JC

JC loves when friends come to visit, and he recently had the pleasure of hosting a friend from Chicago (home of the Lincoln Park Zoo, infinitely superior to the penguin-less National Zoo). His friend hadn’t been to DC in years, so JC decided to show him all of the new stores, galleries and restaurants on U and 14th Streets. They first perused the exhibition Almost Surely, Almost Everywhere, at the Hamiltonian Gallery, where an overly inquisitive JC almost got tangled up in Ken Fandell’s Approximately 100 Feet of Tracings of a Crystal Geyser Water Bottle Label.


They then went to Irvine Contemporary to see Introductions 5, the annual exhibition of works by recent art college graduates. They watched Paris Mavroidis' Divers, which JC most enjoyed. He also really liked Matt Sartain’s photographs (as a long-legged penguin he was particularly drawn to the Very Long-Legged Woman). Of course his favorite part of the visit was gossiping with his fabulous friend who works at the gallery.


After enjoying an afternoon of art, JC and his guest did some shopping (he loves the store Pulp for its fabulous selection of cards) and playing (they had the Stead Park playground all to themselves!). All of that activity left them feeling rather peckish, so they ambled up to JC’s favorite local fast food place, the Amsterdam Falafelshop.


Its falafel and wide assortment of toppings are very tasty, but what he really loves are the twice-cooked Dutch style fries. Who counts calories on weekends anyway?