Spectral Bagpipes

The Utrecht school that brought you “The Steadfast Philosopher” now brings you “Alluring Bagpiper”, coming soon to the National Gallery of Art!
Start of classes has been actually pretty exciting. Last night the six majors doing art history theses sat for two hours briefing each on the work that’s been done so far. Curiously, my work [...]

Polenta EVERYWHERE

The whole summer job search has certainly been complicated by this whole being in Italy business, but the most telling experience took place this Tuesday when I had my final interview for the Steamboat Foundation internship with the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston:
The curators at the Gardner scheduled the call for 1pm Tuesday; 7pm [...]

GOOSE LIVER!

Title inspired by purloined from this excellent strip.
I am leaving for Newark Airport in just under three hours. nnnnnn! I am very nervous about all the logistics in getting to Rome, but that is undoubtedly caused by my anal-retentive need to be in complete control and awareness of what is going on, which doesn’t happen [...]

I never hesitate

 
My days have been quite consumed by work on a design for a Williams College mosque/Islamic center, but I think the results are rather compelling.

Distilled spirits are a bonanza from a tax standpoint

Awesome article in the Times on microdisilleries, cousin to the recent boom in local microbreweries across the country. Money quote:
On a farm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jeff Quint is similarly enthusiastic about his spirits. “I’ll put our gin up against anybody’s, in any city,” he said. “Our gin rocks.”
No, dude, seriously. Wonder what they’re cooking [...]

Days turn into months

Did classes only start eight days ago? Surely not. This ranks up there with the longest weeks I’ve ever had, and it’s not even finished yet.
All the classes are going great. Italian at 9AM every morning is going to get me down eventually, but the professor is adorable and really good. Rembrandt, Methods, the Mosque [...]

Packed?

Kill me now.

Go away, August

August is going on too long. I’m starting to develop a mild floating anxiety about returning to school. Probably exacerbated by my not doing anything productive this last week besides finishing both Myst III and Myst IV. Exile is ridiculously easy. Fun, but waaayy easier than Revelation (Yes, the spider chair broke me.) I think [...]

Back Home!

Made it back home yesterday without great incident.
The last night on the Cape (Friday) is, understandably, a little melancholy for everyone in the house. Strangely, I wasn’t feeling this malaise, nor had I been much plagued by any looming worries about the upcoming year or even just what I’d do the week that I got [...]

North Adams is crawling with pimps

The concert on Friday was a total success, and was followed up by a really good Combo Za show (Wheel of Doom, props to Ruth for the title) and a good ol’ GQ party w/ alums and all. And also happy visit with mom, who came up to record the concert, and then we had [...]