2cDtn7okIdrUvEd5pS55HzDS1d20qi69aVI6yumme3B2fh751eRilIl8oymfi4X0ze8IJmak8YXeAVCvRRsA5kiHVE1Yyn0WGbgshubG9c5lgafYIQ0ShrHmvxHc/s400/34.2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638699708724126850" border="0" /></a>The beach was simply amazing.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnOpeQiIUZsstxomu8Lh7tJHZrE7FusWVBMMMeKzIVzgMsuYFRuc9dJ2VSx3eOhCuIPR2ZXsl4-QvUGoL1Z7NFqOOHBhws2DNZ10CLeqVxke_K85Y3PM5Gj-hgoTnX23aAlWC8nKKlNE/s1600/portland+081.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnOpeQiIUZsstxomu8Lh7tJHZrE7FusWVBMMMeKzIVzgMsuYFRuc9dJ2VSx3eOhCuIPR2ZXsl4-QvUGoL1Z7NFqOOHBhws2DNZ10CLeqVxke_K85Y3PM5Gj-hgoTnX23aAlWC8nKKlNE/s400/portland+081.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638700457503897362" border="0" /></a>We found a little shack just far enough in the grass that there was no wind at all, which made for the perfect temperature and hangout space!
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlAi-mXbX1ftohvzYVCJimUMSzml0JSEdScz49GWYW7g6_if575XJ1IqZOgyEFQ8LMGCesgZLj18EbbfC36r7KOdrOWws8SrGgQjW4moFN7qD_0CJJ-Sy4R-4lXuDad641CGsG1YIJO0/s1600/portland+109.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlAi-mXbX1ftohvzYVCJimUMSzml0JSEdScz49GWYW7g6_if575XJ1IqZOgyEFQ8LMGCesgZLj18EbbfC36r7KOdrOWws8SrGgQjW4moFN7qD_0CJJ-Sy4R-4lXuDad641CGsG1YIJO0/s400/portland+109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638703662509146722" border="0" /></a>Day care ON BIKES.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4kfKJbJyfvbb0jtb2z2IrgfT9s57JQ4SQBPKJtO9igsIfV4b-J0m1pUJubip6EDhKVEV4P0L2xQEJXeEJVM6nDLZpaRiqoi8wDMB675w5AsdaNkzzwvmmJBHRlPD3SkarIyAhf-ShBQ/s1600/portland+126.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4kfKJbJyfvbb0jtb2z2IrgfT9s57JQ4SQBPKJtO9igsIfV4b-J0m1pUJubip6EDhKVEV4P0L2xQEJXeEJVM6nDLZpaRiqoi8wDMB675w5AsdaNkzzwvmmJBHRlPD3SkarIyAhf-ShBQ/s400/portland+126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638699168496341650" border="0" /></a>Hannah and Joel took me to the farm they have a work-share at.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIyesgcy9KSwME6DLfF0zRN3eUNCKAQyDi2St_VNKPmsdhqCH1TRUfenHo2VQe3cLzzVpYvWxVXWl_7R6Ds4vjXuGDfIZ15tvPji_Gkgs_VxFhPQSKleqY8yh0QFM51muwwH_ZbS04sw/s1600/portland+131.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIyesgcy9KSwME6DLfF0zRN3eUNCKAQyDi2St_VNKPmsdhqCH1TRUfenHo2VQe3cLzzVpYvWxVXWl_7R6Ds4vjXuGDfIZ15tvPji_Gkgs_VxFhPQSKleqY8yh0QFM51muwwH_ZbS04sw/s400/portland+131.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638699172659033106" border="0" /></a>Pickin' broccoli.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4kfKJbJyfvbb0jtb2z2IrgfT9s57JQ4SQBPKJtO9igsIfV4b-J0m1pUJubip6EDhKVEV4P0L2xQEJXeEJVM6nDLZpaRiqoi8wDMB675w5AsdaNkzzwvmmJBHRlPD3SkarIyAhf-ShBQ/s1600/portland+126.JPG">
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_-M2WsFZFumxw3WJYi1pFxBusMElREZQ5N-q_ILOLoNltFn5zFNzg1BIBsYf1_vm9eEASIDNx_OJAEaoZAlGtcFIQpt61lk8LmsBf6Y5Xe8cDO52E-7wcAP4eJgvqObE91Mo1uYI7vI/s1600/portland+100.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_-M2WsFZFumxw3WJYi1pFxBusMElREZQ5N-q_ILOLoNltFn5zFNzg1BIBsYf1_vm9eEASIDNx_OJAEaoZAlGtcFIQpt61lk8LmsBf6Y5Xe8cDO52E-7wcAP4eJgvqObE91Mo1uYI7vI/s400/portland+100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638699720388397266" border="0" /></a>Hannah and Orson.
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<br />Don't worry, I also spent plenty of time at Powells, and the PDX Art Museum. And at In Other Words, and plenty of Anarchist/Vegan Coffee shops.
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<br />Best part of my trip? I convinced Hannah and Joel to move to Philly.
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<br />I'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN OCTOBER!
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<br />jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-76563642842140713932011-07-24T21:59:00.011-04:002011-07-24T23:37:05.375-04:00Pittsburgh<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwaGZZfgz-9tRAoZMtNh7RZN6sY2K6_lrRKDmwZrKOZnbdvGTmcEWWqfI79NBVnDunZxtasecg9o_k-5YGO1ggKRNAOzE1MKiTdrt9vRAEffAaSVfFpal_B0lyfG-1P5yheDaTFV8qB4/s1600/pittsburgh+177.JPG"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2auPET4A03tw4FXhQyIUn1iLifbqsqC9WLyI5o6QyVDAgfKVlm-v6xy5zGlVkKCgxrczDZGuwMkZ6hoe1p4EbBlBMQ8JXbDBETGhshUV-ZeZAjyyoIqabnx1ORKCMG-EwuT-ywaeFBo/s1600/pittsburgh+023.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2auPET4A03tw4FXhQyIUn1iLifbqsqC9WLyI5o6QyVDAgfKVlm-v6xy5zGlVkKCgxrczDZGuwMkZ6hoe1p4EbBlBMQ8JXbDBETGhshUV-ZeZAjyyoIqabnx1ORKCMG-EwuT-ywaeFBo/s400/pittsburgh+023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633104484844515874" border="0" /></a>The city of a gazillion bridges. Apparently just one more than Venice, according to Celia and my gracious host Adam. Adam and Ian were wonderful to let us stay with them while Celia had to come to Pittsburgh for the once-a-semester in-person session of her online class, and I decided to take advantage!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwFTxqLO1Eeg0kiKgT7MwjrVYvsiouInUq_282h_ROEwCWv1SdFt44h9aodfyEXdDxWhvzYUP3nw9I-RY2PfBYVLbmjyyxRJ1NPY67Tf19QBfpr6FG57rzkCW3Jg2Iop8_ddnnoFCUwY/s1600/pittsburgh+034.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwFTxqLO1Eeg0kiKgT7MwjrVYvsiouInUq_282h_ROEwCWv1SdFt44h9aodfyEXdDxWhvzYUP3nw9I-RY2PfBYVLbmjyyxRJ1NPY67Tf19QBfpr6FG57rzkCW3Jg2Iop8_ddnnoFCUwY/s400/pittsburgh+034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633104487118698754" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieclNVjEMsM70spaMVEavD6Qe4kVPSK0p3h2juPTHSAeRz_ozNDouFj5c_Q1OC63ZPdEGTY60EJfR92_WLeMBjtWIQ1q17hI_HD3e7bK2W0d9gUsORW_We2GxIkTtn3zinT1rWavqQ91I/s1600/pittsburgh+045.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieclNVjEMsM70spaMVEavD6Qe4kVPSK0p3h2juPTHSAeRz_ozNDouFj5c_Q1OC63ZPdEGTY60EJfR92_WLeMBjtWIQ1q17hI_HD3e7bK2W0d9gUsORW_We2GxIkTtn3zinT1rWavqQ91I/s400/pittsburgh+045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633104497611549746" border="0" /></a>I saw some Museums the first day, namely the <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/%7Enatrooms/">Nationality Rooms,</a> and the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Warhol. (For those of you who don't care to see a thousand artworks, I've moved that sort of photo to a new Tumblr I started for <a href="http://otherpeoplesart.tumblr.com/">Other Peoples' Art that I like</a>- if you DO care, then click there!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZ1MPFNJ1Lkmo3RLy2a9Y1KoQQz-2r1rSVUbEp7lJMovHAUhn2n1f93g1VHWwsCWpRaJhs24X5tNKuJEfNNQ6Mt2k2owBrJlH-cMNjDvvCVGBvm4uXI5k3C2YVOWSbIw98yBKQd5kt9s/s1600/pittsburgh+154.JPG"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXDqs-ZVkaBloplNKyCtlXNjCbQa-wxP1Mv_kN_l8_C2LClt__eumzr5aDHH6K0ZEmn524Vrl7rmqczjNjElUx03S5rMIe6qG2QYSptgOsQH2hNUsKmx0N4a3B79A73_gjKNznflzZfM/s1600/pittsburgh+115.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXDqs-ZVkaBloplNKyCtlXNjCbQa-wxP1Mv_kN_l8_C2LClt__eumzr5aDHH6K0ZEmn524Vrl7rmqczjNjElUx03S5rMIe6qG2QYSptgOsQH2hNUsKmx0N4a3B79A73_gjKNznflzZfM/s400/pittsburgh+115.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633121496108472770" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mattress.org/">The Mattress Factory </a>was worth the whole trip!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWP7HVCIVecCbpVGiBmA6cLHxzPHaNPBRIKc8JDTA393FYdfiKqxMFExXk_3tU8Wx07DQkGE1fahdQEqOBKO-bhJiHLo41At6CfY3GfGI-66Tf6r7bSF_3muGTp4cY4yTRENu2TMbwB4/s1600/pittsburgh+147.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZ1MPFNJ1Lkmo3RLy2a9Y1KoQQz-2r1rSVUbEp7lJMovHAUhn2n1f93g1VHWwsCWpRaJhs24X5tNKuJEfNNQ6Mt2k2owBrJlH-cMNjDvvCVGBvm4uXI5k3C2YVOWSbIw98yBKQd5kt9s/s1600/pittsburgh+154.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80mg52uwMa-tLWIJkUuhXX4gOdQAldHj5jYhPuf6gKVHoWek4CTl8hJSopzKO15YQkifs0dDSj5BV0sxuq84wwLYs0BZToWaWBHgo-oZ6gfUN0J-YR849GswIbVRQUououMbDGIbrSnI/s400/pittsburgh+108.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633121491174595954" border="0" /></a>There was indeed a Cell Phone Disco, but the discovery was better than the photo of it, so go find it yourself!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9cqxL-4tj9aHeBldGERCXmtOYrXt_EelXLUhsMABR0qADfmMGBxtx0imITwicBRt1QMKWHgqcslviO_LuxUW4sbrE174AaYo46ndt1p1PwbLLQOfeyU4uygIwJ0ukLMNl2a486Of8Qo/s1600/pittsburghfairey.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9cqxL-4tj9aHeBldGERCXmtOYrXt_EelXLUhsMABR0qADfmMGBxtx0imITwicBRt1QMKWHgqcslviO_LuxUW4sbrE174AaYo46ndt1p1PwbLLQOfeyU4uygIwJ0ukLMNl2a486Of8Qo/s400/pittsburghfairey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633122521286107394" border="0" /></a>Shepard Fairey<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwaGZZfgz-9tRAoZMtNh7RZN6sY2K6_lrRKDmwZrKOZnbdvGTmcEWWqfI79NBVnDunZxtasecg9o_k-5YGO1ggKRNAOzE1MKiTdrt9vRAEffAaSVfFpal_B0lyfG-1P5yheDaTFV8qB4/s1600/pittsburgh+177.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwaGZZfgz-9tRAoZMtNh7RZN6sY2K6_lrRKDmwZrKOZnbdvGTmcEWWqfI79NBVnDunZxtasecg9o_k-5YGO1ggKRNAOzE1MKiTdrt9vRAEffAaSVfFpal_B0lyfG-1P5yheDaTFV8qB4/s400/pittsburgh+177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633126133897809826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeIDPjzLpzH9sN-H_gUEoFWLP4naQuMCo2d1FCq-b2WAQh0e1ML4uKDvgO4tSaRU1l22RORbFs4S42txhOfveGArWNpl7VcI96Wqh0L8ct9ewTH6PYuJUTim67qQOMXUqQ1XyWbeAxSk/s1600/conflictkitchen.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeIDPjzLpzH9sN-H_gUEoFWLP4naQuMCo2d1FCq-b2WAQh0e1ML4uKDvgO4tSaRU1l22RORbFs4S42txhOfveGArWNpl7VcI96Wqh0L8ct9ewTH6PYuJUTim67qQOMXUqQ1XyWbeAxSk/s400/conflictkitchen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633121106024300050" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.conflictkitchen.org/">The Conflict Kitchen!</a> <span style="font-size:100%;">("</span><span style="font-size:100%;">Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries that the United States is in conflict with.")</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JCcXGLYf4Sk9UwN6bifMBv2-C0O1p2jy7sop67SxqhkxyxwR5t8ja6QLCaT3ZzvSVSeo39Ik0a2yT0aErg46Eh0zrQson5ojwZBL9wK82Gi5URfXd62lwxhRRdEQI93HrYUKgItGqqA/s1600/pittsburgh+181.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QGy77vRbbZXZfg8kg4JAYauRvE6_EDkMoxd48nOEydVGkhuPlOd-YndejUZp7jTwI8UDtP3W1kglyBiW0qcEbGC0ldOOQwsyY90ckuC91Tlq5UFmFkq_x1Rn3gDH1JxpitO4uhN10dY/s400/pittsburgh+184.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633125019416361874" border="0" /></a>The last morning Adam took Celia and me to the Incline<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEQdr88Djjbzi22ZyBGwgbwzYkFzsNlhGH_h0TEmxrG12q7EcZviMJzAPt5MwAJUZQ36HTr0maOD0fBv5zCz7uszqg8qIUkQVT_yI427RJ_0EBb01ARRTMHuB46Qg9VA9aQMJrKUphpQ/s1600/268270_10150238332370794_502560793_7683753_3963948_n%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEQdr88Djjbzi22ZyBGwgbwzYkFzsNlhGH_h0TEmxrG12q7EcZviMJzAPt5MwAJUZQ36HTr0maOD0fBv5zCz7uszqg8qIUkQVT_yI427RJ_0EBb01ARRTMHuB46Qg9VA9aQMJrKUphpQ/s400/268270_10150238332370794_502560793_7683753_3963948_n%25282%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633125013799318066" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9cqxL-4tj9aHeBldGERCXmtOYrXt_EelXLUhsMABR0qADfmMGBxtx0imITwicBRt1QMKWHgqcslviO_LuxUW4sbrE174AaYo46ndt1p1PwbLLQOfeyU4uygIwJ0ukLMNl2a486Of8Qo/s1600/pittsburghfairey.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHvCgGxlHf7-FluZPp00Fsbk1nhM1cgcA5nseaJaFrvBZzgiT2yzk2fAjyXD5dRxRgsLpvpw5xjr3pZZuvnKXK-vLGm7miaeoyT3RGn9C8aAx0bdJ-ywzbSV5T4dYlr15W3w91Bz-O9Q/s1600/pittsburgh+206.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHvCgGxlHf7-FluZPp00Fsbk1nhM1cgcA5nseaJaFrvBZzgiT2yzk2fAjyXD5dRxRgsLpvpw5xjr3pZZuvnKXK-vLGm7miaeoyT3RGn9C8aAx0bdJ-ywzbSV5T4dYlr15W3w91Bz-O9Q/s400/pittsburgh+206.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633124299212988034" border="0" /></a><br />We learned a few things that weekend, to be sure!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-63937866579866556282011-07-24T21:33:00.003-04:002011-07-24T21:58:36.768-04:00Leaving to Come BackOnce again haven't been posting very diligently. Was having a bit of a hard time, wrapping up some emotions about some situations, but they seem to have cleaned themselves up for the most part.<br /><br />I've been traveling quite a bit lately as well. Pittsburgh last weekend, NYC/Brooklyn this past weekend, and Portland for over a week starting Thursday!<br /><br />I haven't been up to too much aside from those travels, but I've got some photos to tell some quick tales.<br /><br />A month or so ago I did my first Vermiculture Demo as a favor for my friend Toby at Sustainable19125. It was a lot of fun: who doesn't love to share knowledge and passion with people who are interested to hear about it?!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicP_ylFHCxy0q6O9CUj9xmoD-p3_vyeVesm2qlPa4X_8ahuxFfvMNiSU35BQKfLDMRBB_hKosYiP1reotGbwzEOZX5Te0kXaudd7IOFEfaQ1kth5_7vMDNr-9EyS9tSM83JeacgVcmKDg/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicP_ylFHCxy0q6O9CUj9xmoD-p3_vyeVesm2qlPa4X_8ahuxFfvMNiSU35BQKfLDMRBB_hKosYiP1reotGbwzEOZX5Te0kXaudd7IOFEfaQ1kth5_7vMDNr-9EyS9tSM83JeacgVcmKDg/s400/023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633098541852515810" border="0" /></a>Photo by Kelsey or Beth, who were so wonderfully patient while I did this demo!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu81Nvs3I2MMUjlkImUTp7vwXjUhy6vpSXMQdp90k8yk8upzIh1JYZ2zZNSZA3BR4UdXesidtxQ8zKZj-xQqkpgTGHeVg_t1FrZiNjW_8UoeaITUJXVJ7CpPE3WxfX-Y7IhJ_ZgyaIybk/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu81Nvs3I2MMUjlkImUTp7vwXjUhy6vpSXMQdp90k8yk8upzIh1JYZ2zZNSZA3BR4UdXesidtxQ8zKZj-xQqkpgTGHeVg_t1FrZiNjW_8UoeaITUJXVJ7CpPE3WxfX-Y7IhJ_ZgyaIybk/s400/015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633098547599531890" border="0" /></a>Carson, Beth, Kelsey<br /><br /><br />I've also been house hunting with my friend Kelly. Its going pretty slowly, but we're really trying to be patient while we find the right place, and the right third roommate.<br /><br />I've been bad about going to the studio, but have been working on a few things. I've been going to the print shop every Tuesday, and I should have some finished <a href="http://jenofart.blogspot.com/2011/07/prints.html">etchings </a>soon!<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><br />I'm going to post some photos about my recent journeys, and I'll see you again when I return from Portland. I may have to leave from time to time, but I always come back, eventually...jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-64434341815363169492011-06-10T10:23:00.003-04:002011-06-10T10:38:29.536-04:00Hot Hot Heat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSeg2Giso5n-4-ada0WVseNYL8flvH41HioRhpqL5DRuBn7IvEUQCQc8VzMV0O8Fkx4NrBrFdxushXZ75cZqcvsxEMgxK7vwWCaCE9RX6bh3gjQ8kNpdStbKpLQf7vvMwcD1sgsxYws0/s1600/048.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSeg2Giso5n-4-ada0WVseNYL8flvH41HioRhpqL5DRuBn7IvEUQCQc8VzMV0O8Fkx4NrBrFdxushXZ75cZqcvsxEMgxK7vwWCaCE9RX6bh3gjQ8kNpdStbKpLQf7vvMwcD1sgsxYws0/s400/048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616598148430589026" border="0" /></a>My roof garden is doing quite nicely! The chard and kale need to be harvested though, dinner tomorrow?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSxf1Dxo2plga63rHCgjZYCrwyZYCkliFkiMfK8P3kTKV3HiwGh5_SqVqizzrMcBWn_vJzRmeD59TfKzTDf4q5dvUjEMaCpDaPJmmRGH72BCWPTn7GYGcYXctVrFBknYpFD33j65DSEI/s1600/047.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSxf1Dxo2plga63rHCgjZYCrwyZYCkliFkiMfK8P3kTKV3HiwGh5_SqVqizzrMcBWn_vJzRmeD59TfKzTDf4q5dvUjEMaCpDaPJmmRGH72BCWPTn7GYGcYXctVrFBknYpFD33j65DSEI/s400/047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616598138170176098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDag3nQ-GHUmpwqna1TlK0tS1sbLR78QvmOEna6NUmR3PuTiB0FMi3kTSFt4p9DZFylJhwwDgefD44MlBF-k2fBzUX2liNXnJcVDo46_TPJh6vwoweHoVDwujduczp52exhnmY9h1syDM/s1600/046.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDag3nQ-GHUmpwqna1TlK0tS1sbLR78QvmOEna6NUmR3PuTiB0FMi3kTSFt4p9DZFylJhwwDgefD44MlBF-k2fBzUX2liNXnJcVDo46_TPJh6vwoweHoVDwujduczp52exhnmY9h1syDM/s400/046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616598131130300370" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eXNnk2v3lrOI5o7gdN4JhHtc-DeuVJ60OLPLS2sHeS83O7ujdb2HAyvGAzXbLyscwCvSJQ-Ccss3wq4UNj2ATJWc7zlZpsICAcADtYD500mbhB6mQB8shQlw79wTdt0uyNAi0XREQDQ/s1600/017.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1eXNnk2v3lrOI5o7gdN4JhHtc-DeuVJ60OLPLS2sHeS83O7ujdb2HAyvGAzXbLyscwCvSJQ-Ccss3wq4UNj2ATJWc7zlZpsICAcADtYD500mbhB6mQB8shQlw79wTdt0uyNAi0XREQDQ/s400/017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616597479122667762" border="0" /></a>Jackie came to hang out at the warehouse last week. So Happy!