Kenji's art

Two friends of the parents that collect Kenji's paintings were at the NYE party. My parents had told me that it was one of the best presentations of his work that they had seen, and arranged for Chloe, Keith and I to go check it out today. The house was in Belvedere, with a dock that goes out to the lagoon. The house is spectacular, and Kenji's prints and paintings look fantastic.




The house even has a cupola-like upper level that looks out over the lagoon and environs.


There was also a rather impressive wine cellar. Apparently, a large part of the contents of the cellar had been sold to fund the remodeling of the house



Next: some bouldering with Ian. We brought Zoe, which turned out to be pretty exhausting. One of us obviously had to be with her at all times, which required hoisting her to the gymnastic rings to swing (and then fall on the mats), but she grew weary of this quickly. Happily, they also have a kids room that is filled with toys, which kept her fairly occupied. Zoe "cooked" me omelets with pickles, oranges and mushrooms using the Playskool cooking set.

Later on, Ian and I shared a pitcher of beer at Pyramid, and we uncorked the beloved Ardbeg 17 bottle (around 30 mL remain): The smoothest and best whiskey I have ever tasted. It's a shame it is not made anymore!