participating in art with eduardo sarabia

I couldn't believe my inbox or my luck yesterday morning. I had an e-mail that said, "Happy Birthday from Eduardo Sarabia." (!!) The I-20 Gallery on W23rd Street in Chelsea that represents Sarabia got a Google Alert about my blog post on March 19, and invited us to the invitation-only closing of Salon Aleman.

And so we sipped some of the best tequila I have ever tasted along with a very small crowd in the Field and Staff Room of the 7th Regiment Armory. Or correction, we sipped 2008 Whitney Biennial tequila. I still can't believe it. I had a very nice talk with the artist, which was the high point of the evening for me. Here are just a few pictures from the event.

Large paintings, moose heads and chandeliers loomed overhead in the dimly lit
Field and Staff Room at the 7th Regiment Armory.

Tequila Sarabia, a glimpse of the special brews. Three varieties to be exact.

The elephant leg stools were quite comfortable indeed.
This one was claimed in earnest by a woman who threw
her belongings on it from across the room. 9:10pm

The crowd at around 8:30 before it grew to around 100 at the apex of the evening.