did a whole bunch of stuff before coming back

stupid hurricane irene fucking up my return to poughkeepsie

miss santa fe.

monday weirdness & tuesday last day

office at 10am

sent my mom to the santa fe pick up site so she could go to buffalo thunder early around 8:30am

went to the office

we as a staff went out for lunch

no lavita :(

montana's last day

got the nice lucy lewis blanket (retail$175 at merch) as a gift from swaia

went out for food, sat with corey, paula, sharon, paula's crew

got the carne asada yum steak

staff photo on the plaza, taken by the owner of the la fonda

it was so hot

gave out my gifts

perfumes, keychains, crystals

everyone liked them :)

guess corey didnt come in either oh well

hung out with christine and shawna to get a nice huge beaded purple ring

christine talked about leena

then we went to get coffee

michaels, staples (how to file for divorce on dvd o_o)

then jackalope to get a bunch of souvenirs

sonic for lemonberry slushes

then got christine wine at trader joes

tequila shots at allsups

then she dropped me off at the la fonda

apparently leenas as much of an idiot as ever, threatening to have christine arrested for leaving the door open.....whatever

went to dinner with my mom to the san francisco bar and grill where we dint rally eat

but i had the seafood linguini which was super heavy but good

then around 10, nica, autumn, and nick show up at the la fonda

i gave them my box of food

had some cookies

then a crowd of meth heads emerge from the la fonda and ask HAVE YOU SEEN A GUY RUNNING PAST HERE

and we were like no

and all these dudes in wifebeaters and jerseys run out in all directions and we quickly got into nica's car and drove around

saw all of them sprawling around downtown

then went to atomic grill where i left this review:

Food was fine, I guess, but the service was just plain awful. We only ordered two drinks and an appetizer to share and it took an hour. We waited for the check but it took so long that we stood near the counter for five minutes and then we saw our waiter hugging and saying hello to his friends. Then we went back to the table, left money, and left. The waiter then chased after us and started screaming at us that we were a dollar short on the bill and that we should tip him. He began to curse, insult us and threaten to call the cops, and demanded a "non-shitty tip" and asked if any of us have ever worked in food. We paid off the bill, left a dollar tip, and walked away and he continued to yell about how we would never be allowed back in. Don't worry, buddy, it's never gonna happen again. And I hope those customers sitting outside in your area enjoyed the little spectacle you created.

Liked: Food Disliked: Service, Atmosphere, Value

Edit - Delete

that guy can go fuck himself.

the chili cheese fries and blackberry italian soda was not worth that experience, what a douche

went to bed

now at my last day of work, everything cleaned out, last staff meeting

left truffles..

gala and sunday

OH MY GOD

gala was great

except i was stuck doing photo printing for kitty

corey and montana got on my nerves because they had the burdensome task of finding people to get photos, but you know what, im the printer and editer, if you want to run the show, go ahead. tell kitty and then make it clear from the start, otherwise, we have to follow through.

the bolos did...okay?

=/

ehren natay's bolo was cool, but i guess it wasnt the right crowd

the auction was good

met xavier erpelding, who offered to walk me home which was nice i guess

saw all the jewelers i know and adore haha

ended up modeling veronica poblano's asymmetrical necklace and _____'s earrings haha

some compliments on my exhibiting

gotta say that i chuckled at corey's absolute confusion with kenneth johnson's cuff bracelet with the sri lankan sapphires

montana did a great job modeling as well

oh my god, private jet fly in collectors and the head of QVC and the owners of chipotle

all there at the gala and auction

the bidding war over veronica adam's purse was great haha

and keri ataumbi and robin waynee's collab auction was lovely :)

especially on tailinh, and with keri taking it and putting it on the bidding ladies' necks :)

beaaaautiful piece, 30k value but went for 17k

good night but sooo long because afterwards me, tailinh, corey, and montana were sitting around dazed

i honestly feel left out from the group, im kind of glad im going home

it seems like i wont be having any great goodbyes, but i will certainly miss santa fe, and try to keep in touch

sunday!

clothing contest was a fun event, took a lot of photos

tom ford judged woww, brought the news channel and the new york times

even emil her many horses, one of my judges, judged haha

in general suuch a fun event, but i have to say i couldnt stand royale da's attitude and voice

it doesnt help knowing how unhappy she was about how unprofessional it is.

