We caught a real fun exhibit last week in Chelsea. Courtesy of Metro Pictures and Andre Butzer.

Hope they are somewhere near as enjoyable in the photos below as they are live & in-person.

Check them out live if you get the chance

Gallery

Metro Pictures - 519 West 24th Street, New York between 10th and 11th Avenues. 1 Train at 28th Street. CE Trains at 23rd Street.

Artist

Andre Butzer

There’s a new spot for my son and I to add to our list of favorites, giving us some (maybe too many options) on our gallery visit days.

Joe just opened up a Chelsea location. The same great espresso (wonderful taste with lots of TLC)that you can find at their Village, NYU and SoHo locations. And this cafe offers a new and welcomed vibe. Fresh and modern atmosphere; offering table seating, sofa/hair salon seating and window-side people watching seating.

As long as Joe keeps up the quality of the espresso in addition to offering fresh vibes in their cafes, I would love to see them keep opening up more espresso bars in the city. Next up Grand Central towards late Spring.

Maybe at some point an Upper West or Upper East Side location? Something to accompany those spring and summer visits to Central Park?

Address

Joe - 405 West 23rd Street, New York between 9th and 10th Avenues. 1, CE Trains at 23rd Street.

Other Locations

West Village - 141 Waverly Place. SohoKind Visit.

East Village/NYU - 9 East 13th Street. SohoKind Visit.

SoHo (In the Alessi Store) - 130 Greene Street. SohoKind Visit.

Winter has been a rough one. I must admit. We’ve still been visiting our favorite cafes each week. But because of the weather the pace has been a bit slower. When it is decent enough we have now started going to the playground as often as possible since my son loves the swings and has started to stand up.

Last week, we were in Chelsea on a clear but cold day. Another visit to Café Grumpy.

And another visit to ChinaSquare New York. This time for their ‘Semiosis’ exhibition of contemporary Chinese artists. This one was smaller than their ‘Revolution’ exhibit. Yet it still had a couple pieces that caught my eye.

Here they are.

Even better to check them out live & in-person.

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ChinaSquare - 545 West 25th Street 8th Floor, New York between 10th and 11th Avenues. 1 Train at 28th Street. CE Trains at 23rd Street.

We spent a couple of days at the Bubble New York trade show in Chelsea this week where some of the coolest and most creative in children’s clothing, toys and accessories from around the globe were on exhibit.

Lots of beautiful stuff. Our children will have some great fashion options in stores in the coming months. The challenging part for parents and gift-buyers will be deciding.

Many designers offered organic and/or sustainability angles to their lines.

Here are a couple of highlights from the show from T design and accessories.

Lea’s Alphabet

Visually rich, Grégoire Ganter’s alphabet portraits match fun and learning in Lea’s Alphabet. He uses photos from his travels to then teach/express the alphabet in a colorful and intriguing set of portraits and collages.

These characters, created in France, are a lot of fun. Each stuffed character has its own story and background.

 

Cool looking Ts. With sustainability, organic design and some web 2.0 as well. Quite a dynamic concept.

The Ts are designed by children from around the world who submit their work online. Part of the line has already gone organic. And the children receive a portion of the sales.

Bunny & Bee

Both the Bunny & Bee collection for girls and Little Thieves collection for boys have fun and bright designs for our kids. Created by a San Francisco parent team focusing on creating fun & cool graphic designs for kids.

It was a beautiful but frigid day.

A good day to pop in and out of galleries in Chelsea.

And on such a clear day, we had amazing view from First Street Gallery’s 9th floor space.

We enjoyed the Beijing Now exhibit, showing off some more of China’s contemporary talent.

Check the artists’ work out for yourself, even better to see the works in person.

Gallery

First Street Gallery - 526 West 26th Street, Suite 915, New York between 10th and 11th Avenues. 1 Train at 28th Street. CE Trains at 23rd Street.

A dreary day for a park. Beautiful gallery weather. My son and I checked out a few spots, including some cool stuff from the Hope Ganloff exhibition at the Susan Inglett gallery.

We enjoyed the visit. Some fresh stuff.

Here are some photos. In-person is even better.

Gallery

Susan Inglett Gallery - 522 West 24th Street, New York between 10th and 11th Avenues. 1 Train at 28th Street. CE Trains at 23rd Street.

Artist

Hope Ganloff

We spent the afternoon in Chelsea. And visited the Dan Perjovschi exhibition at the Lombard-Freid Projects gallery.

By request of the gallery, I can not publish Mr. Perjovschi’s actual work. We enjoyed both the gallery and Dan Perjovschi’s work.

Thus, here are some photos touched-up with some SohoKind penguin & bear love.

If you get the chance you should check out Dan Perjovschi’s work in-person.

Gallery

Lombard-Freid Projects - 531 West 26th Street, 2nd Floor, New York between 10th and 11th Avenues. 1 Train at 28th Street. CE Trains at 23rd Street.

Artist

Dan Perjovschi

Back in Chelsea. A visit to Café Grumpy.

And we took a tour through ChinaSquare New York and their ‘Revolution’ exhibition of contemporary Chinese artists.

All I can say is, Wow! Really cool stuff.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. And I’ll let some photos of the exhibit speak for themselves. Even better to check them out live & in-person.

Shen Jingdong - Air Force (2007)

Cao Xiaodong - Mao and Playgirls

Su Xingping - Portrait in Segments (2007)

Wang Yiqiong - Yellow Pain

Wang Yiqiong - Wang Wenhai said his Chairman Mao was in 798

Gallery

ChinaSquare - 545 West 25th Street 8th Floor, New York between 10th and 11th Avenues. 1 Train at 28th Street. CE Trains at 23rd Street.

As mentioned in our visit to La Bergamote, we checked out the Banksy exhibit at the Vanina Holasek Gallery in Chelsea.

Very cool. Love his stuff. Intellectually stimulating and visually appealling.

Here’s a few photos of the gallery and exhibit. Photos are cool, but live & in-person - even better.

I Won

Gallery

Vanina Holasek Gallery - 502 West 27th Street, New York between 10th and 11th Avenues. 1 Train at 28th Street. CE Trains at 23rd Street.

Artist

Banksy

Want an amazing espresso? Casual service that is almost so casual it is too cool?

Ninth Street Espresso is then a place to go.

For a laid back café, visit Ninth Street Espresso in the far East Village, where you’ll have a park view, great espresso and a chill café environment.

For a bit more action, visit their espresso bar in the Chelsea Market. Same great espresso. Two very cool scenes on opposite sides of the island.