THE PIT

Kanye on W. 26th Street

That's right, CNN, West 26th Street,....as in West Chelsea, NOT the Meatpacking District. And since when is Cedar Lake a club?? The CNN fact-checker must have been out of town.  Anyhooo, here's the article. See if you can spot any more inaccuracies.  At least we all now know why the street was so bogged down with party rental trucks yesterday.

Social Center of West Chelsea?

Read this interesting rant about West Chelsea. Funny and truth-y. Would be more "true" and less "truthy" if:

1. The writer specified that he/she was talking about Bottino Take Out ('cause only people who don't work have the time to sit down to eat at the actual restaurant)
2.  The Artist wasn't talking on the side to his/her assistant ('cause it's common knowledge that cell phone usage is banned inside Bottino Take Out...at least according to the funny magnet in in the 'fridge window by the salads)
3.  Octopus vinaigrette? I'm afraid it would be far more authentic if the author limited the menu to things involving tomato, arugula, and mozarella. And only those three things.

While Rob is away...

The *famous* Trevor Reese (see article here) is holding down the fort in "The  Pit". We haven't asked him yet if he's been channeling aliens or building a mountain in there,  so we might just have to head over to Copy Gallery to check out his show.

September's Chelsea: back to school

Adia Millett's "Blind Premonition" opened last Thursday evening, September 6th, to what was one of the busiest street scenes in quite some time. All of 26th street was a-buzz with the start-up of another fall art season. The north gallery curtained off 10 of Millett's newest sculptures in near pitch-black darkness, while the south gallery remained well lit and featured corresponding photographs (in addition to an opening night bar with vodka pineapple cocktails, courtesy of U'luvka vodka.)

Millett's "Blind Premonition" will be on view through October 6, 2007.

"Gus and Reverend Lovejoy's Drive-by Origin of the World"

Check out A.A. Rucci's acrylic and latex wall painting in the foyer at 531 W. 26th Street, 1st floor (between Mixed Greens and George Adams Gallery).