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTgw8Bk4l8WsZQGi9UF9NV0HIE4iy2yOQYBnpFTcF47kab-6m9M8Yco68tPUkJsxjlz3_xW-NPYNYjIW7FRUgHFP1VGsf9zKizuh4a2KkPKaH1wXF9Q00FaflEBwl0z5u3zyiuIezO0E/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTgw8Bk4l8WsZQGi9UF9NV0HIE4iy2yOQYBnpFTcF47kab-6m9M8Yco68tPUkJsxjlz3_xW-NPYNYjIW7FRUgHFP1VGsf9zKizuh4a2KkPKaH1wXF9Q00FaflEBwl0z5u3zyiuIezO0E/s400/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616597486870092754" border="0" /></a>First Friday last week Rosie and Mark played at The Garden Center, and it was lovely!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7HLo4yZVmVb8obQpF4X81WUXbdCCwZXA4a2elWeg7Bw65d8eqa08zgBHCoo4YpiKiZYFvGH-TrL-Vf-ssZYvU0ppocDn_LxBKc4QEqzkjP5AWasXfsUVQbWPLcwwXeRVHSE7rJ073UM/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7HLo4yZVmVb8obQpF4X81WUXbdCCwZXA4a2elWeg7Bw65d8eqa08zgBHCoo4YpiKiZYFvGH-TrL-Vf-ssZYvU0ppocDn_LxBKc4QEqzkjP5AWasXfsUVQbWPLcwwXeRVHSE7rJ073UM/s400/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616597502512085170" border="0" /></a>Elizabeth; Celia, Toby.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVESIIDgUhgB8G6oUFx-waJ5NVI8IQaOkuPJyADow06zPzZbKkSDGmxbMuzk1uLYY_cJyaVP_r-4egpQYx3P_4jscSu1jHEMWCkAL-IE3ob2M75WLeJa3liMAbZtD0o5V4kOTBdWQ8N4/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLVESIIDgUhgB8G6oUFx-waJ5NVI8IQaOkuPJyADow06zPzZbKkSDGmxbMuzk1uLYY_cJyaVP_r-4egpQYx3P_4jscSu1jHEMWCkAL-IE3ob2M75WLeJa3liMAbZtD0o5V4kOTBdWQ8N4/s400/005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616597496338982514" border="0" /></a>Then off to Little Berlin for Epic Pain, the High School Art Show.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8rYZYS07NKB6xonMAqLHqMtR2FIbMcjjHbmje7yjRKeAAaAj9nlFMFUzZWuO9Rjzi4NMFxk2b7ZvYcqcfICwZQvBBzXHFy51cJcFcJ_3lky0Z_Af7WylMg9IFKDueGbRJY682HRq0BU/s1600/016.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8rYZYS07NKB6xonMAqLHqMtR2FIbMcjjHbmje7yjRKeAAaAj9nlFMFUzZWuO9Rjzi4NMFxk2b7ZvYcqcfICwZQvBBzXHFy51cJcFcJ_3lky0Z_Af7WylMg9IFKDueGbRJY682HRq0BU/s400/016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616597874069032802" border="0" /></a>There were lots of great pieces, but John Sinclair's was the best. Not just because I was so looking forward to it either!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HY3qbV6u4lOyKda0_XxzdHdqF5qsOTu5h947nAjRD188twLprsvW7M_yfOD0-X55HXeSkJXpXkytjDP3uEuOxmuKavM91mqeSZlyIAsf5fEaWpHU-OmWGcWIrR3FMEo0Knt7mCaWRpo/s1600/012.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HY3qbV6u4lOyKda0_XxzdHdqF5qsOTu5h947nAjRD188twLprsvW7M_yfOD0-X55HXeSkJXpXkytjDP3uEuOxmuKavM91mqeSZlyIAsf5fEaWpHU-OmWGcWIrR3FMEo0Knt7mCaWRpo/s400/012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616597866035505842" border="0" /></a>He set up his bedroom from High School and invited girls to come hang out, where he seduced them by playing the guitar, making poptarts, and watching Say Anything.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio1FhGt-MbDW86jHntlUX-f63lUMABxDb9YE8VyfDZVd3pzuZlx56deCWsuM_hPAhMwqdjOc65iaRo4Dyulndw6uNE4NIoTN-LOQ_folVRWDIBNDIDvZdkoHSTEj3cjdXPtDXm4zcdAs/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio1FhGt-MbDW86jHntlUX-f63lUMABxDb9YE8VyfDZVd3pzuZlx56deCWsuM_hPAhMwqdjOc65iaRo4Dyulndw6uNE4NIoTN-LOQ_folVRWDIBNDIDvZdkoHSTEj3cjdXPtDXm4zcdAs/s400/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616597509884808466" border="0" /></a>The goal was to get girls to make out with him, but I was the only one to take him up on it! Well, me and Mark...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQW7Jev9IfV-lu4XR7PdsCdu6ulBT1Y5m4TpIQrwSH0tj2mOl251GpucuuOaU-EvuapGgpQAXFcziNjfu_5DIIS9HpzwANgbYPfe1R0H0glQQ8KH8MxZBoSkQnH_aTisRgAbCXwDafPMg/s1600/041.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQW7Jev9IfV-lu4XR7PdsCdu6ulBT1Y5m4TpIQrwSH0tj2mOl251GpucuuOaU-EvuapGgpQAXFcziNjfu_5DIIS9HpzwANgbYPfe1R0H0glQQ8KH8MxZBoSkQnH_aTisRgAbCXwDafPMg/s400/041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616597881425244258" border="0" /></a>Yesterday I took Zac's friend (my friend now too!) Shion around Philadelphia. After the ICA we went to see my friend Sandy Boyer's show. I was really quite impressed!<br /><br />Tonight I am going to see <a href="http://www.puppetuprising.org/">Puppet Uprising</a>'s 5 Act Shakespeare play: Antony&Cleopatra!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-2671353127207154062011-05-27T12:07:00.002-04:002011-05-27T12:11:45.897-04:00Finally, Summer.Lunch in the Medicinal Herb Garden at the Mutter Museum: Finally, Summer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qy0T97hDSiHc61EzgdcLBf2e8q3oJiSwgi7S6y-DErknwPQO7jz6OHGFyH4qLw6jVFetEvx7W81JHFNMa_vNn_h_L4gZvuWbbS11Y-v1Xmgkth3lDwhxfhfOSRlEzmvZvHuYbq1HThQ/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qy0T97hDSiHc61EzgdcLBf2e8q3oJiSwgi7S6y-DErknwPQO7jz6OHGFyH4qLw6jVFetEvx7W81JHFNMa_vNn_h_L4gZvuWbbS11Y-v1Xmgkth3lDwhxfhfOSRlEzmvZvHuYbq1HThQ/s400/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611428690007827954" border="0" /></a>Foxglove!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdon2iNkDK_Q6Do8yJzDOpMkXl4znq_r2GWwiZOPdI50XPbpE9GLOoa-u1SrNtS1ZvBZJkULzgaOLqeYCSOfuQ-obIlM8qyq2dAZSLTXd8o_IhoyL6zBYgnWsiLM4thlsFKPF9Bgv-pU4/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdon2iNkDK_Q6Do8yJzDOpMkXl4znq_r2GWwiZOPdI50XPbpE9GLOoa-u1SrNtS1ZvBZJkULzgaOLqeYCSOfuQ-obIlM8qyq2dAZSLTXd8o_IhoyL6zBYgnWsiLM4thlsFKPF9Bgv-pU4/s400/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611428682620420482" border="0" /></a>Poppies!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7i4gzkLjauE1hlsv41l7JwgM6JLtzTJMh_T5OCyFkUhxXH5eoiE9X2A-vYMhDknJ8D2AToxTA_fYlKQazP_Nrq0dqrc5UGaUJUfkIkumUEvH2sBHz3XGH9NH62C50xv6EcmAz66Qt4w/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7i4gzkLjauE1hlsv41l7JwgM6JLtzTJMh_T5OCyFkUhxXH5eoiE9X2A-vYMhDknJ8D2AToxTA_fYlKQazP_Nrq0dqrc5UGaUJUfkIkumUEvH2sBHz3XGH9NH62C50xv6EcmAz66Qt4w/s400/018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611428674873813554" border="0" /></a>Zac and Rudy<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLU3VJ-XfyS6qDbXWBnS8ybwb4j0z_KnP7poxVS-yI3bnFIIDtkvBeVI6TJ25pC52X2qG_xgf4RbT6B2A38cU3IypDrPP4aw25794ShpvMVkmavRS34UWtpoSTBmtTZ67ESanfwdmVL60/s1600/034.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLU3VJ-XfyS6qDbXWBnS8ybwb4j0z_KnP7poxVS-yI3bnFIIDtkvBeVI6TJ25pC52X2qG_xgf4RbT6B2A38cU3IypDrPP4aw25794ShpvMVkmavRS34UWtpoSTBmtTZ67ESanfwdmVL60/s400/034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611428667348229202" border="0" /></a>Rosie with Spencer and Mark in the background<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZu6m3CCgciEWXQo8ZwKU9MNyPlX-AgL01vA7INSlPTj_9xwwIgjisvusqLr_eR-GUO8b2rHQA3P1STE2R89PyOBPPbCwhldqBVP2kICoYZ7vlk-WaOy2AHw2su0OKOQqWv3cdqTSwGX8/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZu6m3CCgciEWXQo8ZwKU9MNyPlX-AgL01vA7INSlPTj_9xwwIgjisvusqLr_eR-GUO8b2rHQA3P1STE2R89PyOBPPbCwhldqBVP2kICoYZ7vlk-WaOy2AHw2su0OKOQqWv3cdqTSwGX8/s400/037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611428659499602258" border="0" /></a>Zac, Mark, Spencer on the roof, waiting for the grill to heat up for Burger Night!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-57105979262910654002011-05-23T20:40:00.003-04:002011-05-24T11:41:54.419-04:00Best ArtSo I ended up helping paint a lot of the Mutant for the OMG!GMO! group for the Kinetic Sculpture Derby at the Trenton Ave Arts Fest last week.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jqKvJc4UyXVtG6d_g3urGyxxuQLkxXtM0N9N6ouYYmCl-KqOdwmMdHMEBguOemnnS955KUMnNNoB8vOpgGWsMPLlSBksPkNXJ3rpHYpzREfV72Wj6ot2uwY8KRRsmf_8jC1mVwhn45o/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jqKvJc4UyXVtG6d_g3urGyxxuQLkxXtM0N9N6ouYYmCl-KqOdwmMdHMEBguOemnnS955KUMnNNoB8vOpgGWsMPLlSBksPkNXJ3rpHYpzREfV72Wj6ot2uwY8KRRsmf_8jC1mVwhn45o/s400/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610077191876354018" border="0" /></a>And its a good thing too, because we won BEST ART!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNkEv_S8EA4O8hhb8sgv383sVNVMxsg5ekwD3IwdNr-uMIWYxSd5AjJ6yN8s-5yQhrlTNYbKUCvBQVkQBtAT3BHxGm8otOeM7KDR2bS51WxM44nUKR7CYvVf_wVqaYaV8d2sRmtWTBcI/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYNkEv_S8EA4O8hhb8sgv383sVNVMxsg5ekwD3IwdNr-uMIWYxSd5AjJ6yN8s-5yQhrlTNYbKUCvBQVkQBtAT3BHxGm8otOeM7KDR2bS51WxM44nUKR7CYvVf_wVqaYaV8d2sRmtWTBcI/s400/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610077183918601522" border="0" /></a>See how thrilled John and Rebekah are!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UwdYIvk4NnfuqdFTXL3ev-Rh9hO4zsUPzhB9qgGZmTN-SnbmqYi9N0HGtjQIzZ_NCm4t65k5vKZrx2kLo965yIl1Brmgaswud9BgbcO1XXPTqTv5mnCbMWX8LrQ2ZIwqJzx5nK6qdFQ/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UwdYIvk4NnfuqdFTXL3ev-Rh9hO4zsUPzhB9qgGZmTN-SnbmqYi9N0HGtjQIzZ_NCm4t65k5vKZrx2kLo965yIl1Brmgaswud9BgbcO1XXPTqTv5mnCbMWX8LrQ2ZIwqJzx5nK6qdFQ/s400/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610077043995526706" border="0" /></a>It looks so great!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WJUZredw3X2VyMYfNP_qPH_4imF6ebfD5qMA_SnMOg0_LenBX9XuxyeWOEZMsZj37HuB2TQFILdMFmqJMaBU7HvzbUr8_Bbx9Qnx6G2IaxY32OC_o3UdZ-2prsTCkPEhFK37HrtRQbY/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WJUZredw3X2VyMYfNP_qPH_4imF6ebfD5qMA_SnMOg0_LenBX9XuxyeWOEZMsZj37HuB2TQFILdMFmqJMaBU7HvzbUr8_Bbx9Qnx6G2IaxY32OC_o3UdZ-2prsTCkPEhFK37HrtRQbY/s400/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610077042710979010" border="0" /></a>With the one and only Mat Shiley powering his machine.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggoqIleebvzazCQ9uHPCzc8K-3ejHmtXuFcGql7AuNdiOwDWXu-bb1yJajbu2WkfE6E_q6JtwanGf5miFOZIkFl7Jzw7RQA7rlyW5DADIW1hPHzRvU9fyGPAdpWvjOUO4C1mXrzvrPnRY/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggoqIleebvzazCQ9uHPCzc8K-3ejHmtXuFcGql7AuNdiOwDWXu-bb1yJajbu2WkfE6E_q6JtwanGf5miFOZIkFl7Jzw7RQA7rlyW5DADIW1hPHzRvU9fyGPAdpWvjOUO4C1mXrzvrPnRY/s400/030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610077043445114882" border="0" /></a>John, the scariest carrot-shark I've ever seen.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FkmAtgfHezmE1D-0iFzvNMNgt6T0ohYObyFcYaczijg3gYHeFh9nAFUYT5Xwr1eCEJleRO3PRxe6cMqteLmQcwQS0gqynuEJ0QGUcVzPlhrfkja2HnE1lLauph3UP_nt4mqKBboe96Q/s1600/031.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FkmAtgfHezmE1D-0iFzvNMNgt6T0ohYObyFcYaczijg3gYHeFh9nAFUYT5Xwr1eCEJleRO3PRxe6cMqteLmQcwQS0gqynuEJ0QGUcVzPlhrfkja2HnE1lLauph3UP_nt4mqKBboe96Q/s400/031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610077035730191810" border="0" /></a>Teenage Mutant Ninja... SuperWeed?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioW7E4NpWmhkhSjsGE93pNBWNHFdMobAwtpg4b45idSamTrosD-zlXvE54X-iIFjxHKd43LVzGYnNTGBwBbKkX3jKdWNwRTy6Twicv4qqTlPeSCDTkCNIOfNANetqTx1Tp85TB19tjUrk/s1600/032.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioW7E4NpWmhkhSjsGE93pNBWNHFdMobAwtpg4b45idSamTrosD-zlXvE54X-iIFjxHKd43LVzGYnNTGBwBbKkX3jKdWNwRTy6Twicv4qqTlPeSCDTkCNIOfNANetqTx1Tp85TB19tjUrk/s400/032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610077031568719506" border="0" /></a>Mat, so pensive with his bikes!<br /><br />Well, it was a lovely lovely day, despite the sunburn that I obtained... but luckily I made a purchase of some coconut oil recently: it works wonders! The sunburn is almost gone, with no peeling to date!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-38827117856756195672011-05-21T10:26:00.009-04:002011-05-21T11:10:17.011-04:00BaltimoreLast weekend I went to visit Baltimore for Mike Hanes' Birthday! Also, for the commencement show. And of course, because I haven't been in a while, and do miss it from time to time.<br /><br />I had a really lovely time, spent time with a lot of dear friends, and ran into a bunch of acquaintances and that was real swell too. Of course I neglected to take photos of things like that until the end, but I managed to get a nice shot of Beth and Carson, which she'll kill me for posting here:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0-HrX61Wh2EYGiCNLr3aAqLmn_NqrROStyXtUJQvtTc6lR7Kn8qklr-iSY86fqZYQGte3NCj6NRS6KPavonojolFOlDQPmUwe-eJ9LDlORKeHz8Nvy-dHZJ81whRou34scJJuiPrNXA/s1600/145.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0-HrX61Wh2EYGiCNLr3aAqLmn_NqrROStyXtUJQvtTc6lR7Kn8qklr-iSY86fqZYQGte3NCj6NRS6KPavonojolFOlDQPmUwe-eJ9LDlORKeHz8Nvy-dHZJ81whRou34scJJuiPrNXA/s400/145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609179379482166610" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg7VOaqp1ADY3_ONvIeM_I46tPiE5_Xm1xKu4LavL-WXIhho5YyCSTzpuyacRlUpssj2ctqLljDsOOUurAqtEdY4PP-C3Pja11GrveDdsKHY0qoJ7fmDACOMHqAOOIv84ktaK1orEkmU/s1600/148.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg7VOaqp1ADY3_ONvIeM_I46tPiE5_Xm1xKu4LavL-WXIhho5YyCSTzpuyacRlUpssj2ctqLljDsOOUurAqtEdY4PP-C3Pja11GrveDdsKHY0qoJ7fmDACOMHqAOOIv84ktaK1orEkmU/s400/148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609179374481543730" border="0" /></a><br />Saw a lot of awesome work at the commencement show, here is some of it:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInvans4RxKrKDgzognxk_y5VwUmarGGFck0dWw_Cy9Ctvflv_3VkHutYxgeXavzjbJzqAPo8UMffuF95IVZoSZ9mclkUdBAejCaI_LnL6n0_fU-cJ5HubBqUWI_8L4OKZlY9O_3tGKyY/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInvans4RxKrKDgzognxk_y5VwUmarGGFck0dWw_Cy9Ctvflv_3VkHutYxgeXavzjbJzqAPo8UMffuF95IVZoSZ9mclkUdBAejCaI_LnL6n0_fU-cJ5HubBqUWI_8L4OKZlY9O_3tGKyY/s400/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609183142950253538" border="0" /></a>(this being relevant because I had wanted to go to the Rooms Play, but it was a few weeks before I went to Baltimore. Also relevant because the folks in this photo are Zac, Leslie, and John!)<br /><br />Addison Ryan Wahler:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQy14U0trX10Fb6xRLuGKIEmiJOGlQnKoCeHKw4k-vdBFBlh3Rf_mcznGec-fmshyphenhyphenC3zH_B6hDSMKaLfIy02ctH-WpI14PJUj5ZjxoPPKcPfvULfq5gBrNtVaDoIT_4HDawuE7Vm0f7g/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQy14U0trX10Fb6xRLuGKIEmiJOGlQnKoCeHKw4k-vdBFBlh3Rf_mcznGec-fmshyphenhyphenC3zH_B6hDSMKaLfIy02ctH-WpI14PJUj5ZjxoPPKcPfvULfq5gBrNtVaDoIT_4HDawuE7Vm0f7g/s400/027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609183040827651074" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySr7nSd2xDhxbkgfGh05hMwzEZ8p7-Poad2kb3r_dwY_VBhXUVyyIxg5LpMnPBnTx1j2_Hdrho4cTpN2qOcOrLjnCl9bcDJ6tLwvzGT7uPjVLP8w7fBNbywxSW3opCnb2s_E2-QLAYwY/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySr7nSd2xDhxbkgfGh05hMwzEZ8p7-Poad2kb3r_dwY_VBhXUVyyIxg5LpMnPBnTx1j2_Hdrho4cTpN2qOcOrLjnCl9bcDJ6tLwvzGT7uPjVLP8w7fBNbywxSW3opCnb2s_E2-QLAYwY/s400/029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609183054515662002" border="0" /></a><br />Kate Brooks:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGASJJont9AMfxfG4FrOI_63_x6xNgcXP2rqP1lxkNvW3SvLi3nv3B8ela6KGh5NvSjYq_YJ38ifhHD3ClByIt9cpl0flLitJivxSSfgnWgtyLqfuDAtUzocZsFzqN3ZshVUX_bNG2gU/s1600/038.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGASJJont9AMfxfG4FrOI_63_x6xNgcXP2rqP1lxkNvW3SvLi3nv3B8ela6KGh5NvSjYq_YJ38ifhHD3ClByIt9cpl0flLitJivxSSfgnWgtyLqfuDAtUzocZsFzqN3ZshVUX_bNG2gU/s400/038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609183034131507522" border="0" /></a><br />Kari Opert:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuwx9jW781pGTt1ThSt_RzNUjjN0klVrpndrHfQpW5geRs-7bw1gEbkHOultXT4rf9F_8jrIgtQJjq3xEcXWP4w_yTp-Ev2_S35S5uCiJ9LPvImZnZD3J81gzXGJMKQf5yzFWczHtHEI/s1600/046.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3Oba1dddLaNtmtb7hMQscZm9OToclYbbSZ_1TRwL1zNn4l1uu5QZ-f9zTr59eEPyX1CYJ6-IS7LULBin-KNwVrHJMn73Y71acUy6imOiQtrApz-FNHlCBdHPXFxFU70M4jV5iP5Hrzg/s400/074.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609181200797332242" border="0" /></a><br />Ainsley Buckner:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQoj61J7myoZj5Bmfd7EJMBTDFNtyMdhuH2LTNmnqHlqKx1JaLEfnQJscqiZdrffk4Z0ex2Xw2WCdb7stVDpT-QTYS5-OWLucC3UPOZTTtodofq_tiFkeCkTcAQH0CKKxj1uBIYo6qXM/s1600/086.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQoj61J7myoZj5Bmfd7EJMBTDFNtyMdhuH2LTNmnqHlqKx1JaLEfnQJscqiZdrffk4Z0ex2Xw2WCdb7stVDpT-QTYS5-OWLucC3UPOZTTtodofq_tiFkeCkTcAQH0CKKxj1uBIYo6qXM/s400/086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609181186425000002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABdEKRkCXQsoQjXJJP9IOvlyWSBGmjTkahKo_ZkuDQ4Byq6Oi5F_2WAhdleSCBlIUF3pXnlNKlpwWim1LzKOiI6qZ4DF0iFSuYjfb3dim4lWpxCRizKFhI3Pwh_IvIQRhfjec4Dp59OU/s1600/089.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABdEKRkCXQsoQjXJJP9IOvlyWSBGmjTkahKo_ZkuDQ4Byq6Oi5F_2WAhdleSCBlIUF3pXnlNKlpwWim1LzKOiI6qZ4DF0iFSuYjfb3dim4lWpxCRizKFhI3Pwh_IvIQRhfjec4Dp59OU/s400/089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609181181688779426" border="0" /></a><br />Eileen Vernetti:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7x76ZZnD9PpE0_AnSZ1T4BqipwIzbOWjR43B1V4luB1kPjlnlyPllGghGY_TTBt_A2nO-hyobltxu33uWcrffrn7ymViv0VXGeyvEgKt240FBT3XLf7vUEkewg4q3Bq48dXDs4RITa2I/s1600/077.