this was really a landmark day for me - the opening of the “exposition” of my paintings at the restaurant. this was the first time i have shown my work in a public space. well, there were things in the past, like one painting at a juried show, or one painting in a gallery or paintings hung in a music school. but this felt really more legitimate. the excitement really came when i got the ok to do it. i hung the paintings 2 weeks ago. but all the same, it really was important to me. i invited everyone i knew in paris – which came out to about 100 emails. the chef was going to make cafe and fresh orange juice and some pastries, and then offer brunch at a fixed price afterwards. sounded like a good formula for a party. in the end, there were not enough reservations for him for brunch, so we just did the first part. we had around 30 people come and i felt that it was a great success, personally. i did sell one small painting and got the possibility of 4 commissions. now i have to get to work!!
afterwards, we went with virginie and family into st germain de pres. she wanted to go to this little restaurant that was in a drug store! imagine, pharmacy on this side and restaurant on that. too funny. unfortunately, it was closed. we’ll have to try another time. instead we went to the little provencal restaurant that p and i have gone to in the past “la bastide d’opio”. very reasonably priced bistrot. we all had the same thing – linguini with sun dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts and shrimp. very good.
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