Tonight's event wasn't held at the gallery, but was rather a benefit for the gallery (that is, a "midsummer mingle") held at the absolutely stunning house of one of its board members. It was a three-level (four-level, if you count the split-level part) unit with floor-to-ceiling windows in the living area, a kitchen stocked with an eclectic array of pots, pans, etc. hanging from the ceiling (my favorite kitchen concept to date), and a roof deck on the third floor. The evening began with sushi and drinks and chatting, meeting new people (artists and otherwise), seeing acquaintances made since learning about the gallery, and of course hanging with good friends as well. At some (not so late, in fact) point it diverged into singing along with a guitar on the roof deck, which didn't stop until nearly 2 in the morning. Fantastic -- even drew some of the fellow third-floor-roof-decker neighbors into observing -- kind of fun to be among the three-tops but feel like you are on the ground. The layout of the house seemed really European to me, actually -- reminded me of homes I've stayed in in Germany and the Netherlands.