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7x76ZZnD9PpE0_AnSZ1T4BqipwIzbOWjR43B1V4luB1kPjlnlyPllGghGY_TTBt_A2nO-hyobltxu33uWcrffrn7ymViv0VXGeyvEgKt240FBT3XLf7vUEkewg4q3Bq48dXDs4RITa2I/s400/077.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609181167690791554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Y3NJuMsWCONheTafrsWAzmrrb-KSbhyUcFxYMBvbauzzgd3BAk_SV8wjNnprKOp-sXGqxoNxu6dnjh4Qx9EP5IO1xaGQeQHOer0O7ob6fQG6N54scA8F7MWlOjNEjiLnb87wq_3bpiw/s1600/094.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2q5B4tOKSaPPViPAVvTjbVbwT4sI_zwIPE3AbUd4JP-0wPB_G5EocjHauMp4THHwbEjRaDl1myzSZgmYdVz7vPg8oZ-17C6bogRkV86yHmWrlfzkfF6SLpgebi6aq4cdae6URw2g1FQ/s400/132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609179387223918962" border="0" /></a><br />I actually did a lot of things around the city that I had never done as a busy busy Mica student. Enlightening, to say the least.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZTeEo3P-X3oNZTwKT7cRGHJeMR-Wloi1nLOFrzXAXp5Y8S9F2qkFgszPw4hI-_2_OaiAMvnQv9JX-DwVpuCNpviqf4U6iuzPAmGxYuDvo14pHBB8nPturLnVUsZ8yDf7jI5YFRhVxDg/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZTeEo3P-X3oNZTwKT7cRGHJeMR-Wloi1nLOFrzXAXp5Y8S9F2qkFgszPw4hI-_2_OaiAMvnQv9JX-DwVpuCNpviqf4U6iuzPAmGxYuDvo14pHBB8nPturLnVUsZ8yDf7jI5YFRhVxDg/s400/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609183062097759474" border="0" /></a>Also, I brought the gloves that Dave of <a href="http://pimpgloves.com/">Party in My Pocket </a>made for me. Francis just loved them, as did a lot of other folks!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCnfnfs_pOvc1ernpk2JQ_D4R-k8FkvMFIwKZxXW7qygf94V1vZVKzr93_lwdrsCb7_0uRxDB-hIkNsS04zxZl_6welHNC2wjYuyZFp8tj3js1ipzX_UvFUpOR3BOkOgr2ci4x0o_bI4/s1600/161.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCnfnfs_pOvc1ernpk2JQ_D4R-k8FkvMFIwKZxXW7qygf94V1vZVKzr93_lwdrsCb7_0uRxDB-hIkNsS04zxZl_6welHNC2wjYuyZFp8tj3js1ipzX_UvFUpOR3BOkOgr2ci4x0o_bI4/s400/161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609179368065818994" border="0" /></a>And that was my trip! Today is the Kinetic Sculpture Derby at the Trenton Ave Arts Fest, marking my two year anniversary living in this apartment, remember the <a href="http://jenbrownlife.blogspot.com/2009/05/move-in-day.html">day I moved in</a>?<br /><br />I think its time to move though. I'll probably stay in Fishtown, ...but maybe Brooklyn, or New Orleans! Stay tuned!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-67776687516540894242011-05-12T00:06:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:22:57.523-04:00Catching Up, Reaching Back<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigN_ySeEVSLhfN6AgDQlED-6O76Cb_AO-geU6ZX1b3-KE0H_XCLcCXhLCEsXqyYzeUGJABbhJwA6FwdIP_SK8JcNqYyQ3bazzbh2iPaBy6rW3kdqNUYOIhgWHP0iRHveXpRfGDGCIizf4/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigN_ySeEVSLhfN6AgDQlED-6O76Cb_AO-geU6ZX1b3-KE0H_XCLcCXhLCEsXqyYzeUGJABbhJwA6FwdIP_SK8JcNqYyQ3bazzbh2iPaBy6rW3kdqNUYOIhgWHP0iRHveXpRfGDGCIizf4/s400/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605679745073564434" border="0" /></a>Springtime at the Mutter Museum Medicinal Herb Garden (where I take my lunch any day its warm and dry enough!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5rKDn12cRkmGCv-6QU2KSqwV8OVXkBuCsRi7PnUD4HGpKDt1b8DYYe_lpj9ZRbwbpmdLmoXsLuJBmwx_GklKGHRuj_SgWb53I52BfzyXhyphenhyphennoOgq6Aj9BLLHPq7Fg1KETwiIIlwGvIcY/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-k1SZryT0i0jRGK6EK2R36smWtd_tFh-G17-wu0GhTEWck0CbngWKuxDCI_pW2fMbCUOMPxMN1JTRAK7YDNbJwptujBHN-ty9iHVDAnbI61zT-KUnRawvbhhSm3LrV8He0sgWtPIpz_A/s400/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605679584074375746" border="0" /></a>April Showers were good for something at least...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqTVogtr0CCtwqPPE3v8aLkehEX22FK1CONCx8f0CzTtmZPUGCQR2w9So3Fyu3chFP8IckYHkTYKKcootohlwY95nC5TIDKE1OdjuwFobtKbU5k2sGpnvvPaOkdKQVO0wR7bDeCl250o/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqTVogtr0CCtwqPPE3v8aLkehEX22FK1CONCx8f0CzTtmZPUGCQR2w9So3Fyu3chFP8IckYHkTYKKcootohlwY95nC5TIDKE1OdjuwFobtKbU5k2sGpnvvPaOkdKQVO0wR7bDeCl250o/s400/015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605679569017725458" border="0" /></a>Eli<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcrEn-y8efaVrY8xOAHUfLrTNgIfjGyIPraDxz5hPNsSc_e4xJnQ2Bn3TkiacYP2XDz8L8p70bp7zoHXC_NbHwVCeKywC34q38CSLfJ4cc80UVRrXT_VqyBhwKqw7mJCTxsO0n9jspb0/s1600/024.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcrEn-y8efaVrY8xOAHUfLrTNgIfjGyIPraDxz5hPNsSc_e4xJnQ2Bn3TkiacYP2XDz8L8p70bp7zoHXC_NbHwVCeKywC34q38CSLfJ4cc80UVRrXT_VqyBhwKqw7mJCTxsO0n9jspb0/s400/024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605679567567105154" border="0" /></a>Morning walk to work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSF4XvQL_XoF1fWYTyEOmyRBwhGJvudet2hKfwgX8l3t3rf8_24YFURQFZhYbtFWjd5Je6XMeFlY4kykulznwtnzvBh6fCUQ2DDYcWlr0MMoU9Qa-QRuMveGgJSZOdr0YOt9WNHvt7nQ/s1600/046.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSF4XvQL_XoF1fWYTyEOmyRBwhGJvudet2hKfwgX8l3t3rf8_24YFURQFZhYbtFWjd5Je6XMeFlY4kykulznwtnzvBh6fCUQ2DDYcWlr0MMoU9Qa-QRuMveGgJSZOdr0YOt9WNHvt7nQ/s400/046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605679307793896994" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbzJ13Lgr42xAVvWCpd-Ur2a8vCcdqueDjSOvYCRZ5Bk4vgES5e422I4UgXkWLlRtIb5F0fenvf8B4pCFWJ7FGnFD-kbYJRHpQIx-pdvTqFVhJStjiCck8rd3087kc2-bpZazI30jypI/s1600/trentonavecondos.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbzJ13Lgr42xAVvWCpd-Ur2a8vCcdqueDjSOvYCRZ5Bk4vgES5e422I4UgXkWLlRtIb5F0fenvf8B4pCFWJ7FGnFD-kbYJRHpQIx-pdvTqFVhJStjiCck8rd3087kc2-bpZazI30jypI/s400/trentonavecondos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605675998546818210" border="0" /></a>The Trenton Ave Abomination<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhfmUuckVvYY8AatMCwm6MsD_u7Hl967DZWBADIpwNP-OLI1x83Fw1Lyu06CSb5c9A1JrrX3NlzBQgAme9JuNOu7PKoXMi35PNcsplAQmDvkQnanaTNAtYBIzmAU51vlbD3eEe3TPS90/s1600/048.JPG"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4ThNcs_rQmUJcRg9qPR3sqA7gaqpRCYflxYvl30U1_SUau5RPxiEjHlwHJKMEzZqGLxO7lzIfq0QHTrJODV_aJSu99cS8b6_sJSMQMlZz5oebRcYAQM3IMPgsQrQuPEN_6k_ubnfYL4/s1600/051.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4ThNcs_rQmUJcRg9qPR3sqA7gaqpRCYflxYvl30U1_SUau5RPxiEjHlwHJKMEzZqGLxO7lzIfq0QHTrJODV_aJSu99cS8b6_sJSMQMlZz5oebRcYAQM3IMPgsQrQuPEN_6k_ubnfYL4/s400/051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605679057392104498" border="0" /></a>Roof Garden: chard, kale, lettuce, arugula<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPSLnh2r_HcXuJKm-R0uXzvvKHGeUcGdg4w3Xl6KFEyZX8LGLGjhKgEBnveSq6Nj3CaqwlGlgqTTW25CAmPW4CbFQEuljzmNjWpt7uFKJxGdSlWNloml6pD2MW0wmrqNu8Oi4Fehcapo/s1600/058.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPSLnh2r_HcXuJKm-R0uXzvvKHGeUcGdg4w3Xl6KFEyZX8LGLGjhKgEBnveSq6Nj3CaqwlGlgqTTW25CAmPW4CbFQEuljzmNjWpt7uFKJxGdSlWNloml6pD2MW0wmrqNu8Oi4Fehcapo/s400/058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605679048514550786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnjSIu63ViIM7mAm0eGBuCoOLZgY_xPcsm5z4alE80MFi5huCp3Aa9PO1WqLpA2O6lF1kqOzXKXnyZPf-8e6KT-dlNusvOJOMD4qdh-TnTgem28MRhKW3u12TazBcxE2RfJhWv19pDv8/s1600/069.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnjSIu63ViIM7mAm0eGBuCoOLZgY_xPcsm5z4alE80MFi5huCp3Aa9PO1WqLpA2O6lF1kqOzXKXnyZPf-8e6KT-dlNusvOJOMD4qdh-TnTgem28MRhKW3u12TazBcxE2RfJhWv19pDv8/s400/069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605678508922699266" border="0" /></a>Pretty red flowers, since then have been eaten by the Dreaded Black Aphid!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSETUbFq7tGDNk_EAvTN3HZOfNncjGJqPu-x_nGIiXftRCHRn-kpufaiKEgkvDu5tKjm80nHmWxYvmThNnuhQoVxKYQ-L7zMRFo4pw91daLeOh_k57fV-kfu_F9Fbi28P4_EMMJKOwjQ/s1600/070.JPG"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjT3PZJw6o7LW1ZwCJIBgLx70TEJ-oB4NhUMdeJKOjo0-h-2HgDe6SrHSmVnb6Og_JS-MDSqNXG8K62-vECEUSsAhlteUT4FxWb4e5pCNDy97lgpqAzXceQgDlCOh38gbwY6thx-j-Rc/s1600/073.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjT3PZJw6o7LW1ZwCJIBgLx70TEJ-oB4NhUMdeJKOjo0-h-2HgDe6SrHSmVnb6Og_JS-MDSqNXG8K62-vECEUSsAhlteUT4FxWb4e5pCNDy97lgpqAzXceQgDlCOh38gbwY6thx-j-Rc/s400/073.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605678498440038018" border="0" /></a>Helped Erika plant some things; this lovely young man is Mr. Fox!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMyXUkz7XrcJTIqvi4c-bJf9Ae4HyEOVVhdN5cjgVijsVUyskUYvDWOtGXDCRVhLtL71_PDnWFg3iUprVE5_Qa2aqqwI9vLUe7vGrYy6O8CIjr5JaKoBDQdO1M5NRc4yFyHMkUqffVj8/s1600/074.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMyXUkz7XrcJTIqvi4c-bJf9Ae4HyEOVVhdN5cjgVijsVUyskUYvDWOtGXDCRVhLtL71_PDnWFg3iUprVE5_Qa2aqqwI9vLUe7vGrYy6O8CIjr5JaKoBDQdO1M5NRc4yFyHMkUqffVj8/s400/074.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605678492819286626" border="0" /></a>The Garden behind Erika&Jeremy's garden.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSrULkAYAVvLQVck2j-WDf2YtXQSMowbZ5k4m5SX7OLoL7dk7oyANfk2vyX62OYkYKFdSabpJScyviKcVtU7EuScqlWUQFn2CLE7OGEgAAjI7EJ24Dyu0M6q0ft4CE1Tqve_-ysFs8ys/s1600/081.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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Monty!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwaEHZY1_oGd5T03AUEFvctvS1PRIz8L42hkpMs1Kxq4BvonaJhv1yNZH4DGLXhDkJNIFBZWJXC0D56Hm9eUWrZ06G5mMUXTeu8hkSH810QDRSR7ubSH1P37OYQAC4T4rhxXKjx-zaBw/s1600/088.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwaEHZY1_oGd5T03AUEFvctvS1PRIz8L42hkpMs1Kxq4BvonaJhv1yNZH4DGLXhDkJNIFBZWJXC0D56Hm9eUWrZ06G5mMUXTeu8hkSH810QDRSR7ubSH1P37OYQAC4T4rhxXKjx-zaBw/s400/088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605677932795693490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLA9NKA144aEq0Egxxd24vwKIGQqCj74OiVf8ejhtj6WDiuiXJxsQlZaxxqtdjFOAsE1PuB2jDH9BgTlGj-cMHd9vasI_Jji_nkXWny-kzb2sar8amiCUGeDjNaBzBoPbOfDlPUZmtsA/s1600/093.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg157Nwch6ix62oHlJA7N1GS36gqYIsWmCz2yim8IVJ-7oxXAqsgDdQZSCvpaMuzf37T2wHTrt02wqJNheq0BecaorMgJXlqi2jPYjVGbdgyPjB6TkMV7VCjUxaAV731-Cn_AX7wXt6Wgk/s400/DSCF0139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605677329053102354" border="0" /></a><br />Tartes that I made to thank my French Professor!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxQ2nFISCo5s1Ky4QUzf_-tP2WVf9gND0GCS8weYZC_OBO2-yqClfbP3DPYG4XFFLsAgtF22rGuM8gmZYaLp-LF3RxxOhgGXd90jcgXvRw1qzcd7Oq3h5iIUAk11QNm1ePvWnM_A9GfU/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxQ2nFISCo5s1Ky4QUzf_-tP2WVf9gND0GCS8weYZC_OBO2-yqClfbP3DPYG4XFFLsAgtF22rGuM8gmZYaLp-LF3RxxOhgGXd90jcgXvRw1qzcd7Oq3h5iIUAk11QNm1ePvWnM_A9GfU/s400/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605675987317522386" border="0" /></a>Amelia came to visit to see <a href="http://www.nofaceperformance.org/">DIME by NoFace</a> (which was of course excellent!) We did lots of things the following day, including the Rocket Cat with the lovely John Sinclair.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KKEvZeE0egnxEgbO_cWo80nFm7VOW2wiI6UR4TNShARSFi-Eg_yiYWJQ1yAqLdtDl3bV5lZgfCUa42YvX9ruEMzdZfUzlaWsEH2FkBa_7ZZR5ySJuOu948jO33_ySJOkSu9eSjedfKc/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2KKEvZeE0egnxEgbO_cWo80nFm7VOW2wiI6UR4TNShARSFi-Eg_yiYWJQ1yAqLdtDl3bV5lZgfCUa42YvX9ruEMzdZfUzlaWsEH2FkBa_7ZZR5ySJuOu948jO33_ySJOkSu9eSjedfKc/s400/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605675991341276498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Of course I've probably done a great deal more in the last two months than what is represented here in words and pictures, but this will have to do for now. Heading to D.C. in a minute and Baltimore later tonight.<br /><br />I hereby resolve to make a better attempt at upkeeping the NanaBlog!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-7654612992857422992011-05-01T23:31:00.009-04:002011-05-01T23:55:22.750-04:00"The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURtBTp5ap3yQy3vB1ASxafBe_ZZelZXsUTVGvrjcs5_yhsCBvgJzMvtdvp86PUKlkwNrnVwC40UguRgoiDVxNu0-F_wq-JJUWuNLPlKR_WaZZQlhO-CukBNqOyggFUGAHFYgtKsSZlYo/s1600/fishtown+explore+013.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURtBTp5ap3yQy3vB1ASxafBe_ZZelZXsUTVGvrjcs5_yhsCBvgJzMvtdvp86PUKlkwNrnVwC40UguRgoiDVxNu0-F_wq-JJUWuNLPlKR_WaZZQlhO-CukBNqOyggFUGAHFYgtKsSZlYo/s400/fishtown+explore+013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601958664268649122" border="0" /></a><br />Once upon a time I fell in love with the most beautiful soul I may ever know. We had each other for two wonderful years, and then his body admitted that he was in fact very sick, and within two weeks he was gone.<br /><br />March certainly did go in like a lion, and took my little lion away, and left me with nothing but some wool in my hands.<br /><br />I have been blessed by so many wonderful things these past few months, and also so horribly, horribly cursed. I gave in to the bad things, because what can be worse than losing the one thing you live for? But luckily, (the wonderful, wonderful) Jeremy fixed my computer, and I'll find someone soon to repair my beautiful camera that I neglected for too long. I have Saturdays off again, I've been in the studio a lot, some other things are rather grand, and spring time is beautiful and blossoming in my eyes and my heart as well. Of course, many days are still incredibly difficult, as have been the past few, extremely so.<br /><br />I'd like to come back to posting, and I do have some photos to share. I feel it only appropriate to post a few of Hans at this time, and return with a heart turned toward the sky at a later date, sooner than later I hope.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gZBu6I7MWlpTmQbxsXjIT3EeBIyGdl0qy4Ac2UsHv2-HkffO5iiDxN1KNb1e3MZt33shsM9nh_TBPU-YqWIuzECa8CSGuE6_gtvgUj9tc3unddEt914-5fdMh5f2rEK8YW46up_aeUA/s1600/006+%25284%2529.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gZBu6I7MWlpTmQbxsXjIT3EeBIyGdl0qy4Ac2UsHv2-HkffO5iiDxN1KNb1e3MZt33shsM9nh_TBPU-YqWIuzECa8CSGuE6_gtvgUj9tc3unddEt914-5fdMh5f2rEK8YW46up_aeUA/s400/006+%25284%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601958681732947746" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYAdpb4oeWyU8vkb-ci2gfryuUQH3Fi-C7vx46nsNvuHRSKwQ-l3L7wbz42zd9lmb5sfwVGtE8lklvJDPOggkMlKggfuMIVLIdioTfKgdgy2Xi9XO2HRA_BvRru8lcI0FL5KmOjFDEQI/s1600/017+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYAdpb4oeWyU8vkb-ci2gfryuUQH3Fi-C7vx46nsNvuHRSKwQ-l3L7wbz42zd9lmb5sfwVGtE8lklvJDPOggkMlKggfuMIVLIdioTfKgdgy2Xi9XO2HRA_BvRru8lcI0FL5KmOjFDEQI/s400/017+%25283%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601958677652478098" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4uBBARrhjtTjQ2oymr0g7AvnFAAWrNfdEKb8gZFz7R7ttFbI-xQ6tsFlSsj1q6zAxkjMeHCC0jEQkBmycbVLAcRD5vevN-3ZJgtCac0D8LhzEYBUNiQADfPqXedticjWDJdcYan_NpQ/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4uBBARrhjtTjQ2oymr0g7AvnFAAWrNfdEKb8gZFz7R7ttFbI-xQ6tsFlSsj1q6zAxkjMeHCC0jEQkBmycbVLAcRD5vevN-3ZJgtCac0D8LhzEYBUNiQADfPqXedticjWDJdcYan_NpQ/s400/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601959077859392818" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVcX4S1yVdMm23ldq5Ipkk6TS-qp0XSPVhIqfF9zPW-mkYjRXOdEn-rZH2OttezuT9oE6yVwYwettmMm6Rezoee_7BEyi1lIC_p5QxxkPIEeLPdTNxxOpFANa8TtL7zzxA_3GBnPla8Y/s1600/028+%25285%2529.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVcX4S1yVdMm23ldq5Ipkk6TS-qp0XSPVhIqfF9zPW-mkYjRXOdEn-rZH2OttezuT9oE6yVwYwettmMm6Rezoee_7BEyi1lIC_p5QxxkPIEeLPdTNxxOpFANa8TtL7zzxA_3GBnPla8Y/s400/028+%25285%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601958670772803058" border="0" /></a>jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-85109127526000358532011-02-25T16:45:00.003-05:002011-02-25T17:18:55.413-05:00A Very Long WinterThese cold winter months have been filled with much more social activity, and much less art than I had original planned for. I am really only able to see how busy I am by how long I have had a netflix dvd for, and have been unable to watch it. (I had Fantastic Planet for over three weeks! But it was a really good film!)<br /><br />Last Friday the weather was so nice that Eli and Dave and I went to Penn Treaty Park to have a picnic. I brought the blanket, we had bread and cheese and grapes, Eli made a seitan scramble, Dave brought hummus and etc. What a lovely Spring day. Of course it was just a tease: we knew it would get cold again, and in fact it snowed a few days ago. But soon it will be warm for real, and everything will be glorious.<br /><br />My French class has been going really well: I just took my second quiz last night and I think I'm seriously caught up. As in, I might even get a really good grade on it. Still a few grammatical things I'm confused about, but I'm getting there!<br /><br />Last week Kate came to visit from Chicago for a few days. Here is the one photo I took of her, and bonus! Andrew too!