Drove to Sagaponack in the Hamptons on the south fork of the eastern tip of Long Island. 4 hour drive (199 miles). Andrea bought a house here at a bargain price earlier in the year. Arrived for lunch, chats with Andrea, Noah and Nyla, tour of the house and a visit to the beach. Continue reading
Drove down to Harlem to deliver Christmas gifts to Andrea, Noah, and Nyla. Strange exchange on the sidewalk next to their building. Karen had picked out books from her collection to give.
Cold continues to hang in there. Breakfast at Bob’s.
Just a quorum at 8. Waiting to get started at 10:15 am.
Board of Trustees meeting upstairs in the Senior Ctr. Introduced and got approval for new Fundraising Committee. Emily gave her illustrated annual report. As always very good. Positive numbers and results galore. The slide that listed all of the organizations with whom the library collaborated during the year is especially startling. 
Left to go to Philadelphia at 12:30pm. Caught up with Nyla and Andrea outside the church where the Iron Gate Theater is located around 4pm. Aliyah, daughter of ???, who is attending Howard U. was also there. Talked, gabbed, Nyla did homework. Noah showed up for a few minutes. 
Then, less Noah we had dinner at Baby Blues BBQ. Food not very good.
Over the top salsa dance program. Lots of lights, sound, action…. audience screaming… quite a surprising new activity for Noah. Show began at ~8:30 ended at ~10:30pm.
We stayed at Hilton at Penns Landing. Had drinks and a snack at bar. Noisy ac system in room.
Puttered around most of the morning. Met with Seth briefly at noon. Got RPM apps working in prep for meeting with Ray Velez Monday.
Tennis lesson at Total Tennis in the afternoon. Mostly worked on backhand and serve. Not getting some sort of wrist motion on the backhand. New stance for serve is still uncomfortable. Right foot is set behind the left turning the chest to face the side fence. More natural slice action.
New pickle ball courts at Total Tennis.
Came back to home. Carla Shapiro and Ruth Wetzel who are curators for this first show of the season showed up. Hung show.
Dave Drake came by with a pot of gorp for dinner.
Karen told me that Andrea had called to say that Brad (Fallon) had broken up with her. Something along the lines of “where is this going?”.
Breakfast and NYT’s.
Went to CGCC to a model toy and train expo. Surprisingly large event. Mostly men over 50.
Did buy a couple of cars marked with the Soo Line. HO and N scale. This because I worked on a track gang in Wisconsin during the summer of 1967.
Puttered around. Received call from Andrea about her boyfriend Jeff Cadan’s need for help with a presentation for investors in LMP Motors. Spent 3 hrs developing a draft. Will talk with him Monday morning. 
Watched two more episodes of The Americans
Meeting with Chad Weckler at CEDC and Michael Tucker about commercial kitchens and Hudson-Creative. Arrived at the end of the meeting due to my calendar entry screw up. Tucker is loud and mostly about his own opinions.
Had coffee afterward with Chad. He told me of space offered to us at 3rd and State.
Drove to NYC. Arrived about 2pm. At MET Breuer – old Whitney. Diane Arbus and Kerry James Marshall. 
Took selfies in our regular bench in the stairwell. Horse or fire station entries on E. 82nd St.
Drove over to PioPio restaurant for Nyla’s 14th birthday party. Andrea, Noah, & John too. Very cheery time. 
Back to Hudson in time to watch some of the election returns at Spotty Dog. Went home at about 10. I went to sleep about 11. Woke up at 3am to discover a headline from NYTimes announcing Trump’s victory. Despite my lack of enthusiasm for Hilary C I am distressed.
Met with Schuyler Duffy at Bluestone Roasting coffee house in Saugerties to discuss his plans for aquaponic vegetable growing in shipping containers. Aquaponics combines fish and water for the nutrient system.
Museum of Arts & Design
Buzzed off to NYC. Was very aggravated by situation with UTM’s website. Out of control development work confused by Seth’s bad oversight and excessive emotional reactions to personalities. Stopped at American Folk Art Museum . Couldn’t engage at all due to repeated calls with Seth Lachterman. After lunch at Columbus Circle at a Whole Foods in the basement where I was overwhelmed by the crowds and too many choices, we went to the Museum of Arts and Design. Talked with Alan Coon about his taking the project over and bringing it to a conclusion. He is bringing on Ira Sher to do the work. Looks like a complete redesign at the level of HTML and CSS.
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Mostly still terribly jet lagged from return from Australia.
Talked with Matt Almeida.
Still jet lag.
Took a walk up Warren.
Stopped at HOH to look at Columbia Council on the Arts annual member show.
Went to Jiminy Peak to bring brunch to the kids. Cooked waffles, scrambled eggs…..
Breakfast with Noah and Nyla. Waffles made from Joy of cooking. Blueberry sauce.
Conversation about photography, photobooks, Thanksgiving in Philadelphia with Stephanie’s extended family. John showed up at 11. Chat about Ackerman’s contact with Blake, Stephanie’s son, and farms in the area. He is a charming asshole.
Rest of day largely spent setting up this diary.
Evening of TV – Scandal, The Wire, …..
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