Zuzu Fridays z05 – The Prince of Puke

I made a trip down to Houston for a couple of days for work.  It’s warm and weird down here in H town.

Last night I decided to get a little taste of Baltimore via McClain Gallery.  I saw that Baltimore’s darling, John Waters, was opening an exhibition there.

I walked in and the show looked really great.  I even saw “Chesty” – a piece that I spent a lot of time with in Baltimore at C. Grimaldis Gallery.  Oh, Chesty!  How I have missed you!

After taking a look around and mingling with people who had drawn on pencil thin mustaches (yes….there were a lot of them), I saw the gallery director who shares my name.  Said a quick hello to her and then was out the door.

Lucky enough, as I was walking out, so was Mr. Waters.  I said hello, introduced myself and told him that I used to work for Costas Grimaldis.  His eyes lit up and then he said, “God bless him.  He’s still there.”

Not a question, but a statement.  Yep, the ol’ Greek is still there in Baltimore doing his thing.  That city is lucky to have him.

So cheers to John Waters who has made some of the most effed up films I have ever seen (he was way before his time….and it hasn’t lost it’s luster either).  And cheers to Costas who was showing John’s work before he was picked up by the big players in New York and LA.

And cheers to my old (adopted) hometown.  I miss you Baltimore.  xoxo

Here goes…

Well, with much encouragement from a friend over the course of last year, I decided to start a blog.  I plan for this to be a way of documenting my adventures and my obsessions.  Here is a little bit about what that might entail…

My job is in the art world.  I work with an amazing group of people at Dallas Contemporary – a contemporary art museum.  The biggest (and best) part of my job is meeting and working with artists.  I work closely with the artists to make their exhibitions come together.  It can be wonderfully insane at times but incredibly rewarding….and I would say – NEVER dull.  I have also been very fortunate to travel for my job.  My plan is to share about these little jaunts to art fairs, museums, private collections…and one of the things the art world loves – parties.

My newest obsession is tattoo culture – specifically what is going on in Texas.  “Bold, straight-forward and on the weird side.” That is quoted from a tattoo artist in Austin I have worked with over the course of the year, Jason Brooks.  More on that later…

I am often around interesting fashion and design (also because of my job).  I am no expert on either topic but I know what I like (and don’t like) and always wish that I had documented along the way.  This is the perfect place to get started.

Other things that I love and plan on sharing about:  my beautiful (and brilliant) nieces, food (food!), interesting cocktails, and fun things that I find (or my friends find) to do in the fine city of Dallas.  Oh, and things that have a touch of weird, erotic or pervy.

So here we go…cheers to this blog beginning in 2012.  Even if the only one who ends up reading this is my friend who encouraged me to start it.  Thank you to Little V’s mommy….shout out! xx