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HnPFtxN2FaWfXietiBrNZoWbdsWjO-6KUwPDYFjewA240yjbmE8SDT62XM8Ha3SfOjjt4ActpG9J0ZkFiwJ1SsjkuGfHkknp07rnhaP0wvquaK9CMpqlIMsL49-tIc0E6wY-xuZJGHs/s1600/049.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HnPFtxN2FaWfXietiBrNZoWbdsWjO-6KUwPDYFjewA240yjbmE8SDT62XM8Ha3SfOjjt4ActpG9J0ZkFiwJ1SsjkuGfHkknp07rnhaP0wvquaK9CMpqlIMsL49-tIc0E6wY-xuZJGHs/s400/049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577749882202225266" border="0" /></a>We love when Kate comes to visit, and she'll even be back in a few weeks for a grad school interview in Delaware!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvb6ez-TfL6MzgP2Ild76FQZEKomB2nP5KWfjHkaTBqwclZxCjcjESTBzi81XjkOFWybMio3JsXtgXMsSSmvusVziu6HKm3oy5mjaaa3mSHI98TVyF0zVoTpaf_WY8ebNtfusguiTdJsI/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvb6ez-TfL6MzgP2Ild76FQZEKomB2nP5KWfjHkaTBqwclZxCjcjESTBzi81XjkOFWybMio3JsXtgXMsSSmvusVziu6HKm3oy5mjaaa3mSHI98TVyF0zVoTpaf_WY8ebNtfusguiTdJsI/s400/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577749889692131058" border="0" /></a>Today has been a lazy day. Thought I'd spin a little yarn, watch a little tv, but instead have been reading, making appointments with accountants (wow, am I a grown-up now?), and even baking scones and challah! Noah's mom has a recipe that she uses every week, to mix in the bread maker and then braid and bake. I came upon it again today and said "well, why the hell not?"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0K841IMTBGJ6l8XGF-4gbo9yClFeE_u68mh37FNkgZhUKj0vxB97lcK_Wc1PYrpWu0uueH1uiB-Gm6uKFZ_KKLPdsrTwGUJBGp9Gn4BqjxVBgmXdxV7tluf-fycEdFfsK3OHxd5fS99s/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0K841IMTBGJ6l8XGF-4gbo9yClFeE_u68mh37FNkgZhUKj0vxB97lcK_Wc1PYrpWu0uueH1uiB-Gm6uKFZ_KKLPdsrTwGUJBGp9Gn4BqjxVBgmXdxV7tluf-fycEdFfsK3OHxd5fS99s/s400/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577749890570316722" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oK8KtB6WfZrVAcEdf126XIBoWeY7GKH1nEUgjDtZeK9Yvcki7VNuNoJCocg_IHUjjGuFRLVWHgvkJP5xm-eZpD9NgOusk7yvw15-glyCVdLknF-se1M6i5p-xy3u8D-96xbIseRV0Nk/s1600/011.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oK8KtB6WfZrVAcEdf126XIBoWeY7GKH1nEUgjDtZeK9Yvcki7VNuNoJCocg_IHUjjGuFRLVWHgvkJP5xm-eZpD9NgOusk7yvw15-glyCVdLknF-se1M6i5p-xy3u8D-96xbIseRV0Nk/s400/011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577754973285888466" border="0" /></a>Yum!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-45572208768534604992011-02-12T13:12:00.006-05:002011-02-12T13:36:27.172-05:00Art in the Age: Tyler Scaife<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltvbJqqa9HhQbab0wjl7jlECJoy7a_tVbg3F_9TEfcs5lLNrfLjAFeIOzxmN9heVWeM1EDLiukl4ug4cLCCsvnYLPwryfKcLwCk49P06Z0beeemGPaNmZ7n5PXmOKYhHvzhaNklNsWJQ/s1600/096.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgltvbJqqa9HhQbab0wjl7jlECJoy7a_tVbg3F_9TEfcs5lLNrfLjAFeIOzxmN9heVWeM1EDLiukl4ug4cLCCsvnYLPwryfKcLwCk49P06Z0beeemGPaNmZ7n5PXmOKYhHvzhaNklNsWJQ/s400/096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572868235474798658" border="0" /></a>Tyler has a show at <a href="http://www.artintheage.com/">AITA</a>! We went there for First Friday, and there were some other awesome works there, but Tyler's blew them out of the water. Thought I'd share, but these photos simply don't do it justice.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSPsk_e-ZtNC0tF34knZRbvdbaD2EBHxIyJWK3othnowtigxXkZ9D05M-8M9MK8YpgAUGU_5VIJz5E3cWyzQd1skCGnXX4_ZjUfSZHJKqIJjs9QriJDqcQ5WnIwnv0eYpROcLO_6VfnE/s1600/064.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSPsk_e-ZtNC0tF34knZRbvdbaD2EBHxIyJWK3othnowtigxXkZ9D05M-8M9MK8YpgAUGU_5VIJz5E3cWyzQd1skCGnXX4_ZjUfSZHJKqIJjs9QriJDqcQ5WnIwnv0eYpROcLO_6VfnE/s400/064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572868953181687554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDQXHYJgjGfofNZX6s5caaIDuyxJbFPzkr7YC0o79y0FV4rj1NDiUXrzEUEgy8tUSR3DPAa9v5HOTjxI7AZOQq5sGMkh12mM2nVq9w_3_sZC9-5BYuxkdvGawar72iWXQicAtlw58KdM/s1600/071.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XlVJZrW7ijbJ8SyZByH4uQ7PMgVZagvNPkKV2ysoe5_9SXu0X0IvAJYks5KbH6Kk4oJN1zkyP6ioV9w6P5VFoW-9oTIjO6FMgAS_v_HhndsxBMr3l3mxSmJL2Ke0ilisibfmU2zHGJ8/s400/076.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572868756534976450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_w9kvKLduX9P0NOerLi73-wYv72RzyiUEBEmn6t_RuXvo8y6URbgzpthOdZXd5jYF8N_KpMAW2KYWIDnNrYlrNd0XPi8Yqu4LkNGWK8TwMMXEk5lwFaU0b8ijgrcmZxeP9V2lXxHjao/s1600/080.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_w9kvKLduX9P0NOerLi73-wYv72RzyiUEBEmn6t_RuXvo8y6URbgzpthOdZXd5jYF8N_KpMAW2KYWIDnNrYlrNd0XPi8Yqu4LkNGWK8TwMMXEk5lwFaU0b8ijgrcmZxeP9V2lXxHjao/s400/080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572868738130112498" border="0" /></a>The artist, in all his lighthearted enthusiasm.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-njnPYSg9poI1vivWJdxllSgHKCJMOLu4u9LxPKDhHX2IAn1EZ2mdbGZikvWkd7ZvuTo2LzVKFyxChEcl0reCwkedRxp073Etf0s3fgHAyNtgUM2HXFBnZDmnwF3pGM5RDk358rbtc4/s1600/086.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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Keep up the good work!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-91278125859245177362011-01-26T23:47:00.004-05:002011-01-27T00:01:49.756-05:00Spinning Snow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DdNewMSUPq_lfBcsV0MHMLIM5tl_Y1waSebN47MZyalvlU8GxLAg1GO0uW8XiDgvn2OpUgzcspUkkwEiXOpBAa6SzFmV2xXyXcmkZepr_QXeqEc4fVXzepN-VG4bTyCgL7EPIjFAUk0/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DdNewMSUPq_lfBcsV0MHMLIM5tl_Y1waSebN47MZyalvlU8GxLAg1GO0uW8XiDgvn2OpUgzcspUkkwEiXOpBAa6SzFmV2xXyXcmkZepr_QXeqEc4fVXzepN-VG4bTyCgL7EPIjFAUk0/s400/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566723410686520818" border="0" /></a>Today was very productive!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0akc2QcolDYNltYK86MrE0DidPd0u55bDyFZ26xNo3S4xWi2hBbwFklyrMMfXGyzKYr07tFWVvgiKhSzSAIB-yzby776tzLxgDR-Hp_QN60J5Dh6eVrGom75enGiTqfYg6K7PupQuXLE/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeh31QqowpgXRmzgHVP253tkAXP2wJVeVb2BEuBClnR6vjN-lAa5Ti7mrcJUaMVCOwx_Ouc6POx8UfRd5ZNw3FFsxuLrjMJYoKVswDVkN2DDNUy5eHDgnWWsG9PIxFZuXwEi4IgateDc/s400/020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566723107301199746" border="0" /></a>When I left it was snowing, but I went to Zac&Johns to watch<br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468492/">The Host</a>, for the third time!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwJ1RDYc8ls6t0x0SOEFSneEj0c1NYI2mSwodbNpimLFq6c6eY-fWvSHYKBFULoE4inklHRmzHd7GUtMVSnGQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />And as usual, Hans is finding new and amazing things to keep us both entertained.jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-29223093039788205992011-01-21T00:35:00.007-05:002011-01-21T01:14:38.092-05:00New Year, New AttitudeI had the wintertime blues pretty bad there for a while, folks. All the good people left for Christmas, and most of them stayed away until after New Years. It was cold, and I was lonely. I baked a lot of pies, and I didn't do anything that was actually productive. Although, some time away from things is productive in its own way.<br /><br />And then one day things started getting better!<br /><br />Kayla and her British cousins came to visit, and I showed them around Philly. We went to see the Liberty Bell,<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHF7pTLNaHgzSM9xuQ-zU4MdDvBGsjXU7kpIQkCU8Wdz6UzuVS_eNl5HteurWWRQdb88Z7xis6QOZ6aDNoOaiRz3RhfByQyubZ2zK2jL-SdLy-30_i9eWx6-gCsG6lAIbM5tOF9zmNOY/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHF7pTLNaHgzSM9xuQ-zU4MdDvBGsjXU7kpIQkCU8Wdz6UzuVS_eNl5HteurWWRQdb88Z7xis6QOZ6aDNoOaiRz3RhfByQyubZ2zK2jL-SdLy-30_i9eWx6-gCsG6lAIbM5tOF9zmNOY/s400/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564510399313744754" border="0" /></a>Independence Hall,<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1Auho-y3fwPG80iDbhxUH0sznFri3B8sKgbdcqzUcETPGlRm7O42q6FdCS9Db_h0ELexJ6trrL0KD7lzPFh8YOzXkKBOdGN_lCDGy5l0fkHOSY9kLk2NdS1omNhdtV7L-_dcBZqNQWM/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1Auho-y3fwPG80iDbhxUH0sznFri3B8sKgbdcqzUcETPGlRm7O42q6FdCS9Db_h0ELexJ6trrL0KD7lzPFh8YOzXkKBOdGN_lCDGy5l0fkHOSY9kLk2NdS1omNhdtV7L-_dcBZqNQWM/s400/021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564510405720317186" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YcjpbLsikPxP7ovYOBR68V6yMM9rkViN3GEBBzwpW1T0BiMFO9ZDFxhrNmnOLRsylp8i0Q64KBMca_JIWqQCyDMVS0fMP3KJJ9AjbZJHqFhpKvLWAKUiH6Rk9uDthmN_M9ZjFfcrT0M/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YcjpbLsikPxP7ovYOBR68V6yMM9rkViN3GEBBzwpW1T0BiMFO9ZDFxhrNmnOLRsylp8i0Q64KBMca_JIWqQCyDMVS0fMP3KJJ9AjbZJHqFhpKvLWAKUiH6Rk9uDthmN_M9ZjFfcrT0M/s400/027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564510412637899218" border="0" /></a><br />Eastern State (oh how good it was to be back there!) and of course, the goddamn Rocky Steps (did you know they have like, art in there? like, paintings and sculptures and shit. crazy!)<br /><br />And Tim came to visit for a few days as well!<br /><br />The following week Noah came to see me, which was wonderful because I didn't get to see very much of him when I visited Providence, because he's a genius with a full course load.<br /><br />My birthday was a days-long event, beginning with Noah's visit: lunch with Noah and Andrew at a delicious Indonesian restaurant in South Philly, followed by a few hours with Noah at the Random Tea Room. His friend Lizzy (who will be moving to West Philly soon!) came to join us for a bit, before stealing him away, and there were lots of other good folks at the Tea Room as well.<br /><br />My birthday "party" was a night of drinking at <a href="http://www.johnnybrendas.com/">Johnny Brenda's</a> bar, and then a few of us went to karaoke night a block away, which is hosted by my friend Caren from Eastern State!<br /><br />Friday night, my friend Lauren and her dad and brother were in town, so they took me to <a href="http://www.honeys-restaurant.com/">Honey's Sit N Eat</a> for my birthday (SO delicious!). They are so sweet! Turns out, Lauren's going to Peru for a year, to work at a hostel and live a little. Flights are cheap, so place your bets now, folks. I'm betting I'll be there by this time next year.<br /><br />Later that evening, Kung Fu Necktie provided some awesome entertainment, several of the kids I know from these here parts, and their bands. Rosie brought her accordion to the El bar next, and we sang ourselves silly, much to the entertainment and annoyance of the other patrons. All in all, a lovely evening.<br /><br />Saturday Rosie, Leslie and I went to the Rocket Cat for lunch, where we saw half the city, and then regrouped for a walk to the ATV tracks. We even found Christiane on our way there and easily convinced her to join us! 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUkqCVTpRb5E2deljRhjZlAhZxs1uEOXx-fY1bG0Wf4ME0P46IQnVEBsAnfEsiGah9kYxIE1y_O1VD0iVdMYn6ozD9emGzSYm6zOSwBTz_f5s5dS0zj-tplOzN2gn9JVmym2L8MlkpJE/s400/0612+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564516365469894786" border="0" /></a>So Rosie, John, Honey Pie, Rebekah, and Christiane and I had ourselves a lovely walk in the cold.<br /><br />Saturday night was Eli's party, which was full of fun, shenanigans, and lovely people.<br /><br />Then I returned home to Hansie.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvvrq6nQepT8l2u22wyrY8UQO96LlCMHgljpmaG5UWQNcA-Qm9pYAI0xNPjHHZU1XWpfKX3Iji4wTUpG7htcIzemkdAl8F8bdgvuplKK-fQ0m1RU3RFKkZptKfaHbFL2rHiLKG-C2Ayk/s1600/067.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvvrq6nQepT8l2u22wyrY8UQO96LlCMHgljpmaG5UWQNcA-Qm9pYAI0xNPjHHZU1XWpfKX3Iji4wTUpG7htcIzemkdAl8F8bdgvuplKK-fQ0m1RU3RFKkZptKfaHbFL2rHiLKG-C2Ayk/s400/067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564516357165555106" border="0" /></a>Last night Jack and I went to Memphis Taproom for dinner, and Andrew joined us back at my apartment afterward. Hansie nuzzled Andrew's shoes for old time's sake, while us adults watched scary videos and hysterically subtitled anime.<br /><br />That's it for now, folks!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-90346280078608935352010-12-24T20:10:00.007-05:002010-12-27T11:46:07.186-05:00A Holiday of FeastingThis year I chose to make things simple by staying in town for Christmas.<br /><br />Now while most Jews are (according to a short audio-story by Andrew) screaming at the clock, hurling books at the wall, and breaking their TVs in impatience for this dreadful holiday to end, I decided to bake.<br /><br />Things started out nicely with Conjoined Baby Jesus sugar cookies, decorated with the <span style="font-style: italic;">conjoined</span> efforts of Lizzy, Andrew, Celia, and myself.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLV2NAO1bH-5ZQJVYw27KlT2Oee3irWM6TXXN-o3bateZZUI1UbBmoYTpSbAquE1jrr8ECgYIeiqm4hnD9YjjrppOQqhAFCwqyQoyJYrf9GzgEc7dGA34GWdaAJfkwlc5hvDj1-LUDes3x/s1600/lizzyeatcookie.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDubVQP4vA7W6A6Shb5LAdIF1rudnIK7tMk27I6W7WaIj5d1DEmDV5GDYav35NTtzySDtVq6k_cX4PswCTSFF6mTgbUhjBV8QEVVj2x43lx3AmtJ5Aqhoar8KFVfNuFvZoWzeIqXxIOXq/s1600/011.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDUnVCmfnYCnAVCwV2vdWWqkObn3PBT-yrucPwwfVNoJz2Pmky8l8Pti38RBzZfMR1ToBqnI05I8QLgfOPZWb1VY6VexwuTJH06Dg8g-73QaoLSkwIKyXS4UlKx25aX1UEYbxIky2g4zk/s400/024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554424751466207858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBSpGzYvI_owTyd-xpoZi6BV9MOc04KDbKxSsM3sB_lG5tVNmzIIAMelTshgnFMssMUIAQIp13M-iQd6V7ZZ9d0fWKO77P7hJg0Y0-NRE_WrSIUz5ekPUApKHj0PmaLsTLD00GxCFq26v/s1600/031.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBSpGzYvI_owTyd-xpoZi6BV9MOc04KDbKxSsM3sB_lG5tVNmzIIAMelTshgnFMssMUIAQIp13M-iQd6V7ZZ9d0fWKO77P7hJg0Y0-NRE_WrSIUz5ekPUApKHj0PmaLsTLD00GxCFq26v/s400/031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554424515100000834" border="0" /></a>Then yesterday I made a delicious butternut squash with ground turkey (I still have the other half! ah, what to do with it?!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZdRhWd_71genRn_JgZayXwPP8HyzWRZ2NkF4J6q5xYYrbCdIlBxDJIcqDw17wnTbzprK3-EAsmprmWLDJgaR4Thp0fb2TALFnjJzzr5jzAlXjrFbYo4L6jeETdH6XI9FWzuNdOxjqvz8/s1600/042.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZdRhWd_71genRn_JgZayXwPP8HyzWRZ2NkF4J6q5xYYrbCdIlBxDJIcqDw17wnTbzprK3-EAsmprmWLDJgaR4Thp0fb2TALFnjJzzr5jzAlXjrFbYo4L6jeETdH6XI9FWzuNdOxjqvz8/s400/042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554424510183314482" border="0" /></a>Today I started early by making oatmeal blueberry pancakes.<br /><br />Then I threw bread ingredients (cheese garlic herb) into the machine. It just now beeped. Those 3 hours really do drag on!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsIH8-MFaIdCulbNB8QqQBjF0mkPEITdD0kbktG6nUsdkzRBcFGJAJp14HGzT1gyuDnbcf-EQlERtcEig5VgruuO_GjORJTMUJqvp1En60r2T1x3IMbUBUZpUkVXPKX6Srtek4b33COpy/s1600/058.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVsIH8-MFaIdCulbNB8QqQBjF0mkPEITdD0kbktG6nUsdkzRBcFGJAJp14HGzT1gyuDnbcf-EQlERtcEig5VgruuO_GjORJTMUJqvp1En60r2T1x3IMbUBUZpUkVXPKX6Srtek4b33COpy/s400/058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554424507652229970" border="0" /></a>And then I made some soup with a lot of the F2F produce: <a href="http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=35161.0">carrot, sweet potato, ginger, and beet</a>! I am always nervous when it comes to beets, but this is actually delicious!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHt2XdQQNQxkujz1p_7y14YmoCUBWKkttgp4LmiENnDI4DvpseNk1b_Pdkirvgg1spIQhjSmBLT_g1CqVl4ZwrHI2IK8ttHccNbzvihtHazgVZSb8yi1-2orVeYqbFQQ6zLjIdXg3cXZH/s1600/066.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHt2XdQQNQxkujz1p_7y14YmoCUBWKkttgp4LmiENnDI4DvpseNk1b_Pdkirvgg1spIQhjSmBLT_g1CqVl4ZwrHI2IK8ttHccNbzvihtHazgVZSb8yi1-2orVeYqbFQQ6zLjIdXg3cXZH/s400/066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554424500350252530" border="0" /></a>And finally, a <a href="http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1835,150168-231195,00.html">frittata</a>, which I have never made before. Not bad!<br /><br />And tomorrow I will bake an apple pie, and who knows what else!<br /><br />I hope everyone is eating as well as I am, and if you aren't, come help me eat all this goddamn food!<br /><br />*Edit. A continuation of this bless-ed holiday, a Snow Day has befallen the people. I indeed baked that apple pie, as well as pumpkin scones that were a failure, but then last night I made up for it with <a href="http://www.acozykitchen.com/mini-pumpkin-pies-with-spiced-whipped-cream/">pumpkin cup pies</a>!