Andras Revesz on the road

Museum Mile 2007

The 29th Annual Museum Mile is taking place this year on June 12th from 6pm - 9pm. I have visited 5th Avenue the past several years during this event and believe me it's a lot of fun. So come and enjoy the avenue without cars, taxis or buses, but filled with families, entertainers like musicians, painters and many others. How about meeting at 86th street in front of Neue Galerie to enjoy the free access and late hours?

Cedar Hill

My discovery this weekend in Central Park was a visit to Cedar Hill, which lays between the bicycle road right past the Boathouse and the East 79th street entrance. I am claiming this spot as my new favorite hang out point for the summer. The top part is flat area and receives sun for the longest hours as the side faces East, it is great for picnics or any kind of get together. The area is pretty quite and not nearly as crowded as Sheep Meadow, it's easy to access from any directions. If my memory serves me right I saw Yvette around here be the clown for the first time in my life, I declare this hood a good spot.

Museum night

So I finally made it to Shapes of Space exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum. Last time from El Greco to Picasso I left with some good vibes. Also, I am lucky enough to share the same street, a far side of it, I get to see and admire the building Solomon R Gugenheim from the outside often enough to say it's among the few favorites.

First in the lobby, an incredible construction is waiting for you, a rather simple creation giving a great view of itself and everything surrounding it, let that be the street or other visitors alike. Optical games the illusions are generally great to be looking at, Alyson Shotz achieves showing us her Space by using cut plastic fresnel lens sheets and staples, can't help to share at this point, but it made me think of ping pong and also how HOT space has become in our lives.
There are really cool stuff on display, like László Moholy-Nagy, Space Modulator and Dan Flavin, untitled or Piet Mondrian, Composition No. 1.

All this is while a precise reconstruction of the building is taking place, with detailed explanation of it. I particularly enjoyed the last few rounds where all was bare white and empty so one could enjoy and take the curves of Frank Lloyd Wright's incredible architectural creation.

Anyway, off to Central Park now for a bit as the sun is still up, the Metropolitan is open late anyway. Here I had such a cute encounter with a 16months old little girl that started flirting with across the field. What a beautiful way to end the week with, it was relaxing and playful at the same time.

At the Metropolitan the New Roman and Greek exhibition hall, if I may report is done in a clean and inviting way where the vast number of statues are incorporated making the hall feel like you are back in the day in a courtyard somewhere in Greece. The renovation was done with a lot  of attention paid to detailing. Again, totally worth coming back and to just to get lost in the Muesum. There was still time too see how the Islamic World put it's influence on Venice , if you want to travel to the West of it and see how Barcelona was influenced by it's artists before the war... keep in mind you are running out of time as it will closes on June 3.

So, if you live in New York what's your excuse for not seeing any of these? If not, come visit and find what fits you best and enjoy New York City! And for me at the end of my Friday was some charcoal grilled vegetables and a delicious salmon burger cooked on my fire escape, thanks for the help Rick.

Boldog Szulinapot Judit!

Happy Birthday Judit, today is the day!
I hope all your wishes will come through and that we will be able to celebrate many more occasions together. Wishing you all the strength and energy for the finish run on becoming The Greatest Organization Consultant and for passing all your exams with flying colors.
It was a nice evening spent among our sweet family on the Duna, oh the Hudson at a beautiful spot in Manhattan.
You are the best sister I could have ever gotten!
sok sok puszi, Andris

p.s.
If I may share this as well from 12 years ago, thanks Peter.

400th flat

Oh, just kidding, but I think it was the 3rd since my avid cycling since December. This one came after riding to New Jersey and back, it happened about 4 avenues away from my semi final destination when I started feeling the funny wobble in the rear tire, sure enough...
A combination of leaving late, rather having a good time at Hamos' with great BBQ and Ping Pong, then getting lost in the 'forest' and riding my fixed gear bike through the hills of New Jersey I managed to miss the season finale of The Simpsons.
Already counting the days back for The Movie, where it all will be made up to me.

Ava and Gabrielle

Which I thought I would miss as I was speeding to the Jersey City Museum only to find out that they were waiting just for me to arrive.
I was curios what Felix DeRoy wanted to share with us, his film takes place in 1949 on the island of Curacao, which I had visited in 2004. In brief the story is about the evolving relation of the Suriname painter Gabriel Goedbloed and between his model chosen for the mural of the Virgin Mary, Miss Ava Recordina coming from mixed origin who is engaged to the white police major. Though there are many other angles or rather complications to the film. It touch deep on subjects like racism, homosexual issues, politics all shown through some beautiful deep blue colors (I could tell despite of the horrible quality).
The movie was being screened as part of the African Diaspora Cine-Club, with their next screening at Columbia Teachers College on the last Friday of May showing Looking for Life, a 60min documentary.

coco 66

Spiced with some Paprika palinka and a sweet practice of ping pong.

It was a good evening and cold, I pedaled toward the red.
Cool hangout place in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

good bye dear Bandus

Dear Bandus,

Peace be with you, my first vanity plate that traveled around with me for 14 months and almost 2 weeks and I'd guess about 8-10000 miles around Manhattan, Queens, New Jersey and Brooklyn.
And to the person that took it from me just remember how the saying goes: what goes around comes around. I know you know that you will pay for your decision made today.

May I ask why you did it? Maybe no one was around and you could just get away with it? Did you really need it? Are you stupid enough that you think you can use it on some other bike? Or you just thought it's cool? Well, no matter what your motive was you were totally out of your mind stealing it from me.
I will always remember you as a thief, unless you decide to return it to me PROMPTLY as you know that is your rightful duty!

Dear Bandus, and to you I wish safe travels, wherever you go, you will have my heart filled with warmth  every time I think of you.