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Saturday – 2/25/2017 – HAL volunteer fair

Karen has bad cold. 

Breakfast at Bobs then shopping at Price Chopper and Walmart. Temperature 65 degrees  

I worked on the forms on the library volunteer site. Figured out how to get the flow working. Went library at noon. Prop 414 meeting at 1. Lasted almost until 3.

Volunteer Fair followed at 4. Spent most of the time talking with Joe Keenan. About 30 people attended along with the whole board. Fixed problem with the online application form on the fly. 

Came home as the 60 degree weather broke in a windy blow. Temperature fell quickly. Got to 2nd St just as rain changed into a downpour. 40 degrees at 7pm. 

Friday – 2/24/2017

Very good results from Wednesday’s visit with PT for the vertigo. Symptoms almost entirely gone.

Sent note to various consulting clients announcing that I am winding down my consulting practice. Will only carry UTM and Matt Almeida going forward. Not clear whether I will entertain new clients from HVADC and Columbia Ec Dev.?? Kind of hard to entirely shut the door. Continue reading →

Thursday – 2/23/2017

Tooth appointment at 8am. Discussions of the loose tooth. First mention that an implant might be possible. Cost?? Usefulness??

Ellen Feldman spent most of the day working with Karen on various projects.

Drove meandering through Catskill. It really has a better housing stock of the old buildings than Hudson.

Methodist Church
Methodist Church

UTM telecon with Vilat Keomoungkhoun from IndoorAtlas. They seem not to have any capacity to develop apps to actually use their IPS services. Big opportunity for us. He is meeting with Cintel in Barcelona next week and will show our app to them. Yahoo in mid-March. Knows other opportunities including Simon Group biggest shopping mall owner in US. Seth and Ole participated.

Final work on HAL volunteer website. Went to library to talk with Emily. Ran into Theresa Parsons, her step-son, a psychotherapist,  and his two little boys.

Karen went off to meetings in Saugerties. Arrived back at 9:30 or so. Had Chinese food from Red Chopsticks. Couldn’t eat but half.

Red Chopsticks, Warren St.

Red Chopsticks, Warren St. Don’t know what that round wooden wall hanging means or not?

Wednesday – 2/22/2017

Up early to get to Fish and Game Rd CMH Physical Therapy by 7:39am. Hour long session with Susan Sheldon to treat my vertigo. Charming, thorough, and very practiced. She does 8-10 Epley Maneuvers a week. An hour later I was well on my way to bring cured. 

Felt kind of buzzed for the rest of the day. 

Worked on Fundamentals of Capitalism essay for Jonathan. Also more work on UTM marketing strategy. 

Brief walk up the street.

Wide pine boards being as;caged from Savoia bldg.

Ellen Feldman came to work with Karen. Cooked chicken for dinner. 

Went to bed early. Very tired. 

Monday – 2/20/2017

Saw substitute eye doctor  Everything is ok.

Emergency UTM meeting at Ole’s house  videocon w Henrik Ibsen CEO Open Telehealth, Danish healthcare software company  they have a well developed RPM product.   

Are the History Purists on alert about this weird balcony on top of the oriel??

Another very ugly building.

Wednesday – 2/15/2107 – Florida trip

After waffles at Flo’s condo we set off for Miami. 

Stopped at three private museums in the Wynwood district: de la Cruz Collection,  The Rubell Family Collection, and The Margulies Collection.

Biggest impact was seeing so much work by Anselm Kiefer at the Margulies and de la Cruz. (de la Cruz would not allow photos.) See Anselm Kiefer – 2/15/2017 in Projects here (opens new tab).

de la Cruz Collection

de la Cruz Collection building 23 NE 41ST STREET, MIAMI, FL 33137

 Very large spaces. Lots of different work. Really liked the Hodges piece:

Chic Lunch in Design District

 

Stayed at Shelborne South Beach

Tuesday – 2/14/2017 – Florida Trip

Started with breakfast looking over Flo’s water feature pond with roaring pump across the way where a sink hole had opened.

Drove to Wakodahatchee Wetlands Preserve – we’ve been here before. Lots of birds, reptiles, etc. One mile walkway over swamp. Continue reading →

Monday – 2/13/2017 – Florida Trip

Left St. Augustine Beach and headed for Delray Beach to meet up with cousin Flo for 1pm lunch. Arrived on time. 

Dinner with Karen’s cousins: Ken Barman, girlfriend??, Howard and Judy Barman, Carol and Bill ?? ,  Florence Shulman. Two sets of cousins are missing: Jordie and Ruthie ?? and Barry and Honey Barman. Jordie can’t be pried very far from his joint near Ocala.

Sunday – 2/12/2017 – Florida Trip

Left Smithfield NC after drive by of the Ava Gardner Museum. Only people well into their 70s recognize her name let alone feel compelled to visit a museum of memorabilia. 

The land along 95 is the coastal plain. Low and swampy. Not much to look at. Lots of very large billboards in SC. Where is Lady Bird Johnson?

Detoured into Savannah GA for quick bite to eat. Karen got oysters. We renewed our liking for this town. SCAD is bigger than ever. 

Drove 500 miles to St. Augustine Beach. Excellent meal at the “original Cafe Eleven”. Nice ambience. Hard to imagine music in this small venue.  

Ava Gardner Museum, Smithfield NC

Savannah GA

Georgia Florida Gift Shop, Kingsland GA

St. Augustine Beach FL

St. Augustine Beach FL

St. Augustine Beach FL