ROBERTA

This is Roberta. When I took this photo about a month ago though I did not know she was Roberta. She was a woman in a blue robe walking past a blank wall and a smoke signal I had some interest in. 


On this day I did not realize that Roberta can dance backwards or that she would come
to refer to my as the "smartest girl in the world." On that day I did not know that later she would insist that she run upstairs to get some money for me, because someone should be paying me lots of money. "Where did you come from? You are beautiful! BEAUTIFUL You are an angel. And look what you can do!" And she would sort of do this little dance and tell me she was going to run upstairs to get me some money.

YOUR MOTHER'S ROLLS

Sometimes when I walked into the bakery or now the restaurant where I cook I wonder 'How did I get here?" 

And I think back to Vienna, and your mother's rolls (which I never tasted) that you described to me. They maybe had cream in them. Not sweet. Crusty. And I imagined them and baked for weeks trying to replicate that taste for you.

I am still baking. I am still trying to find your mother's rolls in my cupboard of dry good. 

Re-Wind

I think Roberta's is my 'rewind' button. Every time we go back there it is like the first time, which is like it was the 3rd and 17th and today. 

WELCOME AUTUMN GLORY

So much catching-up to do! I spent the 'summer' working like a flour-dusted, oven roasted tasmanian devil and then it ended and now it appears to be autumn. A simple stew will have to do. Thank you spice angel! 

SLEEP

Time to lie in the bed I made.

TWIST and SHOUT

We are all born with exceptional physical gifts! All bodies are amazing bodies. I could have been born with a great jaw line, a teeny waist, fast runner or high cheek bones but I was born double-jointed. Yeah...it surprised me too! I twist...and others shout. 

VIP OPENING FRIEZE NYC

Nutcracker by Jennifer Rubell at The Breeder Gallery, Athens

All he wanted was a room alone (see above) to enjoy the fair. All she wanted were some nuts to crack (see above). Here I present some oh-so-random shots from the Frieze Fair VIP opening on Randall's Island, NYC. The titles are terribly incomplete and I will try to get to that later in the day! Right now, I got some nuts to crack, (literally!) It is time to go to the bakery.