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwHx-cZomLyxOfWUTmfB52I05WuZkcoRDi8LCdmZaYjpEnrk1uTyahiYqguq97laMB2NULM5DJbiiJLi2kpbNMpsTWnxT-gGRvLPvPacdRI1b5nfXFhEDZGSx_XimOqajoBE5abFV90Ns/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwHx-cZomLyxOfWUTmfB52I05WuZkcoRDi8LCdmZaYjpEnrk1uTyahiYqguq97laMB2NULM5DJbiiJLi2kpbNMpsTWnxT-gGRvLPvPacdRI1b5nfXFhEDZGSx_XimOqajoBE5abFV90Ns/s400/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555404050899441922" border="0" /></a><br />What else can I bake today?!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-29203379609790236532010-12-22T15:23:00.008-05:002010-12-24T20:10:01.705-05:00Solstice<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUM3uPquipjAwpcsEYQSngeqpN5NNIpZnrl-rnNR8RsKPEW8ldT2XUlJlcqF140lwm9Lb9vdxkAprvjoG4Genw0l5NEIduz6Q0jjfK1JJ-kfCqFfggxFCONqp9Wbf6Skd6PpVLyumz4jyg/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUM3uPquipjAwpcsEYQSngeqpN5NNIpZnrl-rnNR8RsKPEW8ldT2XUlJlcqF140lwm9Lb9vdxkAprvjoG4Genw0l5NEIduz6Q0jjfK1JJ-kfCqFfggxFCONqp9Wbf6Skd6PpVLyumz4jyg/s400/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553607338707420594" border="0" /></a>The Winter Solstice coincided with a lunar eclipse yesterday morning. I should have stayed up. I should have called out of work. But I didn't. I was really sad to have missed it, but a lot of good people posted photos and videos on facebook. And I knew it happened, so I suppose that was enough for me.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22_BfaudvJPZvmx538oGr865XvcmGGXI6ZYobNlvN0-INLzX6K_L9ikik3cCnaznr2-Ryq_JmxtouALOu70nb-GM3w4B_r6Yr2QxMDOZNEJxOnCZVn16HmuBa7WELWjQEsjU7Yvn3JEgB/s1600/002.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22_BfaudvJPZvmx538oGr865XvcmGGXI6ZYobNlvN0-INLzX6K_L9ikik3cCnaznr2-Ryq_JmxtouALOu70nb-GM3w4B_r6Yr2QxMDOZNEJxOnCZVn16HmuBa7WELWjQEsjU7Yvn3JEgB/s400/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553607506951317314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkSolK46SPOK91nYsHAuZ80ULN98gq-lunnarWTeFS_vnuA-lJq7duN-MoqRpzQV3UMQoDX6doxcggfMMag8vqPjDLHEg4gcH0YQ65rUuPqY7FinCLRVIU2xQGODc_6J5Vg10krgs-dPU/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkSolK46SPOK91nYsHAuZ80ULN98gq-lunnarWTeFS_vnuA-lJq7duN-MoqRpzQV3UMQoDX6doxcggfMMag8vqPjDLHEg4gcH0YQ65rUuPqY7FinCLRVIU2xQGODc_6J5Vg10krgs-dPU/s400/005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553607345530660530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUM3uPquipjAwpcsEYQSngeqpN5NNIpZnrl-rnNR8RsKPEW8ldT2XUlJlcqF140lwm9Lb9vdxkAprvjoG4Genw0l5NEIduz6Q0jjfK1JJ-kfCqFfggxFCONqp9Wbf6Skd6PpVLyumz4jyg/s1600/007.JPG"><br /></a>I've been participating in some studies for monies. The past two were mood studies, at The Monell Chemical Senses Center and Penn. Penn was much more enjoyable than the Monell, but the Monell was much more interesting, to say the least.<br /><br />Also, now that the CSA is over, Lizzy, M.E., and I have been utilizing the Farm to Families program, which is a pilot program to get fresh local produce to low-income families in the Kensington area. So far its great! I pay $5 and they split the rest. I get all the meat (so far ground turkey!) and half the eggs and then we split the rest of the produce. Thursday pickups, so, tomorrow!<br /><br />The other day my friend Erika calls to ask if I have time to do a quick photoshop project for her parents' company, Interprative Solutions. I had done a small photoshoot for them before, and of course I said no problem. I did it in two hours last night, so, thanks Erika, for $30!<br /><br />I even finished that commission for that couple. They picked it up on Saturday. I forgot to take a good photo of it though! But they loved it and were very happy. Lots of money rolling in these days. Much different from last December.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVTG52QFvt3IH1IQItq__1M1yZsUVra6uyU5J2kRb_ijencxmaYCE1GSAb7wv7hZUZiZaM80dIoZHRqDUAqFUwzRL8O7dCdKGEq8spn6PiY5KexhOUpiTT1oOvnPYPDJWLzASqiH-wTn8/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVTG52QFvt3IH1IQItq__1M1yZsUVra6uyU5J2kRb_ijencxmaYCE1GSAb7wv7hZUZiZaM80dIoZHRqDUAqFUwzRL8O7dCdKGEq8spn6PiY5KexhOUpiTT1oOvnPYPDJWLzASqiH-wTn8/s400/008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553607320851791058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2ThQvXPg153ko6uM75QRtx6l8MwJ5zsOjfU530DoabQbop0rkXjgwUeD1_NUWQZyNED45JAl0QbRwy1dfQ7FODCeuyCn8kF75eDfAUJI8w7udM8kRIdU45lYPx41x4JANzQuwc2bNExB/s1600/011.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2ThQvXPg153ko6uM75QRtx6l8MwJ5zsOjfU530DoabQbop0rkXjgwUeD1_NUWQZyNED45JAl0QbRwy1dfQ7FODCeuyCn8kF75eDfAUJI8w7udM8kRIdU45lYPx41x4JANzQuwc2bNExB/s400/011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553607316434002866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqXxZhvVLlzlKp2vqRxGL9ufqAUJprzG4voWpEqK79EHhME9VprlohUV5K4nkl-_6k7E75tZ4TdcgJs8R3GCwly0uXJbe2j7Jady1f0PeoppMc7_EY5MN7aagtF-vT79ShbjxaeFMg4BB/s1600/017.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqXxZhvVLlzlKp2vqRxGL9ufqAUJprzG4voWpEqK79EHhME9VprlohUV5K4nkl-_6k7E75tZ4TdcgJs8R3GCwly0uXJbe2j7Jady1f0PeoppMc7_EY5MN7aagtF-vT79ShbjxaeFMg4BB/s400/017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553606298336988418" border="0" /></a>Kayla came to visit last week. We went to the Wagner Institute of Science which was AWESOME. It's just like the Mutter museum, but its Natural Science specimens. We were there for 2.5 hours, and it was free. I love Kayla because she is so smart and wonderful!<br />She even made me this lamp shade because the bulb is so bright!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx32NcmmuHmLLiodNjuRfXFsfc1Rd1EDtXZLEqeAcVKwqALDx_GCf213ofED3i9WYom6gbzJYTMg6_ol7PSIdNptiWQyk1bE12c1quBaMy1WPK4qOoixqDhXa7CC-KA9W09IC2eWw0UJC-/s1600/019.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx32NcmmuHmLLiodNjuRfXFsfc1Rd1EDtXZLEqeAcVKwqALDx_GCf213ofED3i9WYom6gbzJYTMg6_ol7PSIdNptiWQyk1bE12c1quBaMy1WPK4qOoixqDhXa7CC-KA9W09IC2eWw0UJC-/s400/019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553606286132839538" border="0" /></a><br />December is pretty cold, but my apartment is warm, and we even got a little snow.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcBaLdjagXof3j-zNZvTgevxbjr52Cr4DVekPBuZITCYjFCKEcNC-vx2Is5IHb5OGuUSkqGHC990oB57cfMjY1OFB757-f8tLxXlN00CUTTv42oKsQDkvNbzxTE9AQ2nAOKRxOPyh1qmf/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUcBaLdjagXof3j-zNZvTgevxbjr52Cr4DVekPBuZITCYjFCKEcNC-vx2Is5IHb5OGuUSkqGHC990oB57cfMjY1OFB757-f8tLxXlN00CUTTv42oKsQDkvNbzxTE9AQ2nAOKRxOPyh1qmf/s400/021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553606285128943282" border="0" /></a>Oh how I love the snow.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGk-8VfQ0NwDG4uYRaRigV7rCjqS1yx6Xgrq6OwNvrw02gbgIPgPPuhhMtd2GE6N2_URDu4rydHa3HTrDirP-_AvJhtZSxymuR_iMDK0iWhxOxTAZP6j7DeNTlzoDJ34aM2VvFMAqlK_4t/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGk-8VfQ0NwDG4uYRaRigV7rCjqS1yx6Xgrq6OwNvrw02gbgIPgPPuhhMtd2GE6N2_URDu4rydHa3HTrDirP-_AvJhtZSxymuR_iMDK0iWhxOxTAZP6j7DeNTlzoDJ34aM2VvFMAqlK_4t/s400/022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553606270232226514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHkYQybKxito4B04gbu_XUB4gSKUFdDvBiYYy0J04dwZPEkAGHdReZQfyNSysT3HfC0TRbvTmbkTeybGgPpNyiLTqDvd2pl0T5pyaJj4L2gLjLZ2v6_HxBOUyD3e49SxP5D5L5ZdtbBu4/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHkYQybKxito4B04gbu_XUB4gSKUFdDvBiYYy0J04dwZPEkAGHdReZQfyNSysT3HfC0TRbvTmbkTeybGgPpNyiLTqDvd2pl0T5pyaJj4L2gLjLZ2v6_HxBOUyD3e49SxP5D5L5ZdtbBu4/s400/030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553606266807954466" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrOpYprhUidsx73ux6J_8IUr3OXIA8l01AklUFaY7gtuZLqa4IXyptq5DGkMWADW1QhNVyo-7VhC63Ui_mCoJtM47Ku9IsjEDvcqyV1Vky0dYZhPowUCGqIJ1LKXYMstyLmiy-9z4Yeow/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrOpYprhUidsx73ux6J_8IUr3OXIA8l01AklUFaY7gtuZLqa4IXyptq5DGkMWADW1QhNVyo-7VhC63Ui_mCoJtM47Ku9IsjEDvcqyV1Vky0dYZhPowUCGqIJ1LKXYMstyLmiy-9z4Yeow/s400/021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553608369529621650" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YpFfCKbxi1dhWV6ZHtLWgAHitE3T3sakDBIATgyNWUYtIwHDXytciU2oiUav68iJ2VjN94PTC0Wx5OkkVk8kP4OFyMfxEz9eBcVhLfYy1eZC9q2adbMujqPJxMZTFYVwVocClcKM1CDV/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YpFfCKbxi1dhWV6ZHtLWgAHitE3T3sakDBIATgyNWUYtIwHDXytciU2oiUav68iJ2VjN94PTC0Wx5OkkVk8kP4OFyMfxEz9eBcVhLfYy1eZC9q2adbMujqPJxMZTFYVwVocClcKM1CDV/s400/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553608348875504466" border="0" /></a>Today I cleaned out the hallway (and Ian is coming next week to get some more stuff)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBWEaTSe2VJR1tsmhlMvacidH5ZFsQcZG66q61NASCj5VkLC3M5hZBlx5kWd0P6uRvSUgVDXVd75HOiBHHB8GrWyYDce8hFgOUX_X_nD1SRoX_Xae7j1xUXE08XdcOQv8AWsiWxEC5Lst/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBWEaTSe2VJR1tsmhlMvacidH5ZFsQcZG66q61NASCj5VkLC3M5hZBlx5kWd0P6uRvSUgVDXVd75HOiBHHB8GrWyYDce8hFgOUX_X_nD1SRoX_Xae7j1xUXE08XdcOQv8AWsiWxEC5Lst/s400/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553608358554818802" border="0" /></a>I checked on the building's worm bin (I have my own in my kitchen). Its doing really well, but there were all these squash sprouts!! And because I'm me, I couldn't just break them all and shove them back down... I had to pot them. They'll probably die anyway, but I will love them until they do.<br />Oh the magical world of the worm bin.<br /><br />Tonight? Conjoined Baby Jesus Sugar/Gingerbread Cookies! Stop on by!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS32vbT78m9zwUDFhv53WiiD58Jf7Q2pLjQ34UrhK5Hhyphenhyphen-tlIRqdW6qcQmuWvtwGXPp9Z_Un9QqhTi75uYniPqoQn0HRZdFaEOt1GDPk5Jz50bCLdx-prx0rJ9xGSM-3_bthZ2lak1UFxi/s1600/003.JPG"><br /></a>jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-77779469308991354312010-12-05T23:44:00.005-05:002010-12-06T00:35:57.686-05:00Thanksgiving and a Day in NYC againAnother couple of busy weeks!<br /><br />Thanksgiving was spent in Columbus Ohio this year, with Celia's parents and brother Josh, his wife Claire, her parents, and her sister. The food was delicious and Celia's friends are wonderful! What more could you want?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2h3xJuCCTkLXNzTux1FpT-Ez6jmZcM3YC1CxA3TlgvVFg_DW5sQM7kQHrULncNh1OE0sDA5IvBNgpvBrDJjJYHVEwI9woncz60kAidbUFd63GqYGARGPE1HgnMfWp2VJpwoPtR_McQbQ/s1600/027.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2h3xJuCCTkLXNzTux1FpT-Ez6jmZcM3YC1CxA3TlgvVFg_DW5sQM7kQHrULncNh1OE0sDA5IvBNgpvBrDJjJYHVEwI9woncz60kAidbUFd63GqYGARGPE1HgnMfWp2VJpwoPtR_McQbQ/s400/027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547426589793228578" border="0" /></a><br />I flew home on Friday and was back at work Saturday. Monday was Yoga again, and then Tuesday Mom came for dinner and to gift me some things. I bought her a necklace fitting the description "funky" and she liked it! Glory be!<br /><br />Wednesday morning I got up and went to NYC and met Erin there! She was in town because she participated in a fundraiser show for Hamilton Alumni. It was in the same building as the Gogosian show with John Currin. While we were in the city we managed to see the MOMA,<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw6Sxkm62YRyVegg2avKORCsNBHNyMua6j7cj2-1WhDJYpZAs4mD2PUXS2dO9uP2fGfeCUYKq1gT-O5uJEegw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Double O, by Zilvinas Kempinas<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsLE7GGH3xeW_demQZscmg26uusDIpVLnbA6vK6Sd2b-ve95GnY-TO5ctLV0OHbVgR2FWU7aLdScfzVJWuRa-77N6mp3WawNUrvb2JJZydACzEYhKtBHZA8lgD1fFFCt_bX-l6yJ3KpTv/s1600/035.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsLE7GGH3xeW_demQZscmg26uusDIpVLnbA6vK6Sd2b-ve95GnY-TO5ctLV0OHbVgR2FWU7aLdScfzVJWuRa-77N6mp3WawNUrvb2JJZydACzEYhKtBHZA8lgD1fFFCt_bX-l6yJ3KpTv/s400/035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547426583625852594" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSixJ3_92rYJV_KHaHBZy7XVOoT94T5rUGypCCIEfve3qIOY-N_mHMCf-pnI2bxgTweNVD1aP2FlXQSFaZFFwJbW6kCKGCyZuGkYBM4zbGTqXAaLW5DJVklDLRMSo6Xsi_8sI4BBhlJ6s/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSixJ3_92rYJV_KHaHBZy7XVOoT94T5rUGypCCIEfve3qIOY-N_mHMCf-pnI2bxgTweNVD1aP2FlXQSFaZFFwJbW6kCKGCyZuGkYBM4zbGTqXAaLW5DJVklDLRMSo6Xsi_8sI4BBhlJ6s/s400/036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547426576564503890" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUnJgqSRUgdDv9gGJ_EM2DJN4cdozdg8VnChs6R1UOtZUbDuNxhbzytmkQs-kR_pUa8IYNECf81OBRYsSXj1zAgcsRH6dT4Rr31PWv2pTg9YRzbeQu0_rFRnkEwsPpLmMSNvLxsx0Oi3l/s1600/043.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUnJgqSRUgdDv9gGJ_EM2DJN4cdozdg8VnChs6R1UOtZUbDuNxhbzytmkQs-kR_pUa8IYNECf81OBRYsSXj1zAgcsRH6dT4Rr31PWv2pTg9YRzbeQu0_rFRnkEwsPpLmMSNvLxsx0Oi3l/s400/043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547426572597781058" border="0" /></a>Gordon Matta-Clark<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzexuuNoDVqBDuF0HAMSxItSGCPSrOWm37e0txpi0rPXxZXuYkvjiurCgP9Fo8pKT6zOKh87tF08EtA3ClppVRHXWK6rkgw5S26A06uEIcMqbGGTG3g8Paj1nkISP7bXobHOv3MoRviHUe/s1600/052.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzexuuNoDVqBDuF0HAMSxItSGCPSrOWm37e0txpi0rPXxZXuYkvjiurCgP9Fo8pKT6zOKh87tF08EtA3ClppVRHXWK6rkgw5S26A06uEIcMqbGGTG3g8Paj1nkISP7bXobHOv3MoRviHUe/s400/052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547429054066406322" border="0" /></a>Yoko Ono<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Za4f6aC2spNJJ0u4HjyZIHP0K2HIra86Uu5spzjSE03Ziu0lUTAxlElee3T8jM_MDFMPzKTsQx1DHsKjVjUnjwQvoWiWgGOw6mqoP1oEMdyi9A5zCXi4wzW9dS3vH-d9ObJ7T7tflfpJ/s1600/060.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Za4f6aC2spNJJ0u4HjyZIHP0K2HIra86Uu5spzjSE03Ziu0lUTAxlElee3T8jM_MDFMPzKTsQx1DHsKjVjUnjwQvoWiWgGOw6mqoP1oEMdyi9A5zCXi4wzW9dS3vH-d9ObJ7T7tflfpJ/s400/060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547429045331829554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69Oyre44ITN9Xu4PyZAeNhL55KbDWfJRODdl0SBxZiEtsCfKg684zObS5av3IYmHfb09AuQHNHtFRD3AM0fEEqRMN0OLakLTuU0aT5OwG5hkrkLvoumP3QsxDel3kd5VKY1ivSRUUYH28/s1600/065.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69Oyre44ITN9Xu4PyZAeNhL55KbDWfJRODdl0SBxZiEtsCfKg684zObS5av3IYmHfb09AuQHNHtFRD3AM0fEEqRMN0OLakLTuU0aT5OwG5hkrkLvoumP3QsxDel3kd5VKY1ivSRUUYH28/s400/065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547429037824943986" border="0" /></a>the Whitney (sorry, no photos, but they did have the same <a href="http://www.speronewestwater.com/cgi-bin/iowa/artists/record.html?record=20">Charles LeDray</a> show I had seen at the ICA in Boston. It was lovely to see those tiny pots again!), and some galleries on West 24th st including the <a href="http://www.gagosian.com/">Gogosian Gallery</a> there with<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_Kiefer"> Anselm Kiefer</a>. Amazing.<br /><br />Got back from NYC and then worked on the commission for a while, followed by Puppet Uprising's Year End Cabaret! Both Friday and Saturday nights! What an awesome couple of weeks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2j5w_Wh6ahM8t1zuIcotLjwUSDBvx_1aLAgRYAT1ecCDWPf3VKzNboeyt_1Wixqun4F5DXSmj9_4Ozt_cptZxihNDVJE4CYbLmORlsXk0oZUwc7mLVc0IKAcIuVme_MHzcSx0CH403pj/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2j5w_Wh6ahM8t1zuIcotLjwUSDBvx_1aLAgRYAT1ecCDWPf3VKzNboeyt_1Wixqun4F5DXSmj9_4Ozt_cptZxihNDVJE4CYbLmORlsXk0oZUwc7mLVc0IKAcIuVme_MHzcSx0CH403pj/s400/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547426591911400338" border="0" /></a><br />But now it's cold outside. And it's just harder to feel the sun on your skin through so many layers.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2h3xJuCCTkLXNzTux1FpT-Ez6jmZcM3YC1CxA3TlgvVFg_DW5sQM7kQHrULncNh1OE0sDA5IvBNgpvBrDJjJYHVEwI9woncz60kAidbUFd63GqYGARGPE1HgnMfWp2VJpwoPtR_McQbQ/s1600/027.JPG"><br /></a>jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-41354663822273645362010-11-23T11:00:00.009-05:002010-11-23T11:19:29.662-05:00AliceAlso, I have to give Celia credit for finding this guy<a href="http://www.pogomix.net/"> Pogo</a>, but Andrew did show me this.<br /><br /><object width="200" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pAwR6w2TgxY?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pAwR6w2TgxY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Enjoy!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-32895972513384037182010-11-22T14:33:00.003-05:002010-11-22T14:44:27.622-05:00Social SurvivalBeen very social this weekend. Nick (old Mutter coworker) stayed with me so that he could talk to Penn about grad programs. We went to Toby's Weekly Revue which was med-student themed.<br /><br />Saturday Zac took me to a housewarming party for his friend ShawnElise and met wonderful folks there, including Zac's exroommate Chad and his girlfriend Audrey, both of whom were delightful.