2012
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By bluerasberry on 2012-09-23
Patrick was in town with his friend Aiden on vacation seeing lots of theatre. He had told me months ago that they were going to see Einstein on the Beach and asked if I was interested. I had not yet heard that the show can been revived. I had wanted to see the show because […]
Posted in art, New York City, presentation | Tagged opera, Patrick
By bluerasberry on 2012-08-30
On Friday 24 August I have some appointments in DC but I went early so that I would not have to travel Friday morning and because Genetic Alliance was having a workshop to for members of organizations who want to talk about first steps in establishing a biobank. I attended this. Some well-established organizations were […]
Posted in biobanks, DC | Tagged biobank, Genetic Alliance
By bluerasberry on 2012-08-12
I visited the Museum of the City of New York, El Museo del Barrio, the Museum of Arts and Design, and the Noguchi Museum this weekend. I also went again to the Metropolitan Museum of Art – this being perhaps my tenth time there and I still have not walked through all the galleries – […]
Posted in art, education, museum, New York City, tour | Tagged industrial design, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Noguchi, protest, Shakespeare
By bluerasberry on 2012-07-25
I attended Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC. It was a very productive experience and I made a lot of friends there. On Thursday 12 July I gave my presentation, “Research institution collaboration”, as part of a panel. I was in the conference track sponsored by the Office of e-Diplomacy in the Department of State. Both […]
Posted in DC, education, Wikipedia, work | Tagged conference, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2012-07-05
I have been very upset since Nathan’s Hot Dogs would not allow Takeru Kobayashi, known also as Kobi the world’s greatest competitive eater, to compete in their contest. In this report Kobi talks about how unjust and cruel they are. The Wikimania conference in DC is upcoming and many international visitors are here in Manhattan […]
Posted in festival, Japan, New York City, rights | Tagged competitive eating
By bluerasberry on 2012-06-02
Wednesday 30 May – Friday 1 June the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) held their summer full group meeting in DC, as they always do. This was the first time I attended the DC meeting. I had planned to attend even when I was in Seattle but then I got this job at Consumer Reports […]
Posted in DC, health, HIV, presentation, research, rights | Tagged conference, HVTN, social media
By bluerasberry on 2012-05-26
In this post I give some background about coffee in Seattle, tell horror stories about New York Coffee, and talk about early explorations about New York City coffeehouses. I like coffee and for years have enjoyed coffee in Seattle. I made an effort to visit Seattle coffeeshops when I heard they were fun and I […]
Posted in New York City, service industry | Tagged coffee
By bluerasberry on 2012-05-17
I cannot believe this place. The Frick Collection has to be one of the best representative collections in the United States of European art from 1500-1850. It is housed in a museum which used to be someone’s house, and it is right next to Central Park in the Upper East Side. I had never seen […]
Posted in art, museum, New York City | Tagged paintings
By bluerasberry on 2012-05-13
Richard Knipel ([[user:Pharos]]) took me to the Museum of Modern Art the night of Friday 11th May. On Wednesday 9 May I was at a conference at Consumer Reports for the Choosing Wisely program, and at this conference I met collaborators in the program and came to understand what the program would mean to them. […]
Posted in art, health, museum, New York City, research, Wikipedia, work | Tagged Brooklyn Bridge, Choosing Wisely, coffee, Consumer Reports, Museum of Modern Art
By bluerasberry on 2012-05-01
I like Patrick a lot. I am not sure how I first met him. I think that it was at some HIV vaccine event in Capitol Hill in late 2010. Patrick says that we only talked during that night, but I thought I had spent a lot of time talking to him since then and […]
Posted in museum, New York City, personal | Tagged American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Bridge, coffee, Patrick