First Thursday
Cruised down to the Pearl District last night in our newly rented über-swank Chevy Malibu (they’re saying the Passat will be good-as-new by the 16th). Landry Deese (step-brother of the misses) and his partner Kim Hamblin were having an opening of their work at the Visage Artspace, a cool little eye-wear shop/gallery. Landry’s working on sculpting new amphibious species out of clay, complete with type written neo-biologies. Kim works in vivid technicolor multi-media (mostly paper, paint and nails – lots of nails). I like her work a lot (pictured above). If you get a chance, you should get down there and check it out.

After the opening, our motley crew ended up at a ridiculous bar/lounge called Apotheke. This all white, German, minimalist catastrophe is something to behold. In hindsight, I should have appreciated the clean aesthetic but the place seemed to be trying way to hard to not be a parody of itself. It didn’t help the vibe that the place was full of small pasty kids with asymmetrical hair cuts, all looking way too bored with life. Viva l’arte.