Saturday was my sister Jaime’s birthday. Happy birthday, sis!
Friday was the monthly gallery walk on the Paseo and after noting in an email exchange with MB that I had not been in awhile, I decided to get off my duff and give it a go no matter what. One of the people I saw was Kay, one of MB’s friends and here’s a shot of her waving hello to MB and telling me that MB MUST email and catch up with each other. Of course I saw other friends, but to be honest with you, my photo skills are pretty low at best, crude with my iPhone in fact, and the photos I took of Andy Artus and Tim, sans LaNeice, just weren’t worth putting up.
I went to JRB gallery first, as ususal, and the best thing hanging on the walls was in one of the back rooms, an oil by George Oswalt, the most under-rated of Oklahoma’s artists. I really liked this one.
Not long after that, I ran into a group of folks on the walk including MCARP being all incognito. The next day at the Red Cup he claimed he just hadn’t been home to change glasses, but, really, what are the odds that 340am didn’t have a chance to go home?For the first time in a long time, I saw some art I could tolerate at one of the other galleries, the Paseo Originals, and I took a picture of some art by Beth Wilhelm, who I met and chatted up. She’s the woman on the right.
She told me she’d moved to Oklahoma about a year and a half ago from Anniston, AL, and teaches art and drawing at Metro Tech. According to www.paseooriginals.com, she does pet portraits. Pet portraits!?! Whatever.
My original intention was to go from Paseo to Momentum at the Farmer’s Market. MCARP said he went, but I didn’t make it. Instead, I caught up with some old friends like Paco,
and checked out Picasso’s on Paseo and The Room Next Door, which seems much like Galileo’s with a new name and otherwise, the vibe and all was pretty much the same. By the time I’d listened awhile to the band playing at the apartments, I was cold and tired and just packed it in.Other than that, Mom’s back from a short trip with Ruth Levinson to Sarasota, FL, MindOverMary has grandkids, it’s Mardi Gras for son Jack in New Orleans, and my grandson was able to stretch his birthday out into March, which is pretty good going if you ask me.
As for me, it’s mostly been allergies. Ah choo! I’ve been wearing glasses since I can’t get my contacts in my eyes, they are so puffy and water constantly. Other than that, the Blockbuster on NW 50th and MacArthur went belly up and I went over there and spent money I didn’t have on some more DVDs that were heavily discounted.
Hope all is well with you and yours,
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