A Case of Tunnel Madness
Our friend Steve came across a posting about tours in an old underground trolley tunnel in Brooklyn (http://www.brooklynrail.net/bhra_events.html)
Unfortunately, I fell victim to a bad case of Tunnel Madness during the tour, and bludgeoned Steve. Click on the photo for more images. 
New Toy – Watercolor brush
We all know that the Japanese are cooler than we are, but they even have cooler art supplies. When we went to Seattle I found a Japanese bookstore and a cool little Pentel Aquash set that comes in a little case; I’ve had the single color brushpens before, but the set is so much cooler. Even a lazy sketcher like me can have fun with these beasties (click on the images for bigger versions:
Directions while in Seattle:
Sketches on a bus out to Long Island:
Scary Scan
Our friend Nina was over and needed to scan some stuff, so I had to show her how it worked — here’s the result:
Opening my big mouth: Why I have to go to Newark now
On my flight home from Seattle I sat next to a man and a woman. The guy starts chatting up the lady, but she quickly points out that she’s married. He’s undettered in his chattiness, and I worry at the thought of 5 hours of this. After a while he turns to me and asks me if I want a piece of a bet — he says he’s the mayor of Newark (which he calls an “urban mecca” and which I quickly scoff at) and that there was an Oscar-nominated movie (partially) made about him. If I lose, we have to go out to dinner in Newark at a restaurant of his choice, and attend a show at NJPAC, the performing arts center in Newark.
After having a copy of Newsweek produced with an article featuring him (including a photo) and a security detail meeting him at the airport, I put both feet squarely in my mouth and said “Mmmph Grmp Frppp”. So off to Newark I go, I guess.
The dirt: he’s a really nice guy, a good chatter, a vegetarian, and is currently filling his Netflix queue with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And this is his personal e-mail address.
