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Mitch Notes1/03/05 Well Happy New Year! What a way to end a year, our 'ole faithful Dell computer ended 2005 with a whimper and conked out on us last Thursday night. It is gone! We (mostly I) haven't had life without a computer about the house in over 10 years. This week I've learned to my horror how much I rely on the computer for communication. Gonna have to change that! I'm really disappointed because I had some great end of the year notes about some weekend activities to share with you. Ah well, enough complaining. So last Friday I stopped into a new place that opened on Studewood, that street is starting to hop, and the street isn't even done yet. Valerie's Gallerie at 1024 Studewood. Very modern interior in an old Heights bungalow, Valerie's Gallerie is an African Art importer with wooden sculpture and paintings. What I like about the gallery is that Valerie, the proprietor, goes to the trouble of finding the artists that created the works and let's you know who they are. I even noticed an email address on the back of one painting. Valerie tells me she does plan on hosting local artists soon, so I'll be keeping an eye out for that. Be sure to stop in and shop! Now just down the street at Oolala, the new driveway and sidewalk are down so you shouldn't have any trouble parking. Studewood now runs North from 6th (or White Oak) on the newly paved southbound side. Everybody knows that Kaplan's Ben Hur is going out of business and the big question is what's going to happen to the market? I keep saying nothing! We're mobile right? Thanks to all of the suggestions, tips and advice on moving. We have a place. Wind Water Gallery, on the corner of 540 W. 19th St. and Lawerence will be the new home of the Yale Street Arts Market. And no, we are NOT changing the name. Heck, there's Alabama Furniture on Yale and 22nd, nothing wrong with moving Yale around the corner? Send me your thoughts! Email Me! Ross & Kathy Clark of Wind Water are super nice folks and their new store is an awesome space. The market will be located on the lot between the old and new buildings. A little smaller but an awesome location. We're planning on heading over there on March 4th. This weekend our featured artist at Yale St. is Mary Wilkinson. Mary has been coming to the market almost from the beginning and if my memory serves, she's only missed one since. Mary does some incredible work, have a look here. Gotta throw in my two cents worth because Mary really is an awesome artist. Her paintings, particularly of bromeliads, have an almost abstract look about them up close. But I first saw her work from a distance after she had set up for the market and they looked crisp and real. As I'm talking to Mary about her technique and she revealed to me that she is legally blind, and works six inches from the canvas! Mary is an amazing artist creating her own cut block prints too. Stop at Mary's booth and have a look at her work, I bet one them has your name on it! We'll be out at Kaplan's this Saturday, Jan. 7th, and again February 4th, so come on down! (Kaplan's is still open, run in and say hi & bye! And then buy some of that wonderful coffee they sell, you'll be hard pressed to find it anywhere else.) Kaplan's will be missed in the Heights and Houston. We can't thank the Kaplans' enough for their generous support of the Heights, local artists and to us at the Yale Street Arts Market. Thank you! Our computer troubles should be ending in a day or two with a delivery from the U S Mail service, and I'll get back to e-blasting everyone then! Don't forget Passion on January 28th! Cheers! 12/30/05  Party Time! Thought I'd share my favorite Christmas gift with you this year. An elephant! So I went back through all my old emails and found that Elephant Stew recipe that's been cirulating the internet since the beginning of time and got to work. In about two months, I'll have a party and share this awesome stew with 3800 of my closest friends. Keep an eye out for your invite! 12/29/05 4pm- Okay, so I stopped at the place I mentioned earlier. I was looking for something for a customer, and Maura of The Homestretch told me about this store. It's called Installations and located at 611 West 22nd Street. This place is AWESOME! Off the beaten path, the I love to shop. The store has antiques from the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France. But the best part is that it feels more like you're in an art gallery/museum. Or someones house! Are you one those to flip through high end design magazines? That's what it looks like inside. Some of the pieces that stand out in my amnesiac like memory were several huge old signs, a car door from the '40s, 2 airplane wings stripped of the skin and turned into giant pieces of wall art/lamps. Becki and her artist husband own the store in this old building. (Sorry, his name vanished) They're open Wed thru Sunday from 11am to 5pm including this Sunday, New Years Day. Stop in see this great Heights secret.
Here's a map. Stopped at `McCain's Market on my way home too. Have you been yet? Love this place, the Heights has needed a store like this for years. Anyway, they have 3 Chef's onsite, a full deli and take out hot lunches! (I asked) Best part is they're open at 7am, I'll have to go back and see about breakfast...anybody know? 7am- Greetings! 1st time here? Welcome! Gotta go faux...check back before the weekend for more! -MC 12/22/05 It's almost time! Are ya ready? You know of what I speak, too. Here's the latest of my short adventures around the 'hood. On 19th Street there is a new treasure of a store called the Home Stretch antiques at 617 1/2 W. 19th Street. Just to the left of Heights Glass and a few doors down from Vietnam Restaurant. The Home Stretch moved over from Houston Ave just before the 19th Street party a few weeks ago. Awesome eclectic antiques such as partial wine barrels from France, old marble signs turned into coffee tables and custom upholstered furniture. There's some original local art in the Home Stretch too. In fact, as I was browsing about I noticed several folk art pieces by New Orlean's artist Simone! I sport one of Simone's T-Shirts on occasion. Maura Cannon, the owner, told me she had acquired Simon's work from a restaurant that was remodeling. She had no idea his work was a staple on Magazine St. in New Orleans before Katrina! She was at a trade show and Simone's colorful work was on display when the woman in the next booth introduced herself as Simone's wife! Apparently, the warehouse where Simone stored his work was flooded, so these pieces may go fast. The Homestretch, 617 1/2 W. 19th (Map) Now for coffee! The Heights answer to gourmet grocery shopping has arrived at the corner of Heights Blvd. and White Oak; McCain's Market! I was nervous when I saw this place getting built out because all I could see were coffee stand type stuff. Kept praying, please not Starbucks...please not in the Heights. Well I got more than prayers answered! The store is locally owned, serves up local roaster Katz's coffee, and has the best looking meat and fish selection I've seen in a long time! An incredible selection of gourmet items for the cook in your house and plenty of gift items. They also cater! Okay then! Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, and I'll see you here next week! We'll be spending most of our time getting ready for our Passion show. -Mitch Oh hey, a sidenote here. I ran into Wayne Gilbert of Gallery 101 and he made the news official, he is moving his gallery to the antique space next to Redbud Gallery on 11th! Wow, the opening nights will be really wild now! I'm going to hold off on telling you the new name until I hear how Wayne's poll has gone! The name will stop most folks in their tracks. More about Mitch |
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