Yoram Wolberger and Cracker

The first Saturday of every month, Target picks up the tab for all of New York to visit the Brooklyn Museum. They have lots of live music, like a pop brass band and an 80s style synth band with live xylophone this month, and make it a huge event. They stay open to 11pm -- an extra 5 hours of art!

On the fifth floor, where all the young folks go, there was a Yoram Wolberger sculpture when we got off the elevator. He seemed to need a cracker.

NYC Resistor laser is great for cutting boxes!

I learned how to use the lazer at NYC Resistor to cut boxes this past Saturday. I received a treat in December in a small pizza box, and thought it could work well as a bracelet package. So, I set out to make a 5" version of that box. Now I can cut them with the lazer in 1.25 minutes! That's a lot faster than me cutting them by hand in about 10 minutes each. (I made about 20 of these boxes for Christmas so you can see that 25 minutes vs 3 and a half hours is a big savings. The phone is for scale.

Arto Bones on the way

Here I am signing the boxes for Art-O-Mat bones. Get yours at a machine near you! You can see some waxes of upcoming projects on my bench in the background.

Cupcake Cafe and cracker

O.K. I've got to stop seeking cupcakes or I'll have to visit the cardiologist! Cupcake Cafe has a little counter inside Books of Wonder on 18th Street. I used to live near the 39th Street store and visit to get fresh made donuts on the weekend (Dounts? I know, what's the point?). They also used to make waffles at that location. Mmmm. We have the recipe from their book, but it was nice to walk two blocks over and have someone else make them for you. No dishes, no fuss, no egg white whipping, no batter folding. Just eating!

Try the maple cupcakes here. I've got a sweet tooth for them.

I can't imagine it ever happens, but even a Cake Wreck from Cupcake Cafe would still be lovely.

Tonnie's Cupcakes and cracker

We've got the best cupcakes in NYC in our neighborhood. They are just delightful, and they're inexpensive too. Your cupcake tour is not complete without a visit to Tonnie's Cupcakes. From left to right we had the Sweet Potato Pie, the Cappuccino cupcake, and a Strawberry Vanilla cupcake. The little cup had an espresso to wash it all down.

Kiki, Tulips, & Cracker

I was out on a Sunday afternoon and came across this amazing community garden on 90th Street between Columbus & Amsterdam. I met a clown who was taking self-portraits with the tulips so, as every New Yorker has done from time to time, I offered to take the picture for her. When I walk through Times Square I almost always find a tourist group who would have had one person missing in the photo if I hadn't volunteered.

It turns out that this clown is rather well known! I'm touched by fame having met Kiki. She does face painting and balloons for kids parties. She also does dress-up as the Prettiest Princess. She's been featured on Good Morning America. You can check out her site here: kikisfacesandballoons.vox.com

Dr. Crispy and Cracker

My friend Chris Poultney (a.k.a. Dr Crispy) is officially a doctor now, although he's no Marcus Welby. He's much smarter than that. He doesn't just play a doctor on TV. Congrats on defending your dissertation!