Das Boot

September 7th

So one of my favorite co-workers, Bill, is leaving me. To honor him in the best way possible, a bunch of us went to our favorite local joint, Heidelberg on 84th and 2nd Ave. It's a straight up German restaurant where they sport the leiderhosen, have awesome sausages and sometimes even have an old man playing um-pah tunes on the organ in the back.

This is Bill and his special going away beer.

Sadly, my camera battery was dead, but luckily AJ had a camera photo to document Das Boot! (Only those who are immature enough to have watched Beerfest will truly appreciate that comment. )

We took this silly photo of Bill's awesome boss, Nancy, with her tiny little beer for perspective.

And later in the evening, after a few more boots, I made friends with the guys at the table next to us (that's me on the far left) so I could get this photo of their gnome friend to continue their appearance on the blog.

Bill, I'll miss you and your shortcuts through the office! Good luck in Connecticut!

The Met

September 6th

In my preparations for the trip, I swung by the Met to borrow some items from my friend Michelle. There is never a day when these stairs are not packed with people. The Met gets our weekly attendance in the first hour of their day. Lucky jerks.

I'm Back

September 5th

So, I've returned from my Moscow to Bilbao extravaganza and realized that I am now over a month behind in posts. Please visit back as it will take some time to process the one million photos I took on the trip.

But in the meantime, here's a photo of a church on the upper east side from September 5th.

Weird Russian Shit

Hey y'all.

Sending a quick hello from Moscow and wanted you to know that I arrived safe and sound, although 4 hours late. My car was there waiting and this hotel is fine, even though everything smells likesmoke. I had a great day sightseeing at the Kremlin and visiting the most random musum ever (can't spell it) with another museum guy and I am exhuasted.

Random thoughts: there are lots of stray dogs in Moscow, the food really is bad, the people are rude and cranky, the vodka is plentiful and everything is super expensive, but I'm enjoying it. Looks like I'll be there another day and am hoping to visit the State Russian Museum in Red Square. Hopefully I'll get to St. Petersburg tomorrow, but that trip has not been working out so well.

Ok, all the things are in crylic so I am going to try and post this. Hope it works.

Miss Russian Banana

Blog Busy and Far Far Away

Dear Readers,

I am totally stressed.

I've taken photos for the 5th and the 6th, but alas, in my ongoing rushed preparations for the upcoming 3 week trip, I forgot to charge my camera battery and thus it was dead when I went to upload them today. But never fear, as I will have many many days of posts to catch up on when I return, you'll see them eventually.

Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I leave the country this Sunday and will be gone until September 28th on this crazy courier trip. One of the Academy's paintings is in an exhibition travelling from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow to the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain. I'll be spending 8 days in Russia, 2 days on a bus driving to Helsinki, one day on a 24 hour ferry ride in the Baltic Sea, 4 more on another bus driving from Germany to Paris, and finally Paris to Spain where I will spend a few more days installing the painting. Phew. I'm tired just typing that!

If I find cheap Internet access on the trip, I'll try and post some small updates to let you know I'm alive and well. Be sure mark your calender for October 1st for all the updates and to see my own photos of the things below.

Hugs and Kisses to all my loyal readers.

Miss Banana