fine, royale, don't do it next year. if tom ford enjoyed it enough to tell the press that he'd be willing to do it again without persuasion, maybe we shouldn't get some small-time news anchorwoman complaining how she doesnt have a goddamn teleprompter--hey, that's how life goes, kind of unscripted, funny how that turns out huh? i hate people who don't understand the time and place and just how much work it takes to put anything up, and clothing contest isn't exactly the venue to get all diva-ish (stupid jhane and royale)

got to say hi and get some autographs

gave some help to the new mexican in terms of names

then my MOM CAME AND I SHOWED HER AROUND :D

got some fry bread

went to the closing ceremony

HUGE STORM, power going out like 6 times in the la fonda

had drinks kind of with beth, ross, kit, tailinh, montana, and shawna and henry

stayed with shawna and henry

then met some alaskan women who were nice

went to the sleeping dog tavern, then blue corn

now back in the la fonda ready to snooze

to do:

call santa fe pick up for schedule pick up

work from 10am

aaaha busy

receiving

judging

preview

receiving was wednesday

got my shit to the sage

sat for like 8 hours with olivia hopenhamf or something who was fucking annoying

ricardo asked me for my number

and i saw all this great art come in--ed noisecat, teri greeves, upton ethelbah, myron ___, summer peters, etc. i know so many by face now haha

judging was thursday

met almost all my judges

rubbed elbows with mary kershaw, emil her many horses, lara evans, karen kramer, tatiana lomaheftewa-singer, ryan rice--all the museum people. and some artists like fidel bahe who wrote me in as his choice for the Smile award, charmae shields nasteway, susan billy :)

definitely tried to meet everyone but it failed because i overslept x-x

tried to talk to others like gov george rivera, cathy notarnicola, and bronwyn fox but im too shyyy

toook alll day, watched the best of each class, including film

best classification winners:

Chris Pruitt (Jewelry), Jody Naranjo (Pottery), Duyani Reynolds-Whitehawk (Painting/2D/Graphics), Arthur Holmes (Katchina Carvings), Marcus Wall (Sculpture), Lynda Teller Peter (Textiles), Jamie Okuma (Diverse Arts), Joyce Growing Thunder Fogarty (Beadwork/Quillwork), Valerie Calabaza (Youth), Benny Klain (Film), and Jeremy Frey (Basketry)

preview:

best of show goes to

Jeremy Frey for his amazing black ash basket, he also won at the heard this year! wow! and he's only been weaving for 10 years and he's 31! so excitingggg

met a ton of people like andrea hanley (berlin gallery/heard museum), john Vanausdall (Eiteljorg director), steven karr (Southwest museum director), teresa willis, and kevin gover (nmai director!)

then ran into Dr. Letitia Chambers, the heard museum director, or Titia, as Kitty introduced me to her

wowwww so many people

introduced myself to the very cool collector bill wiggins

im too shy to really network sigh >_>

interesting native art collecting symposium, must do research about university of oklahoma and this famous collector....

then i met jane mccarthy, a volunteer who promised to connect me to rafael, someone who knows all 300 galleries in chelsea

need to remind corey to connect me to those new york met people

also met corey's artist friend who said i was hot haha

steve minkler was the best part of my preview because he ran up to his photograph and said I DID IT, I DID IT

then stayed for HOURS milking the public and making chit chat. was sooo funny :)

then i talked to jeremy frey, who is really cute actually, and his brother who was nice

then the lights int eh convention center went out because of the thunderstorm. INSANITY! i thought when they came back on, all the jewelry would be gone and the basket gone hahaha. we had a good laugh about it haha

well i finally got back to the room when janet hoffmann (sp) and tilden hoffmann gave me a ride back to the hotel and told me about their 13 cats. seriously, indian market man.

for the record,

the works in the art contest put in that room

made the best art show i could never find in any other museum or gallery

these objects were the best of these artists, and i could feel the love, care, precision, in each piece, in each person's hand. it was amazing, and these were all center pieces as far as im concerned.

SIGH OF RELIEF

YESSSSSS I AM OUT OF JEWELRY DITCH!!!!!

last day in jewelry ditch

on edge

soft museum photos are up

chaos

convention center tomorrow

sage inn tomorrow

check books tonight

to do

call sage inn

pack

had tostada at del charro for lunch wtih corey

after work i went to miac to formally meet the sassy bitter valerie verzuh, one of my judges and the curator of icc collections at miac

accidentally flashed her

looked at the book with antonio chavarria, the other curator

i waited 40 minutes for the M

then took it down to paseo de peralta and cerrillos and then walked from there to pho kim on alameda

not too bad, about half an hour

ran into amanda who was sad i was walking

invited christine

ate faster than her

and sat there

got home

packed a lil

watched some things, went to bed.