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Governor’s Island: The Little Pleasure Island Next to Manhattan

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It’s not only because its a quirky little green spot of land looking over its sprawling lawns and old buildings toward Manhattan. One free ferry ride over and you arrived at a Pleasure Island, full of people picnicking, riding bikes, eating ice cream, and far stranger things: like dressing up as flappers and dancing to 1920s tunes or even taking trapeze classes.

Last summer’s art festival was more prevalent, but this year they still had the artist-designed minigolf course (love) and on the lawn next to it a group of playful installations that adults as much as children seemed to enjoy. I especially loved the bright graphic birds of Flock to Living.

Transitions

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Lots of transitions this past week, from flying out of Mexico and landing in New York in the evening to the glimmer of city lights…

To a new (temporary) home by a different ocean in a rather chilly, wet climate….

Interspersed with lots of long subway rides…

Into Manhattan, which hasn’t changed a bit.

I’m going through a bit of reverse culture shock. Even now that I’ve gotten some clothes out of storage and settled into a new space and seen old friends, I still answer people with a “si” instead of a “yes” and am overwhelmed by the subway at rush hour. This week should be a bit easier, so hopefully I can tell you about my (incorrect) assumption that visiting the New Museum’s Skin Fruit exhibition would help me ease into things by reminding me how much I love the art scene here.

Empire State of Mind

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If all my tweets are about things happening in NYC:

  1. Five Art Shows to Catch Before Closing — New York Magazine http://ht.ly/1HXyt about 15 hours ago via HootSuite

  2. RT @artnetdotcom: Today’s 1,000-point market plunge may be because Citi trader hit “b” for billion instead of “m” for million… about 17 hours ago via HootSuite

  3. RT @MuseumModernArt: RT @JackRicofficial: Lady Gaga was at the MoMa museum today: http://tweetphoto.com/21317606 about 18 hours ago via HootSuite

  4. Pitch @Art21 a post on Art&Expereince–maybe web and art? tweet art? : ) http://ht.ly/1HLs7 about 21 hours ago via HootSuite

  5. Looks fun! RT@RSHotel: First ever Great Nude Invitational @RSHotel May 13-16, we are SO excited! For info and RSVP http://bit.ly/dssKSL about 22 hours ago via HootSuite

and my favorite things to write about were seen in NYC, hello William Kentridge! and New York art fairs, then maybe it’s a sign I should go back soon. Which, conveniently enough, I am. May 17. That is really soon (eep!).

Time to get in an Empire State of mind…