<br /><br />Last night Eli and Celia helped me move some huge roots into the studio. I have great plans for them, so if anyone has [a shit ton] of white yarn I can have, please let me know! Then Eli and I went to Dave's for cookies and bonfire with some other good folks. They have the most lovely backyard.<br /><br />And the weather has been awesome. (Especially compared to last year, sitting outside at ESP all fall).<br /><br />Tomorrow I leave for Columbus, Ohio for Thanksgiving with Celia and her family and her brother's wife's family. Will I survive? ...Will they? Tune in next time!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-9799317806521343382010-11-17T21:08:00.006-05:002010-11-17T21:38:43.095-05:00Worm Bin for the House<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUO_qlCal7Zfp_RNcnLm20-Mg1wFdRqhzxbTK9VudcE6m4vg4ijoaJ8D7vr_X8cKq6bsA7Ap5P4PMGIobwmTf2YkzivihlC5ikMeOLqbfS-U8f44LO3gNTRVw74uS6PyFY7dSghe8IsGA/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUO_qlCal7Zfp_RNcnLm20-Mg1wFdRqhzxbTK9VudcE6m4vg4ijoaJ8D7vr_X8cKq6bsA7Ap5P4PMGIobwmTf2YkzivihlC5ikMeOLqbfS-U8f44LO3gNTRVw74uS6PyFY7dSghe8IsGA/s400/015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540713331691223330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXubaMkYyqpFnfVrMrXSYFtyJls4_etCNkjBTXSzkGZJ6R5WunrMXmU91SWEyiZGWwy9Uc9MlH5VuelpcDKyq0KSYyMFntWibrT13_wpGjhblJ70fAy9FPBkMdBTo6RKcyaJh-dpObANnp/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXubaMkYyqpFnfVrMrXSYFtyJls4_etCNkjBTXSzkGZJ6R5WunrMXmU91SWEyiZGWwy9Uc9MlH5VuelpcDKyq0KSYyMFntWibrT13_wpGjhblJ70fAy9FPBkMdBTo6RKcyaJh-dpObANnp/s400/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540709128073987042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsavU0H_fwPIqXTBi7gH0m1b3mV5bOgGjbWyyq_sWpDwhLxWxhWRHhYXifH8eoCsA91J5IoAKKa9QlnjPXDIWGfZuc5OS56_voK4TQBBRSw2AH48z8hq5ZPRtPzvW1UM9VOMSWIVhHy5F1/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsavU0H_fwPIqXTBi7gH0m1b3mV5bOgGjbWyyq_sWpDwhLxWxhWRHhYXifH8eoCsA91J5IoAKKa9QlnjPXDIWGfZuc5OS56_voK4TQBBRSw2AH48z8hq5ZPRtPzvW1UM9VOMSWIVhHy5F1/s400/008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540709124816107154" border="0" /></a><br />It is November 17 and it is finally Autumn.<br /><br />Thanksgiving is next week. In Columbus.<br /><br />Yesterday I started working on this commission for a lovely couple in Baltimore. They drove up a few weeks ago so I could take the reference photos, and they turned out wonderfully. The painting is going super super well (don't jinx it, Jen!) and today was day 2 working on it.<br /><br />I came home for dinner and was feeling so productive that I tore the worm bin apart. In a good way. I promised the building a worm bin and issue after issue have come up to prevent it. Finally I said that I would have my own worm bin, so that I could monitor what goes into it, how often, how much, where in the bin... how warm, how cold, how wet, how dry... And now, three months later, I can officially call myself a Vermiculturist. I can now identify all the good guys from <a href="http://www.wormdigest.org/content/view/35/2/">this article</a>, and none of the bad (don't jinx it, Jen!). For the past few weeks I have been keeping all the food to one side of the bin, so that the worms leave the other side of the bin, and I an empty it of castings. Too much castings is bad for them! So then I realized, well, this is a great time to start the other bin (because let's face it, I'm too protective of my worms to give them up to the fates of strange food matter). So I ran across the street to Circle Thrift, and kindly asked the beautiful blonde boy if they had any plastic bins with lids I could buy. After 5 minutes he came back with a perfect blue one. What a wonderful store.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpgu3jVIEWpsaGm5Xg16qELvhULMog3aJdUYXB09WgHO1PLQg1ncZu4IgSJ_rdUwiYg-O9MG1BIkxdChwNu6MqSLfA5YyG6eBI_9uaeew8r0z6YbCCgAL-bmWmgMGJVeXt3JzlNIoE0K7/s1600/033.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpgu3jVIEWpsaGm5Xg16qELvhULMog3aJdUYXB09WgHO1PLQg1ncZu4IgSJ_rdUwiYg-O9MG1BIkxdChwNu6MqSLfA5YyG6eBI_9uaeew8r0z6YbCCgAL-bmWmgMGJVeXt3JzlNIoE0K7/s400/033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540707627476693330" border="0" /></a><br />So, how do you separate out worms from dirt, you ask? Well, you use their hatred of light against them! pile the dirt into a mountain, and shine a light. The worms will burrow, and just scrape off the top layers. It takes a few rounds of remolding the mountain and scraping off dirt, letting the light encourage them deeper and deeper into the mound. So, I now have a wonderful bag of dirt. I will give it to Gert for her flower bed!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9bDdNMaNVsHo8f9IOaR67qxcswx9V9Iotw9SPmi0m851Uj9vFyMMZR6tkj2pYLC5ZMDBf0cwGioFpHwHaPU9GgziZgNr08g8j18VKdgy7sX6p-WtoRoakTwpAui6KK1ypvVZAfZ3XXvB/s1600/034.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9bDdNMaNVsHo8f9IOaR67qxcswx9V9Iotw9SPmi0m851Uj9vFyMMZR6tkj2pYLC5ZMDBf0cwGioFpHwHaPU9GgziZgNr08g8j18VKdgy7sX6p-WtoRoakTwpAui6KK1ypvVZAfZ3XXvB/s400/034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540707637012484402" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74PDDceRvRFphynX5nPlL5ImeO_TQXI__sPGW7HsBCzuoEvAXpID_onsV6mWLF0aQ-cKhxYkwDg_kGmaJs24ITGj-SGEh4KMDHWMEFkDGCwBgmhoB8dU4RcIW4JSxDkaKi_2SXVtOB5Lw/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74PDDceRvRFphynX5nPlL5ImeO_TQXI__sPGW7HsBCzuoEvAXpID_onsV6mWLF0aQ-cKhxYkwDg_kGmaJs24ITGj-SGEh4KMDHWMEFkDGCwBgmhoB8dU4RcIW4JSxDkaKi_2SXVtOB5Lw/s400/036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540707652426108466" border="0" /></a><br />I apologize if this is too much for you guys. But think of how much you've learned! I will try to keep my worm excitement to a minimum from now on.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgLU_8-EcQQMozx2nM-wJYamTa2MPYCnUORYFc8xl3WiSYrjFUs2-q9oLKmZBXBMEuerkhj-uGKEWbq_EpZKdrY96lL-wOBjT4qiGdJmMTSRuJYvhYdV9mkHml5hO2j3TCyTRM23ls_D6/s1600/041.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgLU_8-EcQQMozx2nM-wJYamTa2MPYCnUORYFc8xl3WiSYrjFUs2-q9oLKmZBXBMEuerkhj-uGKEWbq_EpZKdrY96lL-wOBjT4qiGdJmMTSRuJYvhYdV9mkHml5hO2j3TCyTRM23ls_D6/s400/041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540707673350791746" border="0" /></a><br />Hans sneakily trying to play with his tiny wriggly brothers.<br /><br />And last night I made french onion soup in my new soup pot!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjjWytnsvMxUmPjlCua9jhcnq5ssXxexmym3neiOTYtNrmRm6j6bj26ASslyfk9GtHxr4HPw7_O47GdHlIBJd29AmN6HjAZoULUfjZDdXblVaFrO7j2bjp8CTPduGlknxW0jFP9Qb-ItY/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjjWytnsvMxUmPjlCua9jhcnq5ssXxexmym3neiOTYtNrmRm6j6bj26ASslyfk9GtHxr4HPw7_O47GdHlIBJd29AmN6HjAZoULUfjZDdXblVaFrO7j2bjp8CTPduGlknxW0jFP9Qb-ItY/s400/030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540710913380937186" border="0" /></a><br />I had a little of it last night, but it is MUCH better today, sitting in its own delicious juices overnight. With bread from whole foods, and 4cheese blend from trader joe's, what more could you want?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2umXjH5ciDNYX3cTzIYyxmhLljZWUvJV2fCuidbJUGIxnI6_uJoLGJT0_QjJMIG4TczsSj2YxlQK6x_Jh1tsMsKEtr5viuiyPVhbgFXdEvimKUMXIb1v-0h0dhHm4JpeKoa3-k9QB3cZC/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2umXjH5ciDNYX3cTzIYyxmhLljZWUvJV2fCuidbJUGIxnI6_uJoLGJT0_QjJMIG4TczsSj2YxlQK6x_Jh1tsMsKEtr5viuiyPVhbgFXdEvimKUMXIb1v-0h0dhHm4JpeKoa3-k9QB3cZC/s400/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540713324128795874" border="0" /></a>A head of lettuce that is now a pet and not food, perhaps? Well, I've got that too.jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-69623943024855297832010-11-12T00:18:00.004-05:002010-11-12T10:58:49.743-05:00So That They Don't Freeze<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3zAWgL2cFKavdBLNDKimIO-A8Zjd__vXUoejyU8t1TgWkQZ_N9n6y8fAZ635H18VPd6iLkNrVNeorsy1GJlXTRsyhhgfe4EXj6kWw98jVrZ40dh7DvnEdF8u7CBXl3jP_JOnRELjjXfW/s1600/014+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3zAWgL2cFKavdBLNDKimIO-A8Zjd__vXUoejyU8t1TgWkQZ_N9n6y8fAZ635H18VPd6iLkNrVNeorsy1GJlXTRsyhhgfe4EXj6kWw98jVrZ40dh7DvnEdF8u7CBXl3jP_JOnRELjjXfW/s400/014+%25283%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538529136095596210" border="0" /></a><br />I finally transplanted my herbs indoors. I ran out of pots, and they are currently residing in my bedrisers (I took my bed down off them a few months ago, but eventually I might want them again!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSX6xQPJcSRPQZCJ5vy2W_9Oy-wvEQ9gl37h-bq6Pprp2XDZngp1I3yqWnrcHOAXJ64Awxmqv8P0WWDp2H0B4iGBRbKbSKPYucx8MoYIg696i1wc9YswaaqD1hVGl2TNTihWP7NvlbjG-U/s1600/008+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSX6xQPJcSRPQZCJ5vy2W_9Oy-wvEQ9gl37h-bq6Pprp2XDZngp1I3yqWnrcHOAXJ64Awxmqv8P0WWDp2H0B4iGBRbKbSKPYucx8MoYIg696i1wc9YswaaqD1hVGl2TNTihWP7NvlbjG-U/s400/008+%25283%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538529147703019586" border="0" /></a>I offered via facebook to give away the doubles (oregano, marjoram, parsley, catnip) and my friend Kolleen once again accused me of being a hippie. Listen folks, don't be fooled: just because I sometimes plant a whole head of lettuce at 1 in the morning because I can't bare to eat things that can continue to grow... JUST because I have a goddamn worm bin... JUST because I learned to bike in a city and refuse to use air conditioning except in the most extreme of temperatures... Shit. Maybe Kolleen's got something there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiPWFVZt_oVUM0bQqfjlf4BstAvX7z2hYNbzsGV1dveWuyMAPhJEtikl4r6LybHPOij4mygf4uJo8uB0PVeoww0P9Jcyv9Q0hNDeEdMac1M74UXAm_ay0TSBA4pCaTrQ61uxDS_JK2tya/s1600/009+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiPWFVZt_oVUM0bQqfjlf4BstAvX7z2hYNbzsGV1dveWuyMAPhJEtikl4r6LybHPOij4mygf4uJo8uB0PVeoww0P9Jcyv9Q0hNDeEdMac1M74UXAm_ay0TSBA4pCaTrQ61uxDS_JK2tya/s400/009+%25282%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538529138744719794" border="0" /></a><br />Anyway, lots of good stuff going on these days: I feel really good about my art lately, and I'm in the process of winterizing the studio. Found some plastic at Lowes, but I might end up getting some better stuff through my wonderful uncle, if he ever emails me the link so I can see what he's talking about...<br /><br />I'm about to start the commission, the couple responded today with their favorite image. And Amanda recommended the printshop at UPenn, and I think that's exactly where I'll go!<br /><br />First Friday was lovely last week. I took Jessica and Christiane to the galleries on Frankford Ave, and we even stopped by the <a href="http://byo-studio.blogspot.com/p/about-equipment-and-rates.html">BYO printshop</a> to discuss using the space. I am all set. Just need to get some copper plates and get started!<br />Then we ran to Old City for the <a href="http://www.paintedbride.org/">Painted Bride</a>'s <a href="http://www.firstpersonarts.org/programs2/2010festival/">First Person</a> show, that Mutter-cohort Megan has been working on for months. It was pretty good! Then Dave had some gloves for sale at <a href="http://www.artintheage.com/">Art in the Age</a>. Every time I turn around, this guy has some new connections coming through for him, including <a href="http://citypaper.net/articles/2010/11/11/can-can-craft-show">this awesome article</a>.<br /><br />And last night was another show: <a href="http://www.tylerscaife.com/">Tyler Scaife</a>, another Basho slave, has a show at the <a href="http://therandomtearoom.blogspot.com/">Random Tea Room</a>. I brought Jess and Christiane again, as well as their roommate Erin, and Kelsey who also went to MICA and is visiting for the week. It was a nice turnout. Not TOO many people, but the space is very small. The show is of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collodion_process">Wet-Plate Collodion</a> pieces he's been working on. This is one off his website, even smaller than the image on your screen.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Z3G4szKb_0JooK0lygvqmWQYA4zjjiu4y1jhFjXgbDE1gS7d-P3yicGIBdtiAuxrwfZH7YXKd3k-mSLEn22BgT7w7xnVCjnt_xKL9_zrzoGfmGt6A7o5aWKVjwyWVpuM9FqLPxQ2I1Sx/s1600/tumblr_lavf2aF8M31qbuzpp.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Z3G4szKb_0JooK0lygvqmWQYA4zjjiu4y1jhFjXgbDE1gS7d-P3yicGIBdtiAuxrwfZH7YXKd3k-mSLEn22BgT7w7xnVCjnt_xKL9_zrzoGfmGt6A7o5aWKVjwyWVpuM9FqLPxQ2I1Sx/s400/tumblr_lavf2aF8M31qbuzpp.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538682402172407826" border="0" /></a>Tyler is really an inspiration to me, whether or not he believes it. (Sidenote, my hands are featured as two of the 26 in the show, selling for $35, so if you want to own my hands, go and get them, if you can figure out which ones are mine...)<br /><br />Tonight is movie night with Jess and Christiane. Last week we watched The Fantastic Mr. Fox, which I enjoyed a thousand times more than I expected to. I mean, Wes Anderson, of course! I also really enjoyed The Ballad of Jack and Rose. And I also enjoyed Agora, but mostly because it was beautiful: Rachel Weisz is stunning as usual, but mostly it was every <a href="http://www.google.com/images?q=alma+ta+dema&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=955&bih=824">Alma Tadema</a> painting ever.<br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/jbrown/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png" alt="" /><br />Celia and I even went to Yoga on Monday! At the Kensington studio. We liked it enough to agree that going back is a good idea. Pretending to be healthy for $5 is a pretty good deal.<br /><br />Yesterday was the last CSA day of the year. How heartbreaking! But Celia took me to IKEA and I bought a big soup pot so this winter will be sponsored by root veggies and lentils!<br /><br />And today I'm covering for Sandy in the store. Time to use the booklight I bought on Amazon. It has been helping, in that I can actually see the words on the page of the book. Maybe its my fault for buying a 600 page book with dark pages and tiny words. But The Mandarins is just so good! (I can't wait to be done with it!)jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-55678680413675563292010-11-01T23:23:00.007-04:002011-01-27T00:44:30.387-05:00November and Some Breathing Room<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyDnKeqRusLAXuBWcyddc0PyDRBMi8Abvag0GKhVJYetSJXKIByCP6xPuYFt-7AAfjcgj8qlkqRKdHKA2s4uhyrY2KpMe2BAbOThRttMU_5F-1kuF3uDH6qDG_v1O9XRgZvMS20q8LIq8/s1600/012.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnyDnKeqRusLAXuBWcyddc0PyDRBMi8Abvag0GKhVJYetSJXKIByCP6xPuYFt-7AAfjcgj8qlkqRKdHKA2s4uhyrY2KpMe2BAbOThRttMU_5F-1kuF3uDH6qDG_v1O9XRgZvMS20q8LIq8/s400/012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534791519424809010" border="0" /></a>November. I breathe a sigh of joy, another of relaxation, and another which is more like a gasp for the warmth of summer.<br /><br />Ghost Tours are officially winding down. I have only one scheduled for November (at my request... no more cold for me than necessary. And I should really be using any nice days in the studio while I can before the weather and I get miserable at each other.)<br /><br />Riding my bike has been fantastic. This past week as been sort of like a race to the finish line. Halloween, of course. I do SO love having a deadline. I never do anything without a deadline. Today I made a list of all the things I need to do soon, and gave them each a deadline. A bunch of them are getting done this week. Hooray deadlines!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3ii5VgvcEweifSBXnmJ_ojytABsFFUJO-NBVOeiccXHh1dVAY7AzFXPC_MHtIltQtEpSAammUqzf_cs2m_W7OmIhVO5J9EKiUsoXLCd_WZt54zcQiV8q5rQfiqshbGUoEFK88uQug1WA/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3ii5VgvcEweifSBXnmJ_ojytABsFFUJO-NBVOeiccXHh1dVAY7AzFXPC_MHtIltQtEpSAammUqzf_cs2m_W7OmIhVO5J9EKiUsoXLCd_WZt54zcQiV8q5rQfiqshbGUoEFK88uQug1WA/s400/015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534791508417558242" border="0" /></a>I knew things were winding down when I was able to have coffee with Celia at the Rocket Cat last week. It was a beautiful day. Maybe the last beautiful day for months. I loved it, and mourned it at the same time, as I do with so many things.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_st6izQHsho1eWrN4eQPVR5F_DE3e3S0_34OHYP3ZTAFOwF1HWKsDpC6Vr44MMzLJgN0bK5eyQbc1EDeAiRQrpjOzXcMvMAsx5lqZAI50sTkOzFVVuBmsifgtxwCU8z87jO0U1xRNORFH/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_st6izQHsho1eWrN4eQPVR5F_DE3e3S0_34OHYP3ZTAFOwF1HWKsDpC6Vr44MMzLJgN0bK5eyQbc1EDeAiRQrpjOzXcMvMAsx5lqZAI50sTkOzFVVuBmsifgtxwCU8z87jO0U1xRNORFH/s400/014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534791511849871122" border="0" /></a>Dave joined us for a bit, and introduced us to Slim, who usually doesn't have soot on her nose.