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Manhattan Transfer

Friday, October 30th, 2009

I’m still in New York for business so no big post, but something to appropriately Kick-Start the Weekend with The Manhattan Transfer (and it kinda goes with the dress up theme of Halloween). I’ve always liked The Manhattan Transfer’s vocals and jazzy content. This video was originally recorded in 1991. I like the drawings:

The Manhattan Transfer – The Offbeat Of Avenues (Official Music Video) – For more of the funniest videos, click here

If you’re looking for something fun and adult to do for Halloween, check out the Torpedo Factory’s annual bash and Ofrenda, Art for the Dead exhibit — a bit offbeat, if you dare.

Happy Halloween! I don’t even have my pumpkins out yet, maybe that will give the kids a clue :0.

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New Orleans History

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Little did I know that when I was having an afternoon cocktail with my mother on our family friends’ porch, that I’d discover a venue for historical artwork. Mrs. Parker was showing me some of her own collected artwork and mentioned that she volunteers at The Historic New Orleans Collection in the French Quarter. She showed me some overleaf post cards of some recent exhibitions below:

And a graphic from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in their current exhibit “Surrounded by Water,” which depicts how the Mississippi River has changed.

The contemporary duck carvers exhibit “Meet the Carvers!” displays the exceptional talent of decoy artists to render something so realistic in an unforgiving medium. One slip of the wrist leading to one wrong dig and you’re done!

These duck decoys remind me of the wonderful gallery my mother and I happened to stumble upon in Camden, Maine. These artists’ works are truly admirable.