06 Jun Celebrate Dad this Month
Summer is just around the corner. Can’t you smell the sunscreen already? I can hardly believe we’ve reached June. May was an actual blur for me. I had some event planned every weekend, so now that June is here I’m...
03 Jun Art Girl Meets Science Guy on 72nd Street
While our stomachs were satisfied by amazing meals, D and I were able to feed our minds as well by visiting a couple of museums during our long weekend in NYC. I love art museums and miss them terribly since...
31 May A Visitor, Not a Tourist
Over the long weekend I took a trip to my former city of residence, New York City. I consider myself a visitor to NYC, not a tourist. A tourist does the tourist things—Times Square, Empire State Building, and eats in...
24 May Drawing Never Gets Old
It feels great to be back home in the studio after spending a wonderful weekend with family for a birthday celebration. My grandmother turned 95 on Sunday! We celebrated the whole weekend. Mostly, just by sitting together and talking and...
19 May RIT BIG SHOT UPDATE
Happy almost Friday everyone! Tomorrow I’m heading on a mini road trip to be a part of the birthday celebration for my grandmother. She’s turning 94! But I still wanted to share a few things with you before the end...
17 May Lemon Blueberry Bread
Alright who told the sun and warm spring weather to take a vacation?! We’re back to the gray upstate New York sky and the cold northern wind. Not fun for me or all the spring flowers! I think it was...
13 May Spring Picture book Finds
By chance I squeezed in some time this week to visit a children’s book department from a larger book store chain. I always get a little giddy walking through the children’s books. Maybe it’s the large colorful covers? Or because...
10 May Sunday Morning Muffins
In honor of Mother’s Day last Sunday I decided that I should bake a little breakfast treat. With 3 very ripe bananas at my disposal the decision was made to make Banana Bran Muffins. I have this habit of looking...
06 May The Big Shot
I’m still relatively new to Rochester, so one of my goals during this first year is to reach out and experience the Rochester community. During the winter, I participated in the Art House Co-op’s Sketchbook II project. I used my...
03 May Take Your Creativity on a Date
I came across an article last week from the Freelancers Creative Blog that spoke about broadening the definition of creativity: “Creativity is not—nor has it ever been—about art. Creativity is about the basics of life, the forces that drive us...