I just did a street-trunk sale for my Etsy shop, romanlovesgigi, selling a buttload of mostly clothes, some hung on a rack, others in large apple baskets, and loved it! This gorgeous Fall weather didn’t hurt. There were shoes; a couple of tables I’m getting rid of, one small lucite table with a curved edge, […]
I’m on a cooking binge these days, grilling and stove. Made this tasty mushroom, lentil, quinoa, carrot, celery dish, close to this Martha Stewart recipe but with rosemary and some of Trader Joe’s garlic and eggplant dip mixed in. Improv-style. Delish! A bit heavy for summer I suppose but it can be eaten cold (or […]
Love this audio tape of answering machine messages left on Fluxus great Charlotte Moorman’s machine in 1971. A perfect Fluxus work in and of itself! Most of the messages relate to a day-old review in the Village Voice (who I started writing for almost 30 years to the day, weirdly enough), and say as much […]
The news that the owner of 5-pointz aka the Phun Factory in Long Island City went ahead and whitewashed its graffitied facade, DEFACING the art, all 200,000 sq. ft. of it, made my heart sink. The landlord of the building, which has been an active site for public/street art for over a decade and also […]
I’m never getting drunk again. Its so rare that I do, and while I’ve always had a perplexingly high tolerance for it, alcohol doesn’t agree with my constitution (the reason I think my mother never drank, though I did plenty for many years in my youth). Those who enjoy drinking have the benefit of doing […]
(I heard from a few people they were unable to leave comments…I don’t know what the problem is, so sorry! I miss having an intern for these sorts of technical issues so if anyone is interested, let me know – if you can!) When the stock market crashed in 2008, I remember talking to friends […]
