Round Two

It has been over two months since my last post- not cool. I figure either I can absorb this defeat and move on to some other popularized activity or I can suck it up and try again. I choose the latter. Apologies. If not to my readers (still don't think I have any) than to myself. So here I go at my second attempt to putting myself into the blogosphere.

Thursday night I met, Gloria, my colleague and an amazing artist in Brooklyn at MoCADA for the opening of "Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks". Super crowded, hot and sweaty, I pushed myself between people, stuck my head in uncomfortable locations, and stepped on things I probably shouldn't have. All discomfort aside- amazing exhibition. This selective group of artists uniquely captured their experiences of Gentrification and its effects on their communities. As a native New Yorker I am constantly made aware that here wealth equals power. Gentrification is not unique to Brooklyn, it's the trend happening all through the boroughs, and Raw New York is fading fast.

Afterwards we went to another opening exhibition, not worth mentioning, which landed us in DUMBO. We went for some tasty treats, including red, red, vino (obviously) at DUMBO General Store.