sketchbook ---petes tavern

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I stopped into Petes Tavern yesterday after a long furious grind of a day chasing a deadline in my glass studio. I Bought a new sketchbook and used some sumi brushes and sumi ink. I do not fill my sketchbooks for any other reason than to make mental notes and observations and record moments. I may have a laundry list atop my drawings of a nude. I love old NYC haunts and take mini vacations in them whenever I can escape my schedule. I believe the spirit of O'henry is alive and well in Pete's. He wrote the gift of the magi in booth #3...