Pretentious Artists

As neighborhood taverns

go the Literary Café in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood has long been one of my favorites. It has a regular cast of characters (heavy on the character side) and also hosts one of the best poetry series in the city.

Another bunch that calls the Lit Café home is the Pretentious Artists of Tremont Drawing Club. Every Friday this crew invites a model to come in for a three hour sitting. To be a model all one has to do is sign up on the calendar that is hanging in the back room. The poobah of the event Tim Herron invited me to sign up back in the beginning of the year. The calendar was booked five months into the future so finally this past Friday I was their guest.

Here are three of the resulting portraits.

by larry zuzik

by tim herron

by Artour

Another side of ice fishing

The sun came out yesterday so we did a little sledding...

Then we made the traditional Ice Koi Sculpture in the front yard!

Freezin' Cabreezin'

Well,

It’s definitely winter here on the North Coast of the United States. Lots of blowing lots of cold. Here are some chilly pics – talk to ya after the holiday.

Merry Christmas.

jack frost on the window

out the front door

The driveway

Center Street in Mentor, Oh

Rt 2 Traffic jam due to accident

Better to stay home and knit.

Moon over Mentor

Here's a picture of the moon I took last night from my back yard.

istanbul - photos

sara munching on bread on the street

Little fish shop in Karakoy

Detail of rug pattern

Is this a spy sitting on a pink couch? You tell me.

The Blue Mosque from the ferry.

More at my Flickr site.