my fantastic distractions: weekend distractions

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1/20/12

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.

weekend distractions: AV edition

1. first person arts story slam at the philadelphia museum of art!
i like stories and i like when people tell them publicly...so i think that i am going to enjoy myself tonight at this special event (during 'arts after 5' at the PMA) where the theme is GIFTS.

(the story in the video above is pretty funny and the guy is from MN...awesome! i had a job where i had to go to the dump more than a few times...let me just say right now that it was not a romantic place.)

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 DISTRACTIONS: massachusetts-girl-time!

tonight i am heading to cape ann with my friend wendy to visit our dear friend kate. kate lives north of boston in gloucester - one of my favorite places on the planet. i am looking forward to meeting her new baby boy and drinking red wine and celebrating her birthday and smelling the ocean and LAUGHING...i am certain that there will be a lot of laughing.

edward hopper also liked gloucester, ma

have an awesome weekend!

(i will do some specific weekend distractions next friday...kinda gotten out of practice!)
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11/18/11

WEEKEND DISTRACTIONS: the big apple & hudson valley

i did not plan any specific distractions for this weekend...just some empire state state of adventure since i will be heading up to new york city today (AKA the ultimate distraction) and then on to the beautiful hudson valley to visit with a friend who just had an adorable little baby.

but on a slightly related note...i thought i would share something specific that has been distracting me ALL WEEK: the song "moves like jagger" by maroon 5. i know right, a maroon 5 song?? for some reason this jam has infected my brain and gets me MOVING & SHAKING. more than one sweet dear friend has had to watch me interpretive dance/dork-out to this track blaring from my iphone. how could i not share it!?