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWcbIL7miOw6XFruGmSeO9guLTB-ZMrrgiIWIQy9Sytgw4a03VWoVuHFR5pQKuS5HgjpSxfb75-Z5fuE166MlGt4qbyN7atx9PhAaLw0kupMCI98J3g_u9vQhExYyZkaJEh_54tDJwhHv/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWcbIL7miOw6XFruGmSeO9guLTB-ZMrrgiIWIQy9Sytgw4a03VWoVuHFR5pQKuS5HgjpSxfb75-Z5fuE166MlGt4qbyN7atx9PhAaLw0kupMCI98J3g_u9vQhExYyZkaJEh_54tDJwhHv/s400/023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534791504715609282" border="0" /></a>Then, this magical flower burst into a fairy and we followed it to the moon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCetMsD6sdEjJ5lAGOUK1TQnrGe_CIQ7Nc0uv85MqAEm-SNMcO8u1H5gtCdquFcRcAiUcwTsu_ufw-Neys63nHz97WNV24lU5h2aIew4sEN1oAPxuwo4lwifu3xRF_ihSuNFG-9c06JEi/s1600/026.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCetMsD6sdEjJ5lAGOUK1TQnrGe_CIQ7Nc0uv85MqAEm-SNMcO8u1H5gtCdquFcRcAiUcwTsu_ufw-Neys63nHz97WNV24lU5h2aIew4sEN1oAPxuwo4lwifu3xRF_ihSuNFG-9c06JEi/s400/026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534791135907954818" border="0" /></a>We came back though, because Celia forgot her water, and I had to work on my Halloween costume.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRc523_0EJScyy6Jrm67InqN5n1IQj5z2XjjBG-ZCbMD5c-EiiaiPZ2jDC59nQMUHvMgZDRn2YN2uShHXFUzWayiP3FOjRRa3HtAXaRJ5_-W-Efi7NQGmlI8vRXzMiIcTDFvhqqVSt8q53/s1600/040.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRc523_0EJScyy6Jrm67InqN5n1IQj5z2XjjBG-ZCbMD5c-EiiaiPZ2jDC59nQMUHvMgZDRn2YN2uShHXFUzWayiP3FOjRRa3HtAXaRJ5_-W-Efi7NQGmlI8vRXzMiIcTDFvhqqVSt8q53/s400/040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534791121937962098" border="0" /></a>Where were my turnips?!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOA8U63mUrZXBSxxxQWNL-unFYx3W9O0M3Kn8IjAEYTcyndefc4Up8DGAun-_T8AJpmUO1hIeRAE3Kj0RK9G2o1YtvzH5VeMHN71s_-fLygxsQXg82BL1Qk0A25ORwUlmNluqu4HJCKe4/s1600/047.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOA8U63mUrZXBSxxxQWNL-unFYx3W9O0M3Kn8IjAEYTcyndefc4Up8DGAun-_T8AJpmUO1hIeRAE3Kj0RK9G2o1YtvzH5VeMHN71s_-fLygxsQXg82BL1Qk0A25ORwUlmNluqu4HJCKe4/s400/047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534791112991649714" border="0" /></a>Prepping in the studio.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-y5XAQtuPGMh1ztfk9tPYbEzlRUwWbrsOeg91TEh924fmFgxf7C2sNUINNgsRwjwNrA6n8sRz-owGeZuJ31mAEAQZrr1P8OWdXmdn9lKTt_DHnHu9xl9vSuSTt3J0s3rEFmrSLMMYS9S/s1600/050.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-y5XAQtuPGMh1ztfk9tPYbEzlRUwWbrsOeg91TEh924fmFgxf7C2sNUINNgsRwjwNrA6n8sRz-owGeZuJ31mAEAQZrr1P8OWdXmdn9lKTt_DHnHu9xl9vSuSTt3J0s3rEFmrSLMMYS9S/s400/050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534791106837396082" border="0" /></a>Garvin and Eli and me waiting for the bus (picked us up at a top secret location, to bring us to an even more top secret location for the epic <a href="http://www.thephiladelphiaexperiment.org/">PEX</a> party!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5geYYYgVKxpcaCS2U2tbnC21rX2CWy3cWNgrt5XNbBGslKfHyZI2qwWX43SPYNIUqu1Umh2mNZIOi_phq4aqKC58K7nMP644DW9ORWK5AtEowlvy5hLzaPd5-HKQ0BOfBu252Y38PFmcn/s1600/053.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5geYYYgVKxpcaCS2U2tbnC21rX2CWy3cWNgrt5XNbBGslKfHyZI2qwWX43SPYNIUqu1Umh2mNZIOi_phq4aqKC58K7nMP644DW9ORWK5AtEowlvy5hLzaPd5-HKQ0BOfBu252Y38PFmcn/s400/053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534791099906314658" border="0" /></a>(Keeping my eyes real wide gives illusion of being more cartoonie. You see it, right?)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-tEWC5fsOxq_UveOQ3CCy_StMVPAaZmFVdJ8nTUa5UVXwmZGgAp_LKL2S8LEfxo9g-J93BUVd9ny5vt2V6eCklVDrlsCSNbfQS3UB0kGBh0hKZpeJ3Tmfn-nBzkzVjMP02SXrXpkmKtm/s1600/055.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-tEWC5fsOxq_UveOQ3CCy_StMVPAaZmFVdJ8nTUa5UVXwmZGgAp_LKL2S8LEfxo9g-J93BUVd9ny5vt2V6eCklVDrlsCSNbfQS3UB0kGBh0hKZpeJ3Tmfn-nBzkzVjMP02SXrXpkmKtm/s400/055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534790433151243746" border="0" /></a>Garvin volunteered for PEX so got to hang some of his work in the first floor gallery space!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-mGtQFArRCQdsIgFEObngwZTH-mJkGoPkfUfUwqFtEczFQzZa3IitnOJl34JMZN5UzsOfBH6yd75c4TZfSlrSdzvYyhW6xWRm6JRFZcLU4W94HXNlpJ6ySkHszZtaMkcj5JBf4NkxoPc/s1600/056.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdnB5aOXgYk15nxeB2AvEfBmQfvzkwHpytsgYRrqWWR-QwLKbyHeiL-W93hS2Po0m9P6NqJ2rqah3VZ5325LYeOki_J7sDM6SUV7x_WrkE_0aNthwtGe7OKhedWBy5RdH4TEE7T4s55B5/s400/061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534790392437311202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75I95ImSxUJS0YFQCwlMPnImuiWGit3cCQPZkcUbFVIq3iIbE7MMJ8N06VCkV_U5CjYz2Tos2Uu-G6SFXTZA854KBkJDeR80tHJ_De9tbnQ3E6-x2GQSBpmBlK21cSSW_4Hs2iT4Iecrw/s1600/063.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75I95ImSxUJS0YFQCwlMPnImuiWGit3cCQPZkcUbFVIq3iIbE7MMJ8N06VCkV_U5CjYz2Tos2Uu-G6SFXTZA854KBkJDeR80tHJ_De9tbnQ3E6-x2GQSBpmBlK21cSSW_4Hs2iT4Iecrw/s400/063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534790379005337618" border="0" /></a>And if that's not enough pictures for you, here's some more!<br />And we dressed up at work on Sunday.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLINembuRpHoF6FDzNQBkfRT0MnRbJc_2V_I1ucRbYnqGtsotwMsqHLZSsTkbvATFd769badO4CLTwwzwSCIesxcVAFGFPAurVP6uKXMqZhiNryB_JelI0YBjemoEDJdS8VxspHk_r1OX/s1600/149532_847133360868_7702869_46331213_3189232_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLINembuRpHoF6FDzNQBkfRT0MnRbJc_2V_I1ucRbYnqGtsotwMsqHLZSsTkbvATFd769badO4CLTwwzwSCIesxcVAFGFPAurVP6uKXMqZhiNryB_JelI0YBjemoEDJdS8VxspHk_r1OX/s400/149532_847133360868_7702869_46331213_3189232_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534793891453798834" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlTmfHruvfcE9gXyznJcV-BpSHRcaxE81h_I_7uCLnVfTy3gSfQjXSnij6O6WyMh-A_uLSyddxVBcae5JSrUfuuGlGsX6u2eRQ4AqAVaYMw1q_r9D5xAXO19051OZBiw_ks5Jna678Ofc/s1600/73944_847133445698_7702869_46331216_4181976_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlTmfHruvfcE9gXyznJcV-BpSHRcaxE81h_I_7uCLnVfTy3gSfQjXSnij6O6WyMh-A_uLSyddxVBcae5JSrUfuuGlGsX6u2eRQ4AqAVaYMw1q_r9D5xAXO19051OZBiw_ks5Jna678Ofc/s400/73944_847133445698_7702869_46331216_4181976_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534793885475334034" border="0" /></a>Megan (dead drummer boy), Me, Marie (Super Umlaut Girl!), and Sandy (Sonic the Hedgehog)<br /><br />I sold one of my hair paintings that day: I have large ones for $55 and small ones for $40. I sold a $55 one, and I get 65% of that in January. Very cool, I gotta keep em coming though!<br />I even have a commission! This lovely couple is driving up from Baltimore on Friday so I can take the pictures. Pretty exciting!<br /><br />Friday is First Friday, and my first First Friday in MONTHS. Very excited! I've been really happy being social lately. I want more and more and more of it.<br /><br />Every winter for as long as I can remember, I think of it as a time for renewal. I imagine a part of myself dying, the part of myself that has grown too warm, or too attached to things, people, places. The winter cools me down, and I grow numb to those things, but I know that they will return to me again. The winter is something I really need, I just wish it weren't so long.<br /><br />The jade is all dead. It tricked me! It looked so thirsty, so I watered it just a little bit, and just a little bit, and just a little bit. DEAD. But some buds survived, and I'm nursing them (or leaving the fuck alone) back to health, and they are looking quite lovely.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRx5U_zs97UYrAgDoNEWx4GGt6hO_r5updJtxBfSvkQsnFQkvvPvFn6lLLoxKjzPaeMUPlI6bVKZtYf_ZsvsO8Pa_441qv-HJfEl3SfzNdCUyT33lU5IoO36cTf5OInK8q2XWcmdujGjQt/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRx5U_zs97UYrAgDoNEWx4GGt6hO_r5updJtxBfSvkQsnFQkvvPvFn6lLLoxKjzPaeMUPlI6bVKZtYf_ZsvsO8Pa_441qv-HJfEl3SfzNdCUyT33lU5IoO36cTf5OInK8q2XWcmdujGjQt/s400/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534791529427348066" border="0" /></a>jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-90446227561520872152010-10-22T10:53:00.005-04:002010-10-22T11:14:38.545-04:00At My FingertipsSince New England, October has been in full swing. Apples from the CSA, scarves, ghost tours, and they even turned on the heat in my building!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm0dKzD9svHoat3qlD8OePw9je9eE82A12Yp_D8-7KPuZepvN0lvc6rB04QqOhT9qXd7ocCPzc9OdPdtWUmCWBCisiT1B1lzG-SyM0Cx0o0azmQ-38jFtUwK5j__4hXoSaZSnJkHpzsv_/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm0dKzD9svHoat3qlD8OePw9je9eE82A12Yp_D8-7KPuZepvN0lvc6rB04QqOhT9qXd7ocCPzc9OdPdtWUmCWBCisiT1B1lzG-SyM0Cx0o0azmQ-38jFtUwK5j__4hXoSaZSnJkHpzsv_/s400/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530885083794156834" border="0" /></a><br />I went to NYC last week to see the Avett Brothers at Radio City Music Hall with Kayla and Kevin. I spent the whole day there, and got to see the <a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/on-view/chaos-and-classicism">Guggenheim exhibit Chaos and Classicism</a>, which was awesome. I think they could have explained a little more of art before WW1 to the general public (ie, they mentioned Ingres a few times, but without any explanation of who he really was). But it was really very good, I was there for two hours! Then I ran to the MET to see the Jan Gossart show, which was pretty good too. Then the Whitney for the Lee Friedlander show with Kayla, Kevin, and Kayla's friend Ann-Marie. We walked around the whole museum, but two floors were closed. Good thing we all got in free on museum-employee passes! The Avett Brothers were so good!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKLf5ygpFsy4soPy8pOXtqfvKdHxHK_Be0_lbZohliMIiLCctJbwo-SwVCbpNvcXxEvyOqSuKdRaCikixIBOegE9KH8fzoFib89jVnFR1Gu0UkCi6eosQ5HP8rgg9buMc4K9uev5EIcn7/s1600/023.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKLf5ygpFsy4soPy8pOXtqfvKdHxHK_Be0_lbZohliMIiLCctJbwo-SwVCbpNvcXxEvyOqSuKdRaCikixIBOegE9KH8fzoFib89jVnFR1Gu0UkCi6eosQ5HP8rgg9buMc4K9uev5EIcn7/s400/023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530885082959583362" border="0" /></a>I did start volunteering at the UPenn Museum last week, and so far its really great. My project is to identify, label, and log hundreds of 4x6 E6 (film positives) photos of the museum's roman glass collection.<br /><br />I would have gone again yesterday, but Nanny came to see the Cleopatra exhibit at the Franklin! I found that the objects they chose were beautiful, but not necessarily displayed as well as they could have been with the text. I enjoyed reading the historical labels, but they were sort of haphazardly placed near objects that had little or nothing to do with that specific piece of the story, or it was a serious stretch. But then Celia met us for lunch and Nanny took us to <a href="http://www.sabrinascafe.com/">Sabrina's </a>which was delicious! AND I have leftovers.<br /><br />I finally started moving some of the herbs inside.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68OfQUSn4iSxUVgY6bAbVPv86p3zcSG5CigMIommlexBZEYqHo1HhsXA7mJdOSlapFvqC0duKit2csz5_X-_Qfy1yqviXGXg1Zc1cNR_iE9bLDbZR45Cl10QstieiE6_inC7FDFMnDlZ_/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68OfQUSn4iSxUVgY6bAbVPv86p3zcSG5CigMIommlexBZEYqHo1HhsXA7mJdOSlapFvqC0duKit2csz5_X-_Qfy1yqviXGXg1Zc1cNR_iE9bLDbZR45Cl10QstieiE6_inC7FDFMnDlZ_/s400/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530889030006403442" border="0" /></a><br />I have even started riding my bike! AMAZING, JEN, GREAT JOB!, you say. Yes, its true. But, the real truth is that Erika and Jeremy are so good to me, that I asked Jeremy to fix up my bike. He did that and more, granting me not only the use of my bike, but even rode around with me for a little bit. Now, the city is at my fingertips (but, for now, I'll just stay in Fishtown).<br /><br />I have to admit, I hate how dry and cold and dreary the winter is. But it might just be my best winter in Philadelphia yet.jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-66711121942367190362010-10-18T22:58:00.009-04:002010-10-18T23:50:04.898-04:00A Long Awaited Trip to New England: The Boston PhotosWell folks, the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting colder, and the ghost tours are getting larger.<br /><br />But finally, a moment to update you with my goings-on!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WIFy8IRsFoHWymToG8tcXDTEI4Lam14O2V4IXpPNXsetwVJZx0Mygp4MNKHEZElDG3yagXLp4GVKV3WW82Q5Bnd6qyNonrX7Y9K0zhShunuidUUtnN-l_6h2md20yGyOBO2HlWpWnxam/s1600/new+england+008.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WIFy8IRsFoHWymToG8tcXDTEI4Lam14O2V4IXpPNXsetwVJZx0Mygp4MNKHEZElDG3yagXLp4GVKV3WW82Q5Bnd6qyNonrX7Y9K0zhShunuidUUtnN-l_6h2md20yGyOBO2HlWpWnxam/s400/new+england+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529592754649013970" border="0" /></a>Boston was nice. I had imagined it to be very clean, and very new. Very nicely maintained. And it was all of those things, but in a sort of creepy way.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdH0gIuyjuAJYlN4YW_dHYRayHlkSQmSb0HjMlYwsi08a0prMI_l6r5ZC_WbU_ZIWNrElYFl1bUd9iNpTG28YqLjv4HBqrrIoPXxe7hqJfO1CmT5H68-j4GjioTPsqjXAuPYOdUglb2s-/s1600/new+england+009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOdH0gIuyjuAJYlN4YW_dHYRayHlkSQmSb0HjMlYwsi08a0prMI_l6r5ZC_WbU_ZIWNrElYFl1bUd9iNpTG28YqLjv4HBqrrIoPXxe7hqJfO1CmT5H68-j4GjioTPsqjXAuPYOdUglb2s-/s400/new+england+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529592752094978962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvwF2brIYIKtoLNBkU7WhgdkTY17vJUfrWNc12p72ppPb2gr3BbEtKjJD7Fm5chRGjx-7wkBnRr150MgY8ehH2J-jzPN2HEq7c-a-dqm_mOjrkDqfHXtaYq_a9NE32QSyERoRuNoxtT7t/s1600/new+england+010.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvwF2brIYIKtoLNBkU7WhgdkTY17vJUfrWNc12p72ppPb2gr3BbEtKjJD7Fm5chRGjx-7wkBnRr150MgY8ehH2J-jzPN2HEq7c-a-dqm_mOjrkDqfHXtaYq_a9NE32QSyERoRuNoxtT7t/s400/new+england+010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529592744587450018" border="0" /></a>I only really spent two days in the city itself, and one of them rained all over my hopes of truly exploring the city. But I think I saw a pretty good chunk of it, all things considered.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeT2USG6i6sobBjbg3MMq4RfBNVLXR9pzIkVfPTvxRPOO77zEzMvIMBlli_XBWv3fvYptrZx0G-bMN_W6uS-hlSggx9h_VsXBvPQhCnU25vBcQHNqbskD8sEip3F7PRQgLXU7Dih7s77y/s1600/new+england+011.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxeT2USG6i6sobBjbg3MMq4RfBNVLXR9pzIkVfPTvxRPOO77zEzMvIMBlli_XBWv3fvYptrZx0G-bMN_W6uS-hlSggx9h_VsXBvPQhCnU25vBcQHNqbskD8sEip3F7PRQgLXU7Dih7s77y/s400/new+england+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529592735034098690" border="0" /></a>I went to the MFA<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjILGbATmBs2_vuKr59YClcibFTgsjQFRxQY3MtzpjvyBjGKZu9BUYbLfiI9Il3f4uHGKjubOesqiC65BOh6_MmKOE_2hcTEgPcA26WoYIPCw8CoNI_bIFFflqXKGXB7i8jgJMv2Cgq9W/s1600/new+england+012.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 373px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjILGbATmBs2_vuKr59YClcibFTgsjQFRxQY3MtzpjvyBjGKZu9BUYbLfiI9Il3f4uHGKjubOesqiC65BOh6_MmKOE_2hcTEgPcA26WoYIPCw8CoNI_bIFFflqXKGXB7i8jgJMv2Cgq9W/s400/new+england+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529592725857465394" border="0" /></a>Saw one of my favorite Matisses<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPceny3GUQMUYATR4Byv-tn0sBwhbBwC2CoiM4CirKYtzTqJKHGB6UqLz2TbDIHKDtrgSU8NrutaPSGFC-p-TtZ9BgoEtJfSHcX6c3j_apO-3UNgKZKDIWzZNzqbXFiD0kyZ7keG6lloYa/s1600/new+england+015.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPceny3GUQMUYATR4Byv-tn0sBwhbBwC2CoiM4CirKYtzTqJKHGB6UqLz2TbDIHKDtrgSU8NrutaPSGFC-p-TtZ9BgoEtJfSHcX6c3j_apO-3UNgKZKDIWzZNzqbXFiD0kyZ7keG6lloYa/s400/new+england+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529591938111912466" border="0" /></a>And once again spotted an Alfred Emile Stevens!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNH6bNZg-cBfM1Vudx7jROrFa460CwV4ek6BkqfZCD7gA0QcC3_S9Kb8leLO5clQ12ej0H1ZFsQEHmUjJ3E0oNF5e3b-3HE68RnlJXSICZdBIz3paC2p-5IQqtoMZpUqvL6SevmXRAJpAn/s1600/new+england+017.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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I felt that a lot of the paintings on display in the building were poorly lit and difficult to see. But the building made up for what was disappointing in the paintings. Absolutely stunning, and inspiring. I'd like to see an artist residency built around this idea of environment and community.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57Yf3JELqtySPg3VyF4HAmUCTAGhD_phqDFvTLvv9gfYmEfuDkuyJV_3paN5ZMuBlORsv2Pz_03Ib2t13XSP6fRh8SAA7tGNimMIuN3oP2lzPIUCAASv_0PGqm9hJ4vlwbRHA-zyOe01q/s1600/new+england+036.