Nuit Blanche

The streets of the T.dot were transformed into a living, breathing, contemporary 'art thing' as Nuit Blanche kicked off its North American debut. Not even the rain could stop hundreds of performance artists that transformed the streets of Toronto. Twas a city that did not sleep! Pioneered in Paris in 2002, in 2006 Toronto joins Brussels, Rome, Riga, Montreal and Madrid as Nuit Blanche allows artists to reveal the cultural energy that sets their city apart from any other place in the world. http://nuitblanche.livewithculture.ca/

I painted my first watercolour at the Gardiner Museum followed by a glass of the good stuff on Bruce Kwabara's beee-you-tee-full terrace overlooking the boob drum, University Ave, and the Libeskind/Lee-Chin rystal. Standing room only at the ROM with beats by Afro-Cuban jazz artists. We will definately return for Christmas carol services at the cozy Church of the Redeemer. Kelly Mark lit the entire church in candles for her exposition 'Hold that Thought'. Antonio and I did a little jig in front of the Bata Shoe Museum's free frame shadow screen before finishing the night off at the Drake with the sweet soul boogie funk of Ivana Santilli. www.ivanasantilli.net

Vino Rosado 2006