New Year’s Eve in the Berkshires

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, in North Adams, Massachusetts.

Things have been quiet around here over the hol­i­days. I turned 31 years old on Decem­ber 22, and then Lisa and I spent some time in Buf­falo with our folks, where I got to see my newest baby cousin Aline.

The MASS MoCA campus was once the Sampson Shoe Company.

Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective »

Anselm Kiefer: Sculpture and Paintings »

Then, after a few days back in Brook­lyn, we headed up to the Berk­shires for New Year’s Eve in North Adams – it’s not the most excit­ing town to ring in the new year, but we vis­ited MASS MoCA, stayed in a won­der­ful hotel called The Porches, and had the best meal North Adams has to offer at the Gramercy Bistro.

I didn’t do a lot of reflect­ing and resolution-​making, but I am thank­ful for my family and friends, and for how great 2008 was for Lisa and I. Lisa is fond of saying that each year has been better than the last, which is more than one can hope for in this world.

More photos below the jump.

Looking outside at the snow.

Lisa and I, inside one of Vaughn Bell’s Personal Home Biospheres.

The Porches, a great little hotel adjacent to Mass MoCA.

Escargots at Gramercy Bistro, in North Adams.