Vintages is Los Gatos' #1 Antique Shop ... again
For the fourth straight year, Vintages has been voted as the Best Antique Shop in Los Gatos. Thanks to all of you who voted for us, shopped with us and recommended us to your friends.
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Museum of Arts and Design in NYC
Another stop we made in NYC was at the Museum of Arts and Design . This museum is dedicated to design in the arts with a distinctly modern contemporary bent. The latest exhibit on view at the Museum was about photography and jewelry. This pulled us in. Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography is on view until September 14, 2014. The museum bills this as "the first museum exhibition to examine how contemporary jewelry artists are using photography to explore issues central to contemporary experience, including changing views of beauty and the human body; social, political, and cultural issues; memory and desire; and the relationship of jewelry to society and personal identity." It works. With our focus on vintage prints, photographs and jewelry in the shop, we found this fascinating. Jewelry pieces are little works of art. When combined with photographs it is like a double exposure ... thus the title of the exhibition. We have some photo jewelry, but we also hav...
Bryant Park NYC
On our recent trip to the National Stationery Show in NYC we stayed at a hotel close to Bryant Park. This is a great place to stop, cool off in the shade or sit on the sunny lawn, have an afternoon drink and people watch! We did that a couple of times and our feet were very happy, as we walked a whole bunch! The park is really nice, with lawns, trees, walkways, a carrousel and a few places to eat and imbibe. It is very well used. With all the people there it reminded us so much of the famous Georges Seurat painting Sunday in the Park (aka: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ). Georges Seurat painting Sunday in the Park Bryant Park Bryant Park Lawn Bryant Park covers two city blocks near the New York City Library bordered by Fifth and Sixth Avenues and 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan. Worth a stop to rest tired feet or people watch next time you are in the Big Apple.