WEEKEND DISTRACTIONS: sense appreciation!

the opening night performance for nick cave's exhibition Let's C.
photo: james prinz

1. nick cave: let's C at the fabric workshop and museum!

this art is plainly more fuel for my texture addiction! added bonus: the fabric workshop is right next the AIA philadelphia bookstore and design center (which has very nice bathrooms if i may say so)...double whammy in sense overload.

the fabric workshop says: 

"The exhibition Let’s C highlights recent, prominent sculptural and performative works by Chicago-based artist Nick Cave. The exhibition features Cave’s iconic “Soundsuits”—which function in chorus as dance costumes, sculptures, and extensions of one’s persona—video of recent performance, and, for the first time, Architectural Forest: an ambitious, floor-to-ceiling installation of ornamented bamboo. For over two decades, Nick Cave has constructed Soundsuits out of a litany of unique, found materials, such as crocheted hats, plastic sandwich bags, gleaming buttons, stuffed animals, and other items from thrift stores, flea markets, and estate sales. Their sculptural form functions simultaneously to display and conceal through the visual references to the exuberance of masquerade and the protection of body armor."

WEEKEND DISTRACTIONS: wendy has rhythm!

Daddy Tattoo, Philadelphia, 2004 - zoe strauss

1. zoe strauss dance party at the philadelphia museum of art!
this event celebrates the opening of the mid-career retrospective (zoe strauss: ten years) by the acclaimed local photographer zoe strauss. from the PMA website: strauss states that her ambition is “to create an epic narrative that reflects the beauty and struggle of everyday life.”

my gal pal wendy is the best dancer in these parts and i cannot wait to get my groove on with her and see this amazing show!

WEEKEND DISTRACTIONS: ahhh chilly january!

1. cocktail with my gal pal at the new restaurant down the street: lemon hill!
i have walked/biked by this place for the last few months...hoping (with crossed fingers) that something good was happening behind the closed doors. they finally reopened the space last week and although the menu is not entirely "sara-friendly", the buzz is good and the drink list/location/atmosphere make it visit worthy.

appreciation week - day 4! it's not what you know, it's who you know!

i TOTALLY appreciate my friends and family...most of you are pictured below in no particular order!
thanks for your love and support over the past year - my best in 2012! 

appreciation week - day 2! the library!

i totally TOTALLY appreciate all libraries, but since my august move i have been a patron (and more recently a volunteer) at the parkway central branch - the main library of the philadelphia free library system.

appreciation week - day 1! the schuylkill river!

i am using this last week of the year to highlight some special things that i appreciate.

give a little...

let's be honest...you don't bat an eyelash when you buy a $14 cocktail or a $25 t-shirt. why not join me in embracing the spirit of the season and throw a couple of extra bucks toward worthy organizations doing some hard work. here are my favorite philly non-profits and a few global do-gooders.

WEEKEND DISTRACTIONS - zooey, zen and ice

sadly, i am not on the podium with these 1981 novice freeskate champions...they all look so happy!

1. a visit to penn skating rink:
even though i grew up in minnesota and actually own a pair of ice skates (and can skate backwards) - my chances to hit the ice often boil down to a single winter experience. i may sound like a skating snob, but a groomed rink makes all the difference, which is why i am going to skip a visit to the river rink at penn's landing and instead head over to the university of pennsylvania arena. they have open skating for a whooping $7 on the weekends. time to lace up and re-enact my stars on ice routine!

WEEKEND REVIEW: THANKSgiving distractions

sunny skies, delightful friends (with welcoming families) and SO much food! i am thankful for the chance to create such beloved memories!

now i have to figure out a way to block all the repetitive christmas music from entering my brain!

WEEKEND DISTRACTIONS: modern art, vintage clothes and a cinnamon bun!

by charline von heyl

WEEKEND DISTRACTIONS: art, dance and stay-cation!

beautiful picture via etsy store raceytay

bike accidents, bike love and roger sterling on a bike...

my beloved bianchi milano (the italian station wagon of bikes...before the accident)

so yesterday i was feeling a bit of melancholy and i thought "what makes me happy?" (beyond friends and family) and i came up with MY BIKE!

WEEKEND GOALS - exotic cocktail, straight hair and a lined tee...

so i thought i would give myself some weekend goals...

1. try an exotic cocktail...perhaps at the newly opened trestle inn

2. can i do it? can i straighten my hair? this one may be tough.

3. DIY project (since i already have fabric paint) - lined tee

i will check-in on monday to let you know if these (modest) goals were completed. have a wonderful weekend!

ASPIRE...embracing this rainy thursday in philadelphia

this cool and stormy weather makes me want to slooooow down...so i thought i would share a poem about two things i love: autumn and libraries.

   
In the Library - by Dorthea Grossman

The library always smells like this:
an ancient stew of vinegar and wood.
It’s autumn again,
and I can do anything.

welcome...enjoy something pretty...

down by the schuylkill river a few weeks ago... i could not ignore the magical sky.