In Anticipation of Spring

The Fischbach Gallery has just opened a new exhibit titled "Say It With Flowers," and, though I've yet to make the trek all the way over to Eleventh Avenue (and missed the opening reception so that I could attend my grandmother's 80th surprise birthday party in South Carolina), I just know the show is going to be such a pleasure. See, my favorite bartender and sweet friend, Ryan Cobourn, also happens to be an incredibly talented artist, and has been selected to have one (maybe two) of his paintings hung alongside what seem to be some pretty good and well-established artists at the gallery. Caroline and I have some tentative plans to go check his work out this weekend and I'd encourage every reader of this blog to do the same. This man deserves some artistic fame -- if only because it will cause the tiny watercolor of his that I own to greatly appreciate in value -- and it would be a great way to escape the icy cold of February for some May flowers (we'll just skip the April showers) and cultural enlightenment.