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57Yf3JELqtySPg3VyF4HAmUCTAGhD_phqDFvTLvv9gfYmEfuDkuyJV_3paN5ZMuBlORsv2Pz_03Ib2t13XSP6fRh8SAA7tGNimMIuN3oP2lzPIUCAASv_0PGqm9hJ4vlwbRHA-zyOe01q/s400/new+england+036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529591121362929106" border="0" /></a>Anna came to visit on Friday, and we went to the MIT museum, and saw the Robots exhibit!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WNc9smRfT-lUe5QrErObwhEu8-zqiDpQ-TwUKaI5r2qpdfzVVbJPOHikrMXvtGXYxNKOFxknwmYf2JbNIOnRFQUtkOl36jlo7To8VZrFaFCyqoDbXVWnRYIXTCyT9-BE51JJgzlfSldU/s1600/new+england+042.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WNc9smRfT-lUe5QrErObwhEu8-zqiDpQ-TwUKaI5r2qpdfzVVbJPOHikrMXvtGXYxNKOFxknwmYf2JbNIOnRFQUtkOl36jlo7To8VZrFaFCyqoDbXVWnRYIXTCyT9-BE51JJgzlfSldU/s400/new+england+042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529591116912114562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLFjF255CbTQMjXBnNzYtw9cGiVeIuaPh6039ql_QEd4rINjW52IelaC1GenLEeGkrbr__IonaO-Wr2j5Fy4Bo5sBf57LKXjfM40rqiVCSjTnxK4Z0wgYjSr5mNvicVKXPVHQm3On_Egm/s1600/new+england+043.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLFjF255CbTQMjXBnNzYtw9cGiVeIuaPh6039ql_QEd4rINjW52IelaC1GenLEeGkrbr__IonaO-Wr2j5Fy4Bo5sBf57LKXjfM40rqiVCSjTnxK4Z0wgYjSr5mNvicVKXPVHQm3On_Egm/s400/new+england+043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529591111416085218" border="0" /></a>That night we were joined by Anna's boyfriend as well as Julie, and we went to the Contemporary Art Museum, and then to see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Next_Room_%28or_The_Vibrator_Play%29">In the Next Room, or, The Vibrator Play</a>. It was amazing. I'd recommend it to everyone. Yes, especially everyone.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUwV1_a87OENbSoS5ObbuG-hhC5l3Q7dHLoT8n046z0l3UrZkQm3qH6bdwZPoB6z75qSNjqPeqCQ_3Rc-DRguuQKDWBefbsrOzFUav6BDhZMGhutg4fAA_p8SKXMJ-kTKAEDuBefbQqss/s1600/new+england+051.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUwV1_a87OENbSoS5ObbuG-hhC5l3Q7dHLoT8n046z0l3UrZkQm3qH6bdwZPoB6z75qSNjqPeqCQ_3Rc-DRguuQKDWBefbsrOzFUav6BDhZMGhutg4fAA_p8SKXMJ-kTKAEDuBefbQqss/s400/new+england+051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529589895740693586" border="0" /></a>Saturday Julie took me to Salem! Ahh!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZst7CudDyFDWO2jaQaUxqOoAWzdYQjtL2Gca0vWQQxvKHe5bVwiymwOr469wuX_z-jTrZZ50uqT0gtDHih-I9QZ8C1q3qnlGhFZCh8W9ipwpCHtAhAIdXAfwkAZyTfDq97ahaCr9AnQKK/s1600/new+england+053.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZst7CudDyFDWO2jaQaUxqOoAWzdYQjtL2Gca0vWQQxvKHe5bVwiymwOr469wuX_z-jTrZZ50uqT0gtDHih-I9QZ8C1q3qnlGhFZCh8W9ipwpCHtAhAIdXAfwkAZyTfDq97ahaCr9AnQKK/s400/new+england+053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529589889846162674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3kHAI9wTBJ3zBA3E7dy3UJsb5skU1RQWGbxISiIY1eo25Iazlu3sp8e33eJYW8BS981A1x2nMz_KANcTq1HFXm0sXEnlqCz5Yrzb1aMG1knt0Kr8Vzf3KRRV76eqqcVPDSkO1cArRyhE/s1600/new+england+054.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkVhGgRAs6EHH3G3FSuIzT1o8ZFz5wqzCHtCwhwSLjUhXDbAwwvvk6TmMihpXmV5ph7Mu96OxrT7POfJNYteIzcQUdJ5nDuUordDwmvPNcwQ90MpOkrkfCWpgIqt7EMJEQwI3K9IO1eso/s400/new+england+057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529589876787860130" border="0" /></a>It really just reminded me how much I loved The Crucible.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWXn1wIko5cPwT2yUOdxk7umILrh2SsER2pc8uXEqr1RcGf9nRcpdje17ugho3Dz4hroEk_36ulPKIIlV0ANW6dLSdt7IF8eZOoADpIq7pCOD_tHgkjQWIt77Vx_yZiGroyIoUvw8DKAF/s1600/new+england+059.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWXn1wIko5cPwT2yUOdxk7umILrh2SsER2pc8uXEqr1RcGf9nRcpdje17ugho3Dz4hroEk_36ulPKIIlV0ANW6dLSdt7IF8eZOoADpIq7pCOD_tHgkjQWIt77Vx_yZiGroyIoUvw8DKAF/s400/new+england+059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529588477117517618" border="0" /></a>And there's not much else like hokey, historic tourism!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOqAZ528p5uWnZTHSuUPw13QJaiE0nbegHGB9EBGk6Ug8StfnPVdalcpPemcDLtmccC2xlZit3sSF5B1KJR0geTsrv0keihBr8R7uxo8KYwYnOlttmthEQbEg0MLOcG1ODeB_2CyAlmKy/s1600/new+england+060.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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It was really moving, how many people leave things for him every day. We met two people visiting him, and we were there for maybe 20 minutes. People sure do love you, Jack.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7IGcoo3p1lMAturuoeSn2Q6YaHpPP63ltVyqkE6U3YXrDjTRu9tdS5S67yxgV87FZiPxUD1IxZgCiUOFZ0nay_zzB46P_TLcuNfuZ28cuq73pX-o2QFOIvTQ01rg9mfAZV-oE9lu1w5A/s1600/new+england+064.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7IGcoo3p1lMAturuoeSn2Q6YaHpPP63ltVyqkE6U3YXrDjTRu9tdS5S67yxgV87FZiPxUD1IxZgCiUOFZ0nay_zzB46P_TLcuNfuZ28cuq73pX-o2QFOIvTQ01rg9mfAZV-oE9lu1w5A/s400/new+england+064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529588456874554658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbFYXMkUsIV-VOcSKi0Y1T5A-t5pN0QajMSYbyq0x2H3e8dqwVnxTkz7TcEuqrsswYtkAaqS7-7yZf3XrlupHx6HG19VFO981ccxd2NYrZU574TjEc_lTuKIa0lpSg0xrg4jx6Gk8BZnB/s1600/new+england+066.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbFYXMkUsIV-VOcSKi0Y1T5A-t5pN0QajMSYbyq0x2H3e8dqwVnxTkz7TcEuqrsswYtkAaqS7-7yZf3XrlupHx6HG19VFO981ccxd2NYrZU574TjEc_lTuKIa0lpSg0xrg4jx6Gk8BZnB/s400/new+england+066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529588446891602226" border="0" /></a>Our next stop was Concord. We did tours of the Old Manse, Orchard House, and then stopped by Waldon Pond.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yc28sdaaDuowlMfg-7FpWqclL3PbkAHrSMw2E43aM3ViEvjJxd7Y5YrmCGrFUOcBNH2H87kYgCHghXONmA_SJ_OaFAmEcaiwaBFt-sZ7Nc_PjOzUDWSq2Xe3uY5GNt7nkXkMUg3eaXWt/s1600/new+england+067.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yc28sdaaDuowlMfg-7FpWqclL3PbkAHrSMw2E43aM3ViEvjJxd7Y5YrmCGrFUOcBNH2H87kYgCHghXONmA_SJ_OaFAmEcaiwaBFt-sZ7Nc_PjOzUDWSq2Xe3uY5GNt7nkXkMUg3eaXWt/s400/new+england+067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529587035333842018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRv9jH5tcGOz4WeId-Fzkx7vQEDNi1KMC1c6paGzU3yEP30nui2Qjf1OG0JfDeN59I93JBRTu3w2GZPT9hcpGh4kHWDC7fYMLlh_MYb1sfbq2J-WheP0pewrXpQlFOe3mmSVjIzhhYF0L/s1600/new+england+068.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRv9jH5tcGOz4WeId-Fzkx7vQEDNi1KMC1c6paGzU3yEP30nui2Qjf1OG0JfDeN59I93JBRTu3w2GZPT9hcpGh4kHWDC7fYMLlh_MYb1sfbq2J-WheP0pewrXpQlFOe3mmSVjIzhhYF0L/s400/new+england+068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529587026352891858" border="0" /></a>We didn't have enough time to actually see where Thoreau built his little house, but the recreation of it by the parking lot was good enough for me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bUc6xTuz9SZWUX3wbtvPSKzZSkWgJ8PNLYv0cqNxjrd0U4YsvHXjOf-geFslyaPNC8L4NsMmh7mMYjU4TYgXBrCatQGlBzbSmaNrImCTV-DHYyicEWPBGTtM3rehBOluMzF8f76NcsCA/s1600/new+england+070.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bUc6xTuz9SZWUX3wbtvPSKzZSkWgJ8PNLYv0cqNxjrd0U4YsvHXjOf-geFslyaPNC8L4NsMmh7mMYjU4TYgXBrCatQGlBzbSmaNrImCTV-DHYyicEWPBGTtM3rehBOluMzF8f76NcsCA/s400/new+england+070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529587015704005122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_9g4cfCzZFKcj0ZK0SubV0ha9X2A3CP3slWd5GM5CmTzEHqC8QKV6kVNIe430Y8GO7pw4USxJAx7cRJMXpE93Gp76A6k9uKDwBDALR26iaipQIRNuafTKvMOGuCiA-j1tAgLwUJE9Qm2/s1600/new+england+071.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_9g4cfCzZFKcj0ZK0SubV0ha9X2A3CP3slWd5GM5CmTzEHqC8QKV6kVNIe430Y8GO7pw4USxJAx7cRJMXpE93Gp76A6k9uKDwBDALR26iaipQIRNuafTKvMOGuCiA-j1tAgLwUJE9Qm2/s400/new+england+071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529587014166089106" border="0" /></a><br />Then I caught a train to Providence. But I think that's best entered in a separate post, yes?jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999758976669278605.post-37883725656921005442010-10-18T22:25:00.008-04:002010-10-18T23:58:47.929-04:00...And Providence!Providence was nice too! Unfortunately it was entirely too rainy, and one day, we didn't even leave the apartment. But there was lots to do there, including Settlers of Catan, and lots of food to be baked, cooked, and ...souped?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPe2saxPPJVv-ffBrQMIR3rnU7lWQ9RPW-7JuI-fhLvE0eh64l-tD-IJirtJg97m1Q_cPo3YknC8U-TLoH7MxHePQya3PVBhYOU9bmJdzGjaY3qj-MqrXVN9_o4A0TbCBnClId3L3GP6Di/s1600/new+england+073.JPG"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwbrS_6iSEHUQCoy8oEp2qMnpU1fxtlb8im4rsthNaUeRj1TyTckwHPGbv2ImEEaJw5EtOpduMX3ATl0iNxG-ZXwc3Nur4rXHgp0rhMHU5srsQctXwz-G8FpJcj0k9nOYlqeu3W998Adb/s1600/new+england+073.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwbrS_6iSEHUQCoy8oEp2qMnpU1fxtlb8im4rsthNaUeRj1TyTckwHPGbv2ImEEaJw5EtOpduMX3ATl0iNxG-ZXwc3Nur4rXHgp0rhMHU5srsQctXwz-G8FpJcj0k9nOYlqeu3W998Adb/s400/new+england+073.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529587809194055938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx6bfGGuDDA3gefRqr7YLpWPbwILo_yc4hV_6K8ozEflZl0-1_9C4yADEgCPTGbQz-dNng2_ABBf259BqOZuKXvNkGKGJMYvq_e7zM1z0STN81qweNzqn9k_AWeiQPgoVUwsUiD5yB2Xc/s1600/new+england+076.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx6bfGGuDDA3gefRqr7YLpWPbwILo_yc4hV_6K8ozEflZl0-1_9C4yADEgCPTGbQz-dNng2_ABBf259BqOZuKXvNkGKGJMYvq_e7zM1z0STN81qweNzqn9k_AWeiQPgoVUwsUiD5yB2Xc/s400/new+england+076.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529584478439138834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkJvhaRNvGp_opUFZjwzPMLdpiE8p3vZp0stlPnk48YJ-3Q-b8bTrg7YFi61G7gzO-niKcE5b7iVivcWn9aYCANwkm2jFHpMmVWqkXt2JEdibtqT1WfsYFr74As2NhB-nXK9oCN6YZsio/s1600/new+england+077.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkJvhaRNvGp_opUFZjwzPMLdpiE8p3vZp0stlPnk48YJ-3Q-b8bTrg7YFi61G7gzO-niKcE5b7iVivcWn9aYCANwkm2jFHpMmVWqkXt2JEdibtqT1WfsYFr74As2NhB-nXK9oCN6YZsio/s400/new+england+077.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529584460429978754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0_RSnReQpxfz8S-C1GzWjq9-rn_a-na2F1mWdbbMwJezlAZ-Si5WoyWQl1OXW6KB4brEnnYZpdlfU-YrysbL3W5b2wwTFoQk6EqJfjOaBCSrTaQRGCzMMZhaoa8YfAl_DE5AnhMKX_hZ/s1600/new+england+078.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0_RSnReQpxfz8S-C1GzWjq9-rn_a-na2F1mWdbbMwJezlAZ-Si5WoyWQl1OXW6KB4brEnnYZpdlfU-YrysbL3W5b2wwTFoQk6EqJfjOaBCSrTaQRGCzMMZhaoa8YfAl_DE5AnhMKX_hZ/s400/new+england+078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529584089282490018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JI8GbSoccQM18Kcuhhs2OEXv2nnyWjMq3Z3Q72np3523bn2cwud5LByD4NGgJIq-eszPAJ4lL0Ohv1QsOY1YmHy4sUe56enHlobjezkItKIIUZzua1shuZzY4fQVEIilikYY5FnCJIMD/s1600/new+england+079.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JI8GbSoccQM18Kcuhhs2OEXv2nnyWjMq3Z3Q72np3523bn2cwud5LByD4NGgJIq-eszPAJ4lL0Ohv1QsOY1YmHy4sUe56enHlobjezkItKIIUZzua1shuZzY4fQVEIilikYY5FnCJIMD/s400/new+england+079.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529584084663638162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OVBSb_q-xphYSekpF0Faz2qfhuY0nseNxgpuqHT8b5CSdrwEehw-y__YBF2nufJ03HDZHtJUpvaaf58EgbKwKiyPCKBp18yxL4tj1A3T8SPrwBtPPCHEqNL_eYoNyBXiKx90d7m84QZF/s1600/new+england+082.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OVBSb_q-xphYSekpF0Faz2qfhuY0nseNxgpuqHT8b5CSdrwEehw-y__YBF2nufJ03HDZHtJUpvaaf58EgbKwKiyPCKBp18yxL4tj1A3T8SPrwBtPPCHEqNL_eYoNyBXiKx90d7m84QZF/s400/new+england+082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529584059826706338" border="0" /></a>I really, REALLY, don't know what I would have done if I had gone to RISD. Some of these hills are really dangerous! I imagined slipping down the hill with a big wet painting... no. no. Never.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD14WOUb-hNOvrJfquzDGHRi_Yjt_lcZRNrTqb6wd_Zy0YlkwGcfi3YEU0AX8Uql3E5PxkJEDFkzjStKySyyc2wLuQvG0w29D4VAwI0Njtw-UBTIKYK5l4dvHPzJUbuxXfZeqelFl_dJi/s1600/new+england+084.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXD14WOUb-hNOvrJfquzDGHRi_Yjt_lcZRNrTqb6wd_Zy0YlkwGcfi3YEU0AX8Uql3E5PxkJEDFkzjStKySyyc2wLuQvG0w29D4VAwI0Njtw-UBTIKYK5l4dvHPzJUbuxXfZeqelFl_dJi/s400/new+england+084.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529584051465188546" border="0" /></a>The Rolypig made me SO happy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn_zLkL7L77T-PYU6b2_9B2hb71QKiZ-EXqx4AtEVQEUC0LBz4ljQHmlF0GSiLNLZoi0WO4Cf9XUX005pIjZ0QVm-7uyWYRi-VhoyPmj1R8s6Th16aewl-Imc2ky01yEmP9fYhq7u-D0S/s1600/new+england+086.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn_zLkL7L77T-PYU6b2_9B2hb71QKiZ-EXqx4AtEVQEUC0LBz4ljQHmlF0GSiLNLZoi0WO4Cf9XUX005pIjZ0QVm-7uyWYRi-VhoyPmj1R8s6Th16aewl-Imc2ky01yEmP9fYhq7u-D0S/s400/new+england+086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529584047184773954" border="0" /></a><br />Julie even came in one day to go to a TED talk at RISD with me. Well, not actually a TED talk, but rather a talk with the guy who started TED: Richard Saul Wurman. Julie wasn't feeling it, but I stayed the whole time. I find listening to interesting people incredibly enjoyable, even when they're just rambling (and sometimes, especially then).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4e_X8c5w6NTin8Pk2FS2M7xiw6gwVbAJea8I7_eLMQ-en09zwnfOafJFUiyFDllk7SfkLPvXGVo3Khyphenhyphen4nbpTrpGYONkF5xHYOu6JMVMWLhKKA0Obo8VhV1hKX8bwS29fRhnqzc8xCD07/s1600/new+england+087.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4e_X8c5w6NTin8Pk2FS2M7xiw6gwVbAJea8I7_eLMQ-en09zwnfOafJFUiyFDllk7SfkLPvXGVo3Khyphenhyphen4nbpTrpGYONkF5xHYOu6JMVMWLhKKA0Obo8VhV1hKX8bwS29fRhnqzc8xCD07/s400/new+england+087.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529583343371293506" border="0" /></a>I went to the RISD museum with Patrick, Noah's boyfriend. It was WAY more extensive than I had expected, and I really enjoyed it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbp5JPwdzQtvzkCvOppyGrpgqleYSUk1GcEXDXg6P4rGTBpjDYXdBd5-X8IkMCpbpe-g5AXJKH2X2dy3ajnfUb4dHREXjekNqj0rOdPJeFNJl0o6tHZgy40mm_Pvmy-OsfFn5nArrpsFu/s1600/new+england+092.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbp5JPwdzQtvzkCvOppyGrpgqleYSUk1GcEXDXg6P4rGTBpjDYXdBd5-X8IkMCpbpe-g5AXJKH2X2dy3ajnfUb4dHREXjekNqj0rOdPJeFNJl0o6tHZgy40mm_Pvmy-OsfFn5nArrpsFu/s400/new+england+092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529583337631301650" border="0" /></a>I even, once again, found a Stevens painting! (Twice in one trip! Imagine my delight!)<br /><br />Patrick and I also went to the Culinary Museum at Johnson&Wales. It was actually a ton of fun. The museum itself was pretty small, but just packed with awesome old cooking stuff! The labels were well-written, even some of the individual exhibits were incredibly impressive. But, we had worked up such an appetite that we were prepared to pay top dollar for J&W cooked food, but apparently they have no such place on their own campus? Appalling.<br /><br />The last night I was there, we went to an awesome Poetry Slam sort of thing. It really made me miss writing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQajdvPP67VzpD185noWU3F5UfBGbSvhC_50wTc1OSjnjAUYkJi2rrSzpBVKndDb3L4a6imcJMPQYn365y7s5PCYMGRzxxBuclb8AcAbeeAWmriwDYcBqsgphfmoN0PUfjx7WgDIGPZwN/s1600/new+england+101.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQajdvPP67VzpD185noWU3F5UfBGbSvhC_50wTc1OSjnjAUYkJi2rrSzpBVKndDb3L4a6imcJMPQYn365y7s5PCYMGRzxxBuclb8AcAbeeAWmriwDYcBqsgphfmoN0PUfjx7WgDIGPZwN/s400/new+england+101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529583332042896098" border="0" /></a>Kitty.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4Iz1LxL9rA26CVYJc8bLkDbiQYpGibzNKw1qKM-PYIPZzuP28SJ_xDrvFzkV-P7YTcgP_P6DUXAQb26hnCFIZRdgWKNPI8z2QBNTLhl8juFsqhsFF4bEAX5bo7fCYSkY_eRVWnMoztIM/s1600/new+england+125.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4Iz1LxL9rA26CVYJc8bLkDbiQYpGibzNKw1qKM-PYIPZzuP28SJ_xDrvFzkV-P7YTcgP_P6DUXAQb26hnCFIZRdgWKNPI8z2QBNTLhl8juFsqhsFF4bEAX5bo7fCYSkY_eRVWnMoztIM/s400/new+england+125.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529583327951431250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDKqF7GQskCsBU7pimvdmXnGfRSp8-1DF5DI8DCEvShotLslAjbFZRL9hdNWt34E_xm-WtmpSWERMKq36WbDtZptph-6rNfkO7mmhkvxRke7QFiSskDOSNhyphenhyphenAdBl1u-ndyB1UJsVU4enP/s1600/new+england+132.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimDKqF7GQskCsBU7pimvdmXnGfRSp8-1DF5DI8DCEvShotLslAjbFZRL9hdNWt34E_xm-WtmpSWERMKq36WbDtZptph-6rNfkO7mmhkvxRke7QFiSskDOSNhyphenhyphenAdBl1u-ndyB1UJsVU4enP/s400/new+england+132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529583322614613666" border="0" /></a>But I had to come home eventually: Hansie missed me soooo much!jen brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145625098464420098noreply